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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol - Enforcement (Nick's Law)"
+description: "Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol - Enforcement (Nick's Law)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 740"
+citation: "Maryland SB 740 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Gile", "Jackson", "McKay", "Ready"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-31"
+last_action: "2024-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7df91ee2-52c7-4f3c-9cf4-31aafde212ac"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0740?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "83277c075ab2e23eaf374a84a8bea024273ebba0219089fa5a5fbe241ec05cb8"
+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 740 (2024) — Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol - Enforcement (Nick's Law)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol - Enforcement (Nick's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_418_sb0740t.pdf)
+2. **First - Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol - Enforcement (Nick's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0740f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol - Enforcement (Nick's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0740t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- McKay — primary (person)
+- Ready — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-31** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-19** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 418 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7df91ee2-52c7-4f3c-9cf4-31aafde212ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+