---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Certificate of Title Fee - Trailer Gifted to Family Member"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Certificate of Title Fee - Trailer Gifted to Family Member"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 271"
citation: "Maryland HB 271 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Szeliga"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b44f3527-d44f-4a68-bda0-db992cfaae85"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0271?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c9541dd59647ba7c857c6bb83863523bc5c356c362e7070933e0f91b44757263"
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 271 (2020) — Vehicle Laws - Certificate of Title Fee - Trailer Gifted to Family Member

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Certificate of Title Fee - Trailer Gifted to Family Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_146_hb0271t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Certificate of Title Fee - Trailer Gifted to Family Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0271f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Certificate of Title Fee - Trailer Gifted to Family Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0271t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Szeliga — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/13 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 Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 146 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b44f3527-d44f-4a68-bda0-db992cfaae85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).