---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Administration - Driving Instructors - Criminal History Records Checks"
description: "Motor Vehicle Administration - Driving Instructors - Criminal History Records Checks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Maryland SB 45 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Criminal Background Investigations", "Driver Education", "Fingerprinting", "Public Safety and Correctional Services", "Department of", "Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-10-05"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2d746bd-8363-4006-bd3f-4584ee28d25f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB45&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "d7dedb6d560cb38dce506bc68c191cee535d2ed5a8c568509212ba8245ecee95"
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 45 (2017) — Motor Vehicle Administration - Driving Instructors - Criminal History Records Checks

## 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/sb0045f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Hearing 1/17 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 Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 195 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2d746bd-8363-4006-bd3f-4584ee28d25f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).