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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance Article - References to Vehicles and Automobiles - Consistency"
+description: "Insurance Article - References to Vehicles and Automobiles - Consistency"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 453"
+citation: "Maryland SB 453 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance - Other than Health", "Committees and Commissions", "Contracts", "Education", "Inspections", "Insurance", "Leases and Rent", "Liability", "Libraries", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Insurance", "Retail Sales"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-26"
+last_action: "2018-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b12df2d-f2fd-4c0b-9d3d-6c19967ab8a8"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB453&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "4e672d26eaeb70daaf787af67305b7fff43d2496fd6037b9a150a815eb216881"
+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 453 (2018) — Insurance Article - References to Vehicles and Automobiles - Consistency
+
+## 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/sb/sb0453f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-26** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-02-27** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-28** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-03-02** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
+- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 192 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b12df2d-f2fd-4c0b-9d3d-6c19967ab8a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+