---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws – Manufacturers and Dealers – Transfers of Franchises"
description: "Vehicle Laws – Manufacturers and Dealers – Transfers of Franchises"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 813"
citation: "Maryland SB 813 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
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/10c7186e-970b-480f-8492-fd4d176b8c73"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0813?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1b1e57dee8f633e94998c4742bda952c3750825b6683eef6d98433dc7df8934d"
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 813 (2020) — Vehicle Laws – Manufacturers and Dealers – Transfers of Franchises

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws – Manufacturers and Dealers – Transfers of Franchises** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_418_sb0813t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0813f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws – Manufacturers and Dealers – Transfers of Franchises** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0813t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **99–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/27 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 418 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10c7186e-970b-480f-8492-fd4d176b8c73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).