---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "Maryland SB 146 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson", "Feldman", "Hettleman", "Lam", "Lee", "Watson", "West", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-12"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ccf3870-3749-46b8-9e9e-962d3d5edd93"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0146?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9c4717c0dc1f964f8f80cca3d9838f6c4e27f73f5555b29dde48e6728209b41b"
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 146 (2022) — Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_417_sb0146t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0146f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0146t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **39–7** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **91–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-10** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 417 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ccf3870-3749-46b8-9e9e-962d3d5edd93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).