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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Driver’s Licenses – Driver Skills Examination – Motorcycle Safety Awareness (D. Torch Road Safety Act)"
+description: "Driver’s Licenses – Driver Skills Examination – Motorcycle Safety Awareness (D. Torch Road Safety Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 68"
+citation: "Maryland SB 68 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charles"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-09-06"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d472555-515c-47aa-9aba-2bfb7e44d74f"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0068?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "944ce437779c0c556774bfa137e8e31164eeb9d9ae6965454390889d29a90d4f"
+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 68 (2026) — Driver’s Licenses – Driver Skills Examination – Motorcycle Safety Awareness (D. Torch Road Safety Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Driver’s Licenses – Driver Skills Examination – Motorcycle Safety Awareness (D. Torch Road Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_539_sb0068t.pdf)
+2. **First - Driver's Licenses - Driver Skills Examination - Motorcycle Safety Awareness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0068f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Driver's Licenses - Driver Skills Examination - Motorcycle Safety Awareness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0068t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-09-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d472555-515c-47aa-9aba-2bfb7e44d74f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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