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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Department of State Police - Police-Initiated Towing - Alterations"
description: "Public Safety - Department of State Police - Police-Initiated Towing - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 578"
citation: "Maryland SB 578 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9992a70-780b-4a1a-a4a2-f21f1b84bdf8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0578?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3bc064fbb71abf681955610c21c1dec6466a32ebd5fa6a8f07c785921b6b06b4"
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 SB 578 (2026) — Public Safety - Department of State Police - Police-Initiated Towing - Alterations
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Department of State Police - Police-Initiated Towing - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_528_sb0578e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Department of State Police - Police-Initiated Towing - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0578e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - Department of State Police - Police-Initiated Towing - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0578f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Department of State Police - Police-Initiated Towing - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0578t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **1380** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- James — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 528 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9992a70-780b-4a1a-a4a2-f21f1b84bdf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).