---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Operation of Motorcycles - Handlebar Height"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Operation of Motorcycles - Handlebar Height"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 668"
citation: "Maryland SB 668 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections", "Motorcycles", "Mopeds and Motor Scooters", "Motor Vehicle Equipment", "Motor Vehicle Operation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10c4972a-2a7d-4527-8990-71326cebfc1f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB668&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "81c345a2f9eaac93846e746ef031edccaa156470a5a3306c4554540247c732df"
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 668 (2017) — Vehicle Laws - Operation of Motorcycles - Handlebar Height

## 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/sb0668f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Norman — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 751 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10c4972a-2a7d-4527-8990-71326cebfc1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).