---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 838"
citation: "Maryland SB 838 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Folden", "Gallion"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a3db995-ce6f-4055-8b3c-d102cb3ac8a7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0838?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dea9dc668da3e3bb8a3ff7830b9fdade94b9e388dec43a325834e505d973926a"
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 838 (2024) — Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_522_sb0838t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0838f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0838t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Folden — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-07** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-12** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-16** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 522 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a3db995-ce6f-4055-8b3c-d102cb3ac8a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).