---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver’s Licenses – Learner’s Permits – Minimum Duration"
description: "Driver’s Licenses – Learner’s Permits – Minimum Duration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 424"
citation: "Maryland SB 424 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Driver Education", "Drivers' Licenses", "Examinations", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Parole and Probation", "Youth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zirkin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3ec54ff-4e83-4093-a493-22715b754421"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB424&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "e3b8ce0f466314189c46124dcd37f896f2003fb9441649563f7d86a8f8dd3f34"
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 424 (2018) — Driver’s Licenses – Learner’s Permits – Minimum Duration

## 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/sb0424f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zirkin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-19** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-23** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-26** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 505 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3ec54ff-4e83-4093-a493-22715b754421`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).