---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards - Applications and Renewals"
description: "Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards - Applications and Renewals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 730"
citation: "Maryland HB 730 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Speaker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0582296-3602-4829-a665-b15f10aa5594"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0730?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8d006e6176f123035bae822cfea8702406a45f886074a1efc0114c6a8eec0473"
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 730 (2021) — Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards - Applications and Renewals

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards - Applications and Renewals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_139_hb0730t.pdf)
2. **First - Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards - Applications and Renewals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0730f.pdf)
3. **Third - Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards - Applications and Renewals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0730t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-01** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 139 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0582296-3602-4829-a665-b15f10aa5594`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).