---
type: "Bill"
title: "State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program"
description: "State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 420"
citation: "Maryland HB 420 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "D. Jones", "Foley", "Forbes", "Guyton", "Healey", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Pasteur", "Pena-Melnyk", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Schmidt", "Simpson", "Taveras", "Vogel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f832236-ee22-4c95-bb63-553db1951691"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0420?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a424c7f8082262e814ca3bd14d83a4b982e612f68a758a0a2539010372503982"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 420 (2024) — State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_568_hb0420t.pdf)
2. **First - State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Communication Boards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0420f.pdf)
3. **Third - State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0420t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **121–20** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **41–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-18** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-14** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-14** Hearing 2/14 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 568 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f832236-ee22-4c95-bb63-553db1951691`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).