---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Tolls - Collection"
description: "Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Tolls - Collection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 973"
citation: "Maryland SB 973 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Administrative Agencies", "Fees", "Notices", "Penalties and Sentences", "Reports", "State Universities and Colleges", "Students", "Sunset", "Telephones", "Transportation", "Video"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Manno"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e235433-9eee-4e20-b42a-00a73f1216f1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB973&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "95756ca6bf7408de59efffb2c875eb69118902977bb7d50ce0ce19c1c5740ed1"
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 973 (2018) — Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Tolls - Collection

## 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/sb0973f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse Receded) — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Manno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Favorable with Amendments {680915/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Floor Amendment {403726/1 (Delegate Jameson) Rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-09** Senators Mathias, Klausmeier, and Hershey
- **2018-04-09** Motion Recede (Delegate Barve) Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Committee Amendment {680915/1 Withdrawn
- **2018-04-09** House Recede
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 547 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e235433-9eee-4e20-b42a-00a73f1216f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).