---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Electric Bicycles - Equipment and Operation"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Electric Bicycles - Equipment and Operation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 935"
citation: "Maryland SB 935 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections", "Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Administrative Agencies", "Bicycles", "Committees and Commissions", "Federal Government", "Fuel", "Highways", "Jurisdiction", "Labeling", "Minors", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Equipment", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Safety", "Traffic Regulation", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df9a7ab4-9aab-48f4-91c9-f27fd4f2a89b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB935&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "f02b4874722cdbe3eb3a395f14d3162a01c7f17086ec5698bf656b908db8b25c"
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 935 (2019) — Vehicle Laws - Electric Bicycles - Equipment and Operation

## 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/sb0935f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2019-02-22** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-25** Hearing canceled
- **2019-02-25** Hearing 3/13 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Favorable with Amendments {678974/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-25** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-26** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 64 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df9a7ab4-9aab-48f4-91c9-f27fd4f2a89b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).