---
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).