---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse"
description: "Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 705"
citation: "Maryland SB 705 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff5210a5-f59d-4e00-8fef-1ccd3445171d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0705?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fe3c99094dc6e37f4c2b5946cd036be9c95151524cb2ebb466df3a339ae460b0"
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 705 (2023) — Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_441_sb0705t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0705f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws – Certificate of Title – Surviving Spouse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0705t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 441 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff5210a5-f59d-4e00-8fef-1ccd3445171d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).