---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Military Service Members - Civil Relief"
description: "Public Safety - Military Service Members - Civil Relief"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1614"
citation: "Maryland HB 1614 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Commercial Law - Generally", "Private Sector Labor and Industry", "Armed Forces", "Contracts", "Liability", "Notices", "Penalties and Sentences", "Radio", "Sports and Recreation", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Utilities", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff2d531a-4561-4b3f-94b1-3d9ca267bbcd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1614&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "bd8741d975ee50b81f175561117faf5ba4d3fff84eab4d60c893bd3beecb299c"
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 HB 1614 (2018) — Public Safety - Military Service Members - Civil Relief

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1614f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Ciliberti — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- McMillan — cosponsor (person)
- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 344 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff2d531a-4561-4b3f-94b1-3d9ca267bbcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).