---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Hoopers Island and Taylors Island"
description: "Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Hoopers Island and Taylors Island"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 80"
citation: "Maryland SB 80 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-17"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d44b8da5-af34-4348-b1f7-93b79399b7e9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0080?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e2bbc706b05e15420940d1e2a10eeadd1b47ed8ce64a0a9f8d43bbab5c302e35"
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 80 (2022) — Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Hoopers Island and Taylors Island

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Hoopers Island and Taylors Island** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_388_sb0080t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Hoopers Island and Taylors Island** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0080f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Hoopers Island and Taylors Island** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0080t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eckardt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-17** 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 Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-10** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 388 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d44b8da5-af34-4348-b1f7-93b79399b7e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).