---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law)"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 618"
citation: "Maryland SB 618 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Ferguson", "Folden", "James", "Love", "M. Jackson", "McKay", "Muse", "Salling", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d3c8eb4-0aa8-46d7-b8bc-cb57030513b3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0618?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2cce8cd860509996f5e8da098c88ccf0b1a26cd275138ca558e1f8aa53dff0e8"
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 618 (2025) — Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_448_sb0618t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0618f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0618t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- M. Jackson — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Motion Laid Over (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2025-03-05** Committee Amendment {
- **2025-03-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** 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`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d3c8eb4-0aa8-46d7-b8bc-cb57030513b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).