---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 471"
citation: "Maryland SB 471 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosapepe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a113cf2-ced4-4be8-8357-c7bc0c3f3ffd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0471?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c0aaa61e2cb74d77db337410f7f869937e7707a6230f1ed78d87167dd98a73f8"
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 471 (2025) — Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_298_sb0471t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0471f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0471t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rosapepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a113cf2-ced4-4be8-8357-c7bc0c3f3ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).