---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Towing or Removal - Insurer of Record - Electronic Notification"
description: "Vehicle Towing or Removal - Insurer of Record - Electronic Notification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Maryland HB 176 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-25"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b49ab5d8-39c3-462a-8b9c-1174e878dfea"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0176?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "49d4790c15a5e1320c16c6e5c558afd28d39d23ebbf731a9633e9069de1e6fee"
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 176 (2024) — Vehicle Towing or Removal - Insurer of Record - Electronic Notification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Towing or Removal - Insurer of Record - Electronic Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_602_hb0176t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Towing or Removal - Insurer of Record - Electronic Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0176f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Towing or Removal - Insurer of Record - Electronic Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0176t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 176 HB 178 HB 231 HB 337 HB 552 HB 605 HB 782 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Foley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 602 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b49ab5d8-39c3-462a-8b9c-1174e878dfea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).