---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Administration – Birth Certificates – Issuance of Copies"
description: "Motor Vehicle Administration – Birth Certificates – Issuance of Copies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Maryland SB 38 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Electronic Government", "Federal Government", "Fees", "Health", "Department of", "Identification", "Motor Vehicle Administration", "Reports", "Vital Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-10-12"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cf9de21-e723-42b4-bbea-46113b16b4fb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB38&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "6f048874b7c4a60780412a0c5f46a59e3293363ca58a1ce87d7fc2616b866a9a"
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 38 (2018) — Motor Vehicle Administration – Birth Certificates – Issuance of Copies

## 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/sb0038f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- motion to return to 2nd reading — **7–38** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing 1/17 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2018-01-10** Hearing canceled
- **2018-01-10** Hearing 1/17 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2018-01-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-22** Favorable with Amendments {637173/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-01-24** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Madaleno) Rejected (7-38)
- **2018-01-24** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-25** 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** Special Order until next session (Delegate Lam) Adopted
- **2018-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 526 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cf9de21-e723-42b4-bbea-46113b16b4fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).