---
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: "SB 293"
citation: "Maryland SB 293 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-01"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1457ebc-bb22-420d-935b-cdb0fb64cfde"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0293?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "78d453542e9b9be1d85baa998965efbb09845bb08796fc81c1b66f024ecbf930"
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 293 (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_166_sb0293t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0293f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0293t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/27 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** 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
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1457ebc-bb22-420d-935b-cdb0fb64cfde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).