---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act"
description: "Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 591"
citation: "Maryland HB 591 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Arentz", "Beauchamp", "Hartman", "Hutchinson", "Sample-Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8106aec-664a-4324-a3f7-020648a7abd0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0591?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d949740f8ad0b13f2ff60dde53a23f03415cfb593ac87be2e98b5e574b8446a0"
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 591 (2026) — Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_781_hb0591t.pdf)
2. **First - Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0591f.pdf)
3. **Third - Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0591t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Beauchamp — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 781 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8106aec-664a-4324-a3f7-020648a7abd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).