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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child Support - Employment Program Participation - Reinstatement of Driver's License and Expungement of Suspension"
+description: "Child Support - Employment Program Participation - Reinstatement of Driver's License and Expungement of Suspension"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 79"
+citation: "Maryland SB 79 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Family Law", "Drivers' Licenses", "Expungement", "Motor Vehicle Administration", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Penalties and Sentences", "Records", "Support of Dependents"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-09-27"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a31133b0-c7ea-45dd-9078-65311226ddd3"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB79&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "cfc2bb3262138ec635719d1c9100fa2b21ea00a9857f0a57ed7168041eedf6d5"
+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 79 (2018) — Child Support - Employment Program Participation - Reinstatement of Driver's License and Expungement of Suspension
+
+## 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/sb0079f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair — primary (person)
+- Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Services) — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-09-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2018-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-04** Hearing 1/18 at 3:00 p.m.
+- **2018-02-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-06** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-02-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2018-02-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a31133b0-c7ea-45dd-9078-65311226ddd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+