---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - HOV Lanes - Plug-In Electric Drive and Hybrid Vehicles"
description: "Vehicle Laws - HOV Lanes - Plug-In Electric Drive and Hybrid Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 751"
citation: "Maryland SB 751 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Alternative Energy Sources", "Highways", "Motor Vehicles", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3acebfdd-9aba-4913-8031-b61ecc8f6d8d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB751&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "2a2500d558be13892d04a6400771a80ce2fda7f051172ec7b22302fd431aa6b4"
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 751 (2018) — Vehicle Laws - HOV Lanes - Plug-In Electric Drive and Hybrid Vehicles

## 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/sb0751f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (44-1) `passage`
- **2018-03-14** 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 (132-6) `passage`
- **2017-12-08** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 678 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3acebfdd-9aba-4913-8031-b61ecc8f6d8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).