---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations"
description: "Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 174"
citation: "Maryland HB 174 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-10-22"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f8165cb-a675-48e1-8be7-6a99f7cfd29f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0174?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "218ea3d5d82226a0d7df5b42224739ed92fc9645019332e4dc6af9f4f7aa041e"
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 174 (2026) — Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_72_hb0174t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0174f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0174t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-01-16** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-01-19** Reassigned to Environment and Transportation
- **2026-01-19** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f8165cb-a675-48e1-8be7-6a99f7cfd29f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).