---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abandoned Vehicles - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification"
description: "Abandoned Vehicles - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 262"
citation: "Maryland HB 262 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c86c111-f505-4907-958f-c761d75f5b25"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0262?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "55f2c0489a9e18f0927974dee26eca823739066b39ad26637afefc8d3a587c3a"
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 262 (2023) — Abandoned Vehicles - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Abandoned Vehicles - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_518_hb0262t.pdf)
2. **First - Abandoned Vehicles - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0262f.pdf)
3. **Third - Abandoned Vehicles - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0262t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Foley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c86c111-f505-4907-958f-c761d75f5b25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).