---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Authorization"
description: "Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 43"
citation: "Maryland HB 43 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Boyce", "Davis", "Guyton", "J. Long", "Jacobs", "Lehman", "Love", "Nawrocki", "Stein", "Stewart", "T. Morgan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-10-12"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64661821-cf7b-4d87-b6c5-b1578cb27770"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0043?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "810c94a2f05e315fa6c7adda5f93198f0a3f71a3a2c264b3c5c035edb596e8c6"
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 43 (2024) — Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Authorization

## 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 - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_492_hb0043e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0043e.pdf)
3. **First - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0043f.pdf)
4. **Third - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0043t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **134–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Nawrocki — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Motion Special Order until 2/21 (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
- **2024-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64661821-cf7b-4d87-b6c5-b1578cb27770`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).