---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation - Complete Streets Policy - Adoption"
description: "Transportation - Complete Streets Policy - Adoption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 744"
citation: "Maryland HB 744 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation - Highways", "Administrative Agencies", "Airports", "Bicycles", "Buses", "Highway Administration", "State", "Highways", "Mass Transit", "Motor Vehicles", "Pedestrians", "Safety", "Sidewalks", "Signs and Billboards", "Transportation", "Department of", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lafferty"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73bd65bc-e1c1-475c-9bf2-6b65e7dcea46"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB744&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "af107ec10045cf92ccde96b8667b841d933165aa22ed78527c38417aecb5e13d"
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 744 (2018) — Transportation - Complete Streets Policy - Adoption

## 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/hb0744f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **111–26** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **116–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {890016/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (111-26) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {377472/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-07** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (116-21) `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 717 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73bd65bc-e1c1-475c-9bf2-6b65e7dcea46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).