---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal Information - State and Local Agencies - Restrictions on Access (Maryland Driver Privacy Act)"
description: "Personal Information - State and Local Agencies - Restrictions on Access (Maryland Driver Privacy Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Maryland HB 23 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-07-13"
last_action: "2021-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06cc1f42-7589-4c64-be3c-aeb7937e3bcf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0023?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b13e1d8712a9201b928bc7d71643970e142edb9b901a9be46d7fe26c92dbc05d"
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 23 (2021) — Personal Information - State and Local Agencies - Restrictions on Access (Maryland Driver Privacy Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Personal Information - State and Local Agencies - Restrictions on Access (Maryland Driver Privacy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/Ch_18_hb0023e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Personal Information - State and Local Agencies - Restrictions on Access (Maryland Driver Privacy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0023e.pdf)
3. **First - Personal Information - State and Local Agencies - Restrictions on Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0023f.pdf)
4. **Third - Personal Information - State and Local Agencies - Restrictions on Access (Maryland Driver Privacy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0023t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **86–47** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **32–14** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing 1/27 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2021-01-22** Reassigned to Judiciary Environment and Transportation
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-26** Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) `executive-veto`
- **2021-12-06** Motion Special Order vote on veto until next session (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 18 of 2021 Special Session `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06cc1f42-7589-4c64-be3c-aeb7937e3bcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).