---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles – Electronic Inspection Certificates for Used Vehicles"
description: "Motor Vehicles – Electronic Inspection Certificates for Used Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 154"
citation: "Maryland HB 154 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0a7b644-e9c5-439f-b74b-3dc5ca7ea5ba"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0154?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d280d2d74af5a409d2b90345aaa9f2dc8bd84748eb1034e2f8e3db1d9ab57216"
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 154 (2020) — Motor Vehicles – Electronic Inspection Certificates for Used Vehicles

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Vehicles – Electronic Inspection Certificates for Used Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_83_hb0154t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Vehicles - Electronic Inspection Certificates for Used Vehicles - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0154f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Vehicles – Electronic Inspection Certificates for Used Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0154t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **118–17** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 83 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0a7b644-e9c5-439f-b74b-3dc5ca7ea5ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).