---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter Counties - Enforcement of Local Laws"
description: "Charter Counties - Enforcement of Local Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 501"
citation: "Maryland HB 501 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fennell", "Harris", "Martinez", "Patterson", "Turner", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee109a49-1468-4f3c-84c9-8dffb9776e54"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0501?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ebeda618b09da3964d22dd60745941f3c90fc7958e3ed37e01bd901a7aa0dd73"
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 501 (2024) — Charter Counties - Enforcement of Local Laws

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Charter Counties - Enforcement of Local Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_811_hb0501t.pdf)
2. **First - Charter Counties - Enforcement of Local Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0501f.pdf)
3. **Third - Charter Counties - Enforcement of Local Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0501t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **106–30** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fennell — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 811 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee109a49-1468-4f3c-84c9-8dffb9776e54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).