---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Liens - Electronic Recording"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Liens - Electronic Recording"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 778"
citation: "Maryland SB 778 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ready"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9ac2404-15e4-44ac-b919-f677fde101dc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0778?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d05c1829ff4ca6ab0019405109866c08dfd41897ae6527f4f45c740502bc6b81"
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 778 (2020) — Vehicle Laws - Liens - Electronic Recording

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Liens - Electronic Recording** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_412_sb0778t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Liens - Electronic Recording** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0778f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Liens - Electronic Recording** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0778t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `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 Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 412 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9ac2404-15e4-44ac-b919-f677fde101dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).