---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Improvement Program and Failure to Pay Child Support - Driver's License Suspensions - Penalties and Assessment of Points"
description: "Driver Improvement Program and Failure to Pay Child Support - Driver's License Suspensions - Penalties and Assessment of Points"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 799"
citation: "Maryland SB 799 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Driver Education", "Drivers' Licenses", "Fines", "Highways", "Interstate Affairs", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Penalties and Sentences", "Sunset", "Support of Dependents", "Traffic Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muse"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59227b96-9cb2-48fc-accf-628eb7a42c84"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB799&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "1186ee7c361960efac24fec43a5927776ea4f28cebfa042149740fb5bf0d300a"
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 799 (2017) — Driver Improvement Program and Failure to Pay Child Support - Driver's License Suspensions - Penalties and Assessment of Points

## 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/sb0799f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Muse — primary (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Young — 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.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {838572/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (45-2) `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (136-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59227b96-9cb2-48fc-accf-628eb7a42c84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).