---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - Electronic Transactions - Sale and Lease of Vehicles"
description: "Consumer Protection - Electronic Transactions - Sale and Lease of Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 139"
citation: "Maryland HB 139 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crosby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/553b6f39-0b2a-4b53-a0aa-a925082f54af"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0139?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "80f9320f8c572a5d43e7239729e351c4d61a516dcb6c3799057449c325f3626b"
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 139 (2020) — Consumer Protection - Electronic Transactions - Sale and Lease of Vehicles

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Consumer Protection - Electronic Transactions - Sale and Lease of Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_71_hb0139e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Consumer Protection - Electronic Transactions - Sale and Lease of Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0139e.pdf)
3. **First - Consumer Protection - Electronic Transactions - Sale of Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0139f.pdf)
4. **Third - Consumer Protection - Electronic Transactions - Sale and Lease of Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0139t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **124–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crosby — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** House Concurs Senate 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 71 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/553b6f39-0b2a-4b53-a0aa-a925082f54af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).