---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Homicide by Motor Vehicle or Vessel While Impaired by a Controlled Dangerous Substance - Penalties"
description: "Criminal Law - Homicide by Motor Vehicle or Vessel While Impaired by a Controlled Dangerous Substance - Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 635"
citation: "Maryland HB 635 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Boats and Ships", "Controlled Dangerous Substances", "Drunk and Drugged Driving", "Homicide", "Penalties and Sentences"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2b70b27-ba59-4124-ba53-71f546c08b94"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB635&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "32fcfc246285586ee30bfff08ef7e503dca73ce042234a6b337bc8b26500e2a0"
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 635 (2017) — Criminal Law - Homicide by Motor Vehicle or Vessel While Impaired by a Controlled Dangerous Substance - Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0635f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
- Carozza — cosponsor (person)
- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 168 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2b70b27-ba59-4124-ba53-71f546c08b94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).