---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws – Licensing of Businesses and Occupations – Definition of Vehicle Salesman"
description: "Vehicle Laws – Licensing of Businesses and Occupations – Definition of Vehicle Salesman"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 679"
citation: "Maryland HB 679 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Stein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5760d696-3070-438b-a864-04658bce4c97"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0679?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b4e33a7fe1672520b518cb6b760251654ab2ef10932d1593cc903cd6e780c95b"
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 679 (2022) — Vehicle Laws – Licensing of Businesses and Occupations – Definition of Vehicle Salesman

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws – Licensing of Businesses and Occupations – Definition of Vehicle Salesman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_573_hb0679e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Vehicle Laws – Licensing of Businesses and Occupations – Definition of Vehicle Salesman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0679e.pdf)
3. **First - Vehicle Laws – Licensing of Businesses and Occupations – Definition of Vehicle Salesman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0679f.pdf)
4. **Third - Vehicle Laws – Licensing of Businesses and Occupations – Definition of Vehicle Salesman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0679t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foley — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 573 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5760d696-3070-438b-a864-04658bce4c97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).