---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver’s Licenses – Driver Skills Examination – Motorcycle Safety Awareness (D. Torch Road Safety Act)"
description: "Driver’s Licenses – Driver Skills Examination – Motorcycle Safety Awareness (D. Torch Road Safety Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Maryland SB 68 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d472555-515c-47aa-9aba-2bfb7e44d74f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0068?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "944ce437779c0c556774bfa137e8e31164eeb9d9ae6965454390889d29a90d4f"
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 68 (2026) — Driver’s Licenses – Driver Skills Examination – Motorcycle Safety Awareness (D. Torch Road Safety Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Driver’s Licenses – Driver Skills Examination – Motorcycle Safety Awareness (D. Torch Road Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_539_sb0068t.pdf)
2. **First - Driver's Licenses - Driver Skills Examination - Motorcycle Safety Awareness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0068f.pdf)
3. **Third - Driver's Licenses - Driver Skills Examination - Motorcycle Safety Awareness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0068t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d472555-515c-47aa-9aba-2bfb7e44d74f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).