---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "Maryland HB 161 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-10"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e117c136-7a6e-40d4-b8c4-4a734d69974b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0161?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1646824af1ead40073820fb675fe6b188b523ce920a06a9646ea26c9685502d8"
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 HB 161 (2024) — Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_404_hb0161e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0161e.pdf)
3. **First - Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0161f.pdf)
4. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0161t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **105–31** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **125–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 404 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e117c136-7a6e-40d4-b8c4-4a734d69974b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).