---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "Maryland HB 118 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Malone", "Stein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-07-13"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ff3e328-921d-4eaa-8533-4ff9acc6d823"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0118?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4522ed3dff48fad4978005d55a4c1e31e8a2fc11aa7f32991cf157f7ae903bcf"
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 118 (2021) — Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_165_hb0118e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0118e.pdf)
3. **First - Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0118f.pdf)
4. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0118t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Malone — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/14 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-04** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ff3e328-921d-4eaa-8533-4ff9acc6d823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).