---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Canceled, Revoked, and Suspended Driver's Licenses - Penalties"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Canceled, Revoked, and Suspended Driver's Licenses - Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Maryland SB 237 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Crimes and Punishments", "Drivers' Licenses", "Law Enforcement", "Motor Vehicles", "Penalties and Sentences", "Traffic Regulation", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a4143bb-93a1-44fc-a49e-27e4dcfa2faf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB237&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "8cc5f31fad76a402989c3b4df3a6b7ad5464964a6c92657ce4886c764753ba4f"
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 237 (2019) — Vehicle Laws - Canceled, Revoked, and Suspended Driver's Licenses - Penalties

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0237f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-01-30** Hearing canceled
- **2019-01-30** Hearing 2/13 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-29** Third Reading Passed (126-9) `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a4143bb-93a1-44fc-a49e-27e4dcfa2faf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).