---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements"
description: "Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 979"
citation: "Maryland HB 979 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Lopez", "McCaskill", "S. Johnson", "Stein", "Woorman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65b59c7b-1b32-4db6-a925-25472a1e2ccc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0979?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9e43b087ffe1cbd40be01e781e8e50022cffce154a7f05eb9621c9be04f3a899"
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 979 (2025) — Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_210_hb0979t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0979f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0979t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 210 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65b59c7b-1b32-4db6-a925-25472a1e2ccc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).