---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Rear-Facing Child Safety Seats - Requirement"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Rear-Facing Child Safety Seats - Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 176"
citation: "Maryland SB 176 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-05"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/791389fd-a61e-4129-9f05-98a19880a407"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0176?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6c601f541109ac5696f00d32f94274ac7a1211cb7f06b950b688174a9c12523a"
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 176 (2022) — Vehicle Laws - Rear-Facing Child Safety Seats - Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Rear-Facing Child Safety Seats - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_232_sb0176t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Rear-Facing Child Safety Seats - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0176f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Rear-Facing Child Safety Seats - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0176t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/13 at 1:30 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** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2022-02-08** Committee Amendment {
- **2022-02-08** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 232 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/791389fd-a61e-4129-9f05-98a19880a407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).