---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations"
description: "Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 145"
citation: "Maryland SB 145 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-21"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/355614db-d7b7-423e-b8e5-b8572c095042"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0145?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "7496d60c279292148449d018bdf0e5753c0b6f7a513f90b0bfbe0d9f39d83fad"
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 145 (2026) — Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_73_sb0145t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0145f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0145t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-21** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 73 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/355614db-d7b7-423e-b8e5-b8572c095042`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).