---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - Motorcycles - Passenger Restrictions"
description: "Motor Vehicles - Motorcycles - Passenger Restrictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 730"
citation: "Maryland SB 730 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/900139cf-8db0-47e3-8135-dfabcd6e9910"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0730?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "98c9c51899d6ecbe3383a5d741e9e317dde3058cb11181e13ec0abb553d42911"
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 730 (2024) — Motor Vehicles - Motorcycles - Passenger Restrictions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Vehicles - Motorcycles - Passenger Restrictions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_636_sb0730t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Vehicles - Motorcycles - Passenger Restrictions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0730f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Vehicles - Motorcycles - Passenger Restrictions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0730t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **118–15** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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 636 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/900139cf-8db0-47e3-8135-dfabcd6e9910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).