---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plates - Gold Star and Next of Kin Families"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plates - Gold Star and Next of Kin Families"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 231"
citation: "Maryland HB 231 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-09-18"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7e57743-2342-4430-a7b3-f8a9cf1b8b95"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0231?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "072230ac8c91210ee1ff73bd385e8f5b09ed65215171f6ac5413589ef29e9bcc"
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 231 (2024) — Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plates - Gold Star and Next of Kin Families

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plates - Gold Star and Next of Kin Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_24_hb0231t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plates - Gold Star and Next of Kin Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0231f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plates - Gold Star and Next of Kin Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0231t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 24 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7e57743-2342-4430-a7b3-f8a9cf1b8b95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).