---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Maryland HB 191 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-10-15"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a6a19fa-1a5a-45d4-bfc1-8cfbf5e1b8a5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0191?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fc82e9451b753ba7cd4d382dab453d26099de94ba80cab9b00895241c5d53461"
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 191 (2025) — Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_520_hb0191t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0191f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0191t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-15** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-15** Hearing 1/30 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 520 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a6a19fa-1a5a-45d4-bfc1-8cfbf5e1b8a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).