---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Injuries Compensation – Acts Involving Operation of Vessel or Motor Vehicle"
description: "Criminal Injuries Compensation – Acts Involving Operation of Vessel or Motor Vehicle"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 767"
citation: "Maryland SB 767 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Boats and Ships", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Injuries Compensation", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ready"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71389796-c36b-4070-bbd3-4516d7675b19"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB767&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "8f7bb951c75572215e5e3228fb98c24d72af0b38f0ccd6ac1f58266d1dffa9a6"
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 767 (2018) — Criminal Injuries Compensation – Acts Involving Operation of Vessel or Motor Vehicle

## 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/sb0767f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable adp - ON 2ND RDG — **138–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ready — 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 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2018-02-20** Hearing 2/28 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2018-04-09** Hearing 4/09 at 7:30 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Vallario) Adopted (138-1)
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-12-08** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71389796-c36b-4070-bbd3-4516d7675b19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).