---
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: "SB 140"
citation: "Maryland SB 140 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/461f54da-07ba-4507-93d7-5707ac302a07"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0140?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ba062a383f8fb98f444b90ddccd1b76ff8c5d18a9b2a4bd21af719d3fec314b6"
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 140 (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_452_sb0140t.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/sb/sb0140f.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/sb/sb0140t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 2/03 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 452 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/461f54da-07ba-4507-93d7-5707ac302a07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).