---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal"
description: "State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 143"
citation: "Maryland HB 143 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kipke", "Malone", "Metzgar"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ab561f3-7ff5-4757-ac39-c8dbe134a393"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0143?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a536d233df79f9a8a022108d775d86ad4dba73992de23a0fa0640b65ad4e3c5e"
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 143 (2020) — State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_75_hb0143t.pdf)
2. **First - State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0143f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0143t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kipke — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-17** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-21** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Bailey) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2020-03-17** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2020-03-17** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Gilchrist, Lehman and clark01)
- **2020-03-18** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2020-03-18** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2020-03-18** Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Gilchrist, Lehman and clark01)
- **2020-03-18** Senate Recede
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Senate Recede
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 75 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ab561f3-7ff5-4757-ac39-c8dbe134a393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).