---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Towing or Removal - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification"
description: "Vehicle Towing or Removal - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 731"
citation: "Maryland SB 731 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee", "Pinsky", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d463a660-97e7-4d91-b302-54cf5e2463eb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0731?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e8bd78aacf543ee6d2788cfb8f4a907dee6bacc71ce83c5d26cb0d5ea40180f7"
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 731 (2022) — Vehicle Towing or Removal - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Towing or Removal - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_561_sb0731e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Vehicle Towing or Removal - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0731e.pdf)
3. **First - Vehicle Towing or Removal - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0731f.pdf)
4. **Third - Vehicle Towing or Removal - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0731t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House 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 561 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d463a660-97e7-4d91-b302-54cf5e2463eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).