---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Support - Employment Program Participation - Reinstatement of Driver's License and Expungement of Suspension"
description: "Child Support - Employment Program Participation - Reinstatement of Driver's License and Expungement of Suspension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Maryland SB 79 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Family Law", "Drivers' Licenses", "Expungement", "Motor Vehicle Administration", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Penalties and Sentences", "Records", "Support of Dependents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-27"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a31133b0-c7ea-45dd-9078-65311226ddd3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB79&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "cfc2bb3262138ec635719d1c9100fa2b21ea00a9857f0a57ed7168041eedf6d5"
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 79 (2018) — Child Support - Employment Program Participation - Reinstatement of Driver's License and Expungement of Suspension

## 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/sb0079f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Services) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-04** Hearing 1/18 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a31133b0-c7ea-45dd-9078-65311226ddd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).