---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - All-Terrain Vehicles and Snowmobiles"
description: "Vehicle Laws - All-Terrain Vehicles and Snowmobiles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 979"
citation: "Maryland SB 979 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Baltimore City", "Counties", "Drivers' Licenses", "Fees", "Garrett County", "Highways", "Minors", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Motor Vehicle Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/483c764b-c8af-41e9-aace-4cb49200bdc3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB979&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "fd9b93c86deb1f39b8eb97de071a8f900ad546a25c97f94d621e580e52343fdf"
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 979 (2017) — Vehicle Laws - All-Terrain Vehicles and Snowmobiles

## 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/sb0979f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **138–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (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.
- **2017-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {608170/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Motion Special Order until 3/16 (Senator Edwards) Adopted
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {608170/1 Judicial Proceedings Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-17** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments {890317/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/483c764b-c8af-41e9-aace-4cb49200bdc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).