---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Registration Plate Frames and Borders - Enforcement"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Registration Plate Frames and Borders - Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 859"
citation: "Maryland SB 859 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
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/681c015a-752d-473c-bbc8-2fcde987b084"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0859?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4716d88f4cb0c9aaadeae57c8aea6dbf8700dbf1876f1f4f6e35878bf403bae7"
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 859 (2020) — Vehicle Laws - Registration Plate Frames and Borders - Enforcement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Registration Plate Frames and Borders - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_107_sb0859t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Registration Plate Frames and Borders - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0859f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Registration Plate Frames and Borders - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0859t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **39–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — 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 Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `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 107 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/681c015a-752d-473c-bbc8-2fcde987b084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).