---
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: "SB 40"
citation: "Maryland SB 40 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muse"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-01"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff721e8b-a4a6-4a4c-ada3-69a8760007f7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0040?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bcb5c44e6a96e86721e3a96fd3abb0cd966f47ad02c82fb986dc45f269425757"
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 40 (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_521_sb0040t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0040f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0040t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Muse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing 1/22 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2025-02-03** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-02-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-07** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Motion Special Order until 03/31 (Delegate Hornberger) Adopted
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff721e8b-a4a6-4a4c-ada3-69a8760007f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).