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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motor Vehicles - Automobile Transporters"
+description: "Motor Vehicles - Automobile Transporters"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 253"
+citation: "Maryland HB 253 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections", "Boats and Ships", "Equipment", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Equipment", "Rules and Regulations", "Safety", "Transportation", "Weights and Measures"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-19"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d4f7639-ad59-4019-8602-f2162f010d7c"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB253&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "2e535d4a9440be94592e6796186267642235db38943154a36fad37c0b4c35850"
+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 253 (2018) — Motor Vehicles - Automobile Transporters
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0253f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair — primary (person)
+- Environment and Transportation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-19** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-22** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-02-26** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-06** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (43-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d4f7639-ad59-4019-8602-f2162f010d7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+