---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Victim's Representative Notification - License Suspension Hearing"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Victim's Representative Notification - License Suspension Hearing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1071"
citation: "Maryland HB 1071 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous", "Criminal Law - Procedure", "Administrative Hearings", "Office of", "Crime Control and Prevention", "Governor's Office of", "Data", "Electronic Government", "Forms", "Hearings", "Law Enforcement", "Licenses", "Motor Vehicle Administration", "Notices", "Police Training Commission", "Records", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d3cd53c-fa03-4b25-ad53-b54414c4bee5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1071&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "a576683bf0f2ed4e62fc20cf336c37b8c77a071bd3be787e0869404fba0e7c3c"
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 HB 1071 (2017) — Vehicle Laws - Victim's Representative Notification - License Suspension Hearing

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1071f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {312213/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (132-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments {818474/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 702 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d3cd53c-fa03-4b25-ad53-b54414c4bee5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).