---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Insurance Companies - Requirements"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Insurance Companies - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "Maryland SB 254 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-10"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb348f74-1518-45ec-bfca-861ccf9432c8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0254?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8fb2d19f9aee1ca83df7010cabfc167c007cad7fa509bdd00d53b180728d694b"
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 254 (2024) — Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Insurance Companies - Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Insurance Companies - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_74_sb0254t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Insurance Companies - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0254f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Insurance Companies - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0254t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 74 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb348f74-1518-45ec-bfca-861ccf9432c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).