---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Administration - Registration Plates - Return"
description: "Motor Vehicle Administration - Registration Plates - Return"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1447"
citation: "Maryland HB 1447 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "License Plates", "Motor Vehicle Administration", "Postal Service"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McMillan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1d7465b-d8aa-459b-8c04-2118f9cb6a56"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1447&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "97fbca56acbb06c2ea12f86b0054536323ad5b59e85f81857788725254be719a"
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 1447 (2017) — Motor Vehicle Administration - Registration Plates - Return

## 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/hb1447f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McMillan — primary (person)
- Folden — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Favorable with Amendments {110613/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 758 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1d7465b-d8aa-459b-8c04-2118f9cb6a56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).