---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements"
description: "Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 844"
citation: "Maryland SB 844 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey", "Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e04c524-593d-4f72-806f-d2e5474bbaef"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0844?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dea1717889292fe8ad1699a0a0cfffb52e0e369a5b040046efcd6690a9c8887c"
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 844 (2025) — Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_211_sb0844t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0844f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0844t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-14** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-21** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-21** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 211 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e04c524-593d-4f72-806f-d2e5474bbaef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).