---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Registration - Special Plates for Veterans - Fees"
description: "Vehicle Registration - Special Plates for Veterans - Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 646"
citation: "Maryland HB 646 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderton", "Boyce", "Brooks", "Charles", "Crosby", "Crutchfield", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Hettleman", "Love", "M. Jackson", "P. Young", "Qi", "Sample-Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b94a96b-0346-458d-be97-467c4065dffb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0646?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dcbef2c38a97c912b2a1f1922c3fd098d0f5f4b2888ea642fc2da5cc3a79d421"
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 646 (2020) — Vehicle Registration - Special Plates for Veterans - Fees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Registration - Special Plates for Veterans - Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_286_hb0646t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Registration - Special Plates for Veterans - Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0646f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Registration - Special Plates for Veterans - Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0646t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderton — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- M. Jackson — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Motion Special Order until 3/18 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 286 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b94a96b-0346-458d-be97-467c4065dffb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).