---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Certificate of Title - Transfer-on-Death Beneficiary Designation"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Certificate of Title - Transfer-on-Death Beneficiary Designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 492"
citation: "Maryland HB 492 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Beneficiaries", "Fees", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Administration", "Motor Vehicle Registration", "Rules and Regulations", "Titles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37840aef-4ff2-4f9d-a5b0-e7d4c83f9268"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB492&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "09d23f2f9b8d9ca053934521a9c1d4c1641177cc89a54f3c9c54782ce938b31d"
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 492 (2017) — Vehicle Laws - Certificate of Title - Transfer-on-Death Beneficiary Designation

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0492f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)
- Anderton — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
- Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {420614/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 684 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37840aef-4ff2-4f9d-a5b0-e7d4c83f9268`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).