---
type: "Bill"
title: "Code Revision - Maryland Vehicle Law - Penalties"
description: "Code Revision - Maryland Vehicle Law - Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Maryland SB 165 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous", "Annotated Code of Maryland", "Fees", "Fines", "Law Enforcement", "Liability", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Administration", "Motor Vehicle Equipment", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Motor Vehicle Registration", "Notices", "Penalties and Sentences", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10781c24-e17f-4495-aeaf-3d336df2677c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB165&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "9c07c1fdd3ca1a244d0925072173714c5eda8f1f98e0d1684940671dad19e2e4"
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 165 (2017) — Code Revision - Maryland Vehicle Law - Penalties

## 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/sb/sb0165f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-13** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-14** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Reassigned to Judiciary
- **2017-03-08** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-23** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-24** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 55 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10781c24-e17f-4495-aeaf-3d336df2677c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).