---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Fines and Penalties"
description: "Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Fines and Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 681"
citation: "Maryland HB 681 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Baltimore City Administration", "Embry", "Lewis", "Ruff", "Stinnett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3854ba45-5e92-4719-a68d-a94b948241d8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0681?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "aae7763960b7ae11a7d92cd5060275a88799f48aacf1b1aa114c5488b9d3db7d"
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 681 (2026) — Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Fines and Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Fines and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_486_hb0681t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Amount of Fines and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0681f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Fines and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0681t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **118–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Baltimore City Administration — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings Budget and Taxation `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
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 486 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3854ba45-5e92-4719-a68d-a94b948241d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).