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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Driver’s Licenses – Learner’s Permits – Minimum Duration"
+description: "Driver’s Licenses – Learner’s Permits – Minimum Duration"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 424"
+citation: "Maryland SB 424 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Driver Education", "Drivers' Licenses", "Examinations", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Parole and Probation", "Youth"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Zirkin"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-25"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3ec54ff-4e83-4093-a493-22715b754421"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB424&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "e3b8ce0f466314189c46124dcd37f896f2003fb9441649563f7d86a8f8dd3f34"
+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 424 (2018) — Driver’s Licenses – Learner’s Permits – Minimum Duration
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0424f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Zirkin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-25** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-25** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-02-19** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-21** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-21** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-02-23** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2018-02-26** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 505 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3ec54ff-4e83-4093-a493-22715b754421`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+