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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Debt Collection - Exemptions From Attachment and Execution"
+description: "Debt Collection - Exemptions From Attachment and Execution"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 425"
+citation: "Maryland SB 425 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Carter", "Hayes", "Kelley", "Smith", "Washington"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-27"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/724b582e-1636-46f4-8b11-72594e37341a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0425?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "018d72e44444a2d1822e552a0d9260157386907e93fea6b86765915768d626ae"
+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 425 (2020) — Debt Collection - Exemptions From Attachment and Execution
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Debt Collection - Exemptions From Attachment and Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_184_sb0425e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Debt Collection - Exemptions From Attachment and Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0425e.pdf)
+3. **First - Debt Collection - Exemptions From Attachment and Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0425f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Debt Collection - Exemptions From Attachment and Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0425t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **117–15** (pass) · lower
+- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **97–33** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Carter — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Kelley — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Washington — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Dumais) Adopted
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 184 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/724b582e-1636-46f4-8b11-72594e37341a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+