---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards – Temporary Renewal"
description: "Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards – Temporary Renewal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Maryland SB 218 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-30"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97b9764d-fbf4-4eba-92df-8c351eb7bde4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0218?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e6c2edf20bbddf5c264b6b27ad09a0a129b677ec1078691f0102586bbb424bfb"
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 218 (2022) — Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards – Temporary Renewal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards – Temporary Renewal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_119_sb0218t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards – Temporary Renewal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0218f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards – Temporary Renewal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0218t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/13 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-01-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-01** 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
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 119 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97b9764d-fbf4-4eba-92df-8c351eb7bde4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).