---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - Inspection Certificates - Exception"
description: "Motor Vehicles - Inspection Certificates - Exception"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 681"
citation: "Maryland SB 681 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ready"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8408c51c-3298-4881-b2e6-f3c25e08c9b6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0681?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "aa2d956b8b7055ebf8e0aefbc32c00c56d26b953a1f7291415c4f6b0957ced08"
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 681 (2021) — Motor Vehicles - Inspection Certificates - Exception

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Vehicles - Inspection Certificates - Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_176_sb0681t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Vehicles - Inspection Certificates - Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0681f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Vehicles - Inspection Certificates - Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0681t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-23** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-23** Hearing 2/23 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8408c51c-3298-4881-b2e6-f3c25e08c9b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).