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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse"
+description: "Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 705"
+citation: "Maryland SB 705 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2023-02-06"
+last_action: "2023-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff5210a5-f59d-4e00-8fef-1ccd3445171d"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0705?ys=2023RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "fe3c99094dc6e37f4c2b5946cd036be9c95151524cb2ebb466df3a339ae460b0"
+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 705 (2023) — Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_441_sb0705t.pdf)
+2. **First - Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0705f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0705t.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2023-03-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-08** Second Reading Passed
+- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-13** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
+- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 441 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff5210a5-f59d-4e00-8fef-1ccd3445171d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+