---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Canceled, Revoked, and Suspended Driver's Licenses - Penalties"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Canceled, Revoked, and Suspended Driver's Licenses - Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Maryland SB 20 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-28"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7ba794e-ea88-4575-a38e-06879aebd009"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0020?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7f62a6c0b8e5b943e2a401ef2665838e4d46b6b5c7e626fea7ca85e201da9260"
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 SB 20 (2021) — Vehicle Laws - Canceled, Revoked, and Suspended Driver's Licenses - Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Canceled, Revoked, and Suspended Driver's Licenses - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_613_sb0020t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Canceled, Revoked, and Suspended Driver's Licenses - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0020f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Canceled, Revoked, and Suspended Driver's Licenses - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0020t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/27 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 613 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7ba794e-ea88-4575-a38e-06879aebd009`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).