---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses Confiscated for Real ID Compliance – Issuance and Display of Recall Notice"
description: "Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses Confiscated for Real ID Compliance – Issuance and Display of Recall Notice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 28"
citation: "Maryland HB 28 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebersole"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-07-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/372e5491-547a-4c79-8985-456c18811ca9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0028?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c0022d34a03eacdceb785ccd4216eecde38115d4a8aee86f509e5aead498b642"
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 HB 28 (2020) — Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses Confiscated for Real ID Compliance – Issuance and Display of Recall Notice

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses Confiscated for Real ID Compliance – Issuance and Display of Recall Notice** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_610_hb0028t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses Confiscated for Real ID Compliance – Failure to Possess or Display** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0028f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses Confiscated for Real ID Compliance – Issuance and Display of Recall Notice** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0028t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ebersole — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 610 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/372e5491-547a-4c79-8985-456c18811ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).