---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Maryland SB 42 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-01"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b54232bd-673b-4291-9fe1-e163bac05970"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0042?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fe20453cd7eb0b2fa0878fc1d07d7901a96b9fce7716ecd2bcdec1ed78727b75"
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 42 (2024) — Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_466_sb0042t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0042f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0042t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **107–24** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **39–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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`
- **2024-04-01** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 466 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b54232bd-673b-4291-9fe1-e163bac05970`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).