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type: "Bill"
title: "Court Order to Use a Cell Site Simulator or Obtain Location Information From an Electronic Device - Procedures"
description: "Court Order to Use a Cell Site Simulator or Obtain Location Information From an Electronic Device - Procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 477"
citation: "Maryland HB 477 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pippy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/889d11a9-8a87-475d-ba65-bdf7b8b7bfbc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0477?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "80f301b3837f8bcb78d07e9a0a1fd561e276e855344a579cccb258ac004b41a1"
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 477 (2021) — Court Order to Use a Cell Site Simulator or Obtain Location Information From an Electronic Device - Procedures
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Court Order to Use a Cell Site Simulator or Obtain Location Information From an Electronic Device - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_392_hb0477t.pdf)
2. **First - Court Order to Use a Cell Site Simulator or Obtain Location Information From an Electronic Device - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0477f.pdf)
3. **Third - Court Order to Use a Cell Site Simulator or Obtain Location Information From an Electronic Device - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0477t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1330** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Pippy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-25** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 392 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/889d11a9-8a87-475d-ba65-bdf7b8b7bfbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).