---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Mechanical Repair Contracts - Policies of Insurance"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Mechanical Repair Contracts - Policies of Insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 697"
citation: "Maryland SB 697 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c93d59dc-c80c-482e-ab5c-82c18170ce51"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0697?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d4c5b92deeaa9b277f870a9b6a651b3eea886bdcbf8b42e701ce68508a2a2b41"
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 697 (2022) — Vehicle Laws - Mechanical Repair Contracts - Policies of Insurance

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Mechanical Repair Contracts - Policies of Insurance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_587_sb0697t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Mechanical Repair Contracts - Insurance Reserves** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0697f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Mechanical Repair Contracts - Policies of Insurance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0697t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **99–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 587 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c93d59dc-c80c-482e-ab5c-82c18170ce51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).