---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database"
description: "Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 553"
citation: "Maryland HB 553 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Allen", "Amprey", "Behler", "Boyce", "Conaway", "Fair", "Hill", "Ivey", "Lewis", "McCaskill", "Palakovich Carr", "Rogers", "Ross", "Ruff", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Williams", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3756e9f-ab07-4b8a-803a-2f4a6a2bf893"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0553?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "2dda47772d0feb820a5489adc526e115a91db9800a82d6a4328d21c5dd930e51"
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 553 (2026) — Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_397_hb0553t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0553f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0553t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **105–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 397 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3756e9f-ab07-4b8a-803a-2f4a6a2bf893`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).