Bill Commons

MD HB 174

enacted

Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did MD HB 174 pass?

Yes. MD HB 174 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-14): Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72

What is MD HB 174 about?

MD HB 174 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations”.

Who sponsors MD HB 174?

Cardin is the primary sponsor of MD HB 174.

Introduced
2025-10-22
Latest action
2026-04-14 — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cardinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-14

    Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72

    executive-signature

  2. 2026-04-09

    Returned Passed

  3. 2026-04-09

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  4. 2026-04-08

    Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-04-08

    Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-02-27

    Referred Judicial Proceedings

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-02-26

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  8. 2026-02-24

    Second Reading Passed

  9. 2026-02-24

    Favorable Adopted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2026-02-23

    Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-01-28

    Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.

  12. 2026-01-19

    Hearing canceled

  13. 2026-01-19

    Reassigned to Environment and Transportation

  14. 2026-01-16

    Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.

  15. 2026-01-16

    Hearing canceled

  16. 2026-01-16

    Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.

  17. 2026-01-14

    First Reading Judiciary

    referral-committee

  18. 2025-10-22

    Pre-filed

    introduction

Versions

  • Chapter - Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death DesignationsCompare
  • Third - Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death DesignationsCompare
  • First - Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death DesignationsCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading

    2026-02-20 · pass · 136-0

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Jacobs: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Johnson, S.: yes
    • Pasteur: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Addison: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stonko: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Kaiser: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Szeliga: yes
    • Alston: yes
    • Fair: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Pippy: yes
    • Taveras: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Feldmark: yes
    • Kerr: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Kipke: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Arikan: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Reilly: yes
    • Tomlinson: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Barnes: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • Long, J.: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Ghrist: yes
    • Long, R.: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Valentine: yes
    • Beauchamp: yes
    • Grammer: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Griffith: yes
    • Mangione: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Boafo: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Bouchat: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • McComas: yes
    • Ruth: yes
    • Wilkins: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Hartman: yes
    • Metzgar: yes
    • Sample-Hughes: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Buckel: yes
    • Healey: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Cardin: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Wivell: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Hinebaugh: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Wolek: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Chisholm: yes
    • Hornberger: yes
    • Morgan, M.: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Ciliberti: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Morgan, T.: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Hutchinson: yes
    • Nawrocki: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Nkongolo: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Arentz: absent
    • Crosby: absent
    • Edelson: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent
    • Wilson: absent

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