---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation - Dedication of Structures"
description: "Transportation - Dedication of Structures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Maryland HB 9 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation - Highways", "Armed Forces", "Bridges and Tunnels", "Death", "Fire Protection", "Highways", "Law Enforcement", "Names", "Residency", "Transportation", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Folden"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5607ee78-ad5b-46e7-83e5-dfd4814ab17f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB9&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "bf56b6d7b23bb662e0cb7c25673230b371bfa2098b4f086da21689777ac959bb"
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 9 (2018) — Transportation - Dedication of Structures

## 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/hb0009f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Folden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {260516/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-03** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 278 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5607ee78-ad5b-46e7-83e5-dfd4814ab17f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).