---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Commercial Motor Carriers - Safety, Inspection, Performance, and Insurance Information (James Cohran's Law)"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Commercial Motor Carriers - Safety, Inspection, Performance, and Insurance Information (James Cohran's Law)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1074"
citation: "Maryland HB 1074 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feed485c-09a0-4a7c-9369-2b2d23506e5c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1074?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fdc23d3506dac862494b13e913bf240c7947d24256632da716dab6a08c5a8623"
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 1074 (2021) — Vehicle Laws - Commercial Motor Carriers - Safety, Inspection, Performance, and Insurance Information (James Cohran's Law)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Commercial Motor Carriers - Safety, Inspection, Performance, and Insurance Information (James Cohran's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_451_hb1074t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Commercial Motor Carriers - Safety, Inspection, Performance, and Insurance Information (James Cohran's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1074f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Commercial Motor Carriers - Safety, Inspection, Performance, and Insurance Information (James Cohran's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1074t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **122–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-07** Hearing 2/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-11** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 451 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/feed485c-09a0-4a7c-9369-2b2d23506e5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).