---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Registration Fee Exemptions - Disabled Veterans"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Registration Fee Exemptions - Disabled Veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 362"
citation: "Maryland SB 362 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Disabilities", "Fees", "Leases and Rent", "Motor Vehicle Registration", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ready"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89508361-8be8-452f-8f0d-d28bc0d6d0b0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB362&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "210908a609ae8d926573e581efb719e9af223b356634186e3d08456dc78e1758"
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 362 (2018) — Vehicle Laws - Registration Fee Exemptions - Disabled Veterans

## 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/sb/sb0362f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ready — primary (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waugh — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Favorable with Amendments {368272/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-19** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 704 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89508361-8be8-452f-8f0d-d28bc0d6d0b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).