---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Administration - Identification Cards, Licenses, and Permits - Repeal of Color Photograph Requirement"
description: "Motor Vehicle Administration - Identification Cards, Licenses, and Permits - Repeal of Color Photograph Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 248"
citation: "Maryland HB 248 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-09-26"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b649511b-1a8a-4b11-aba6-ba0eddfb6541"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0248?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "c587c9a59dd968cdf74b27e4a999b149ef3857262f1287a9b438c99b53b024e8"
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 HB 248 (2026) — Motor Vehicle Administration - Identification Cards, Licenses, and Permits - Repeal of Color Photograph Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Vehicle Administration - Identification Cards, Licenses, and Permits - Repeal of Color Photograph Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_116_hb0248t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Vehicle Administration - Identification Cards, Licenses, and Permits - Repeal of Color Photograph Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0248f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Vehicle Administration - Identification Cards, Licenses, and Permits - Repeal of Color Photograph Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0248t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-26** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 116 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b649511b-1a8a-4b11-aba6-ba0eddfb6541`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).