---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Registration – Exemption From Registration Fees – Surviving Spouses of Veterans"
description: "Vehicle Registration – Exemption From Registration Fees – Surviving Spouses of Veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1162"
citation: "Maryland HB 1162 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Death", "Disabilities", "Exemptions", "Fees", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Registration", "Spouses", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["P. Young"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f82b354a-9f43-4fef-8507-447d40e9701b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1162&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "852127268719100c083bb99893bbde255884271638cb5e0037af6b863b8e1013"
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 1162 (2018) — Vehicle Registration – Exemption From Registration Fees – Surviving Spouses of Veterans

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1162f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- P. Young — primary (person)
- Cluster — cosponsor (person)
- Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Knotts — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Second Reading Passed (41-0)
- **2018-03-27** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 157 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f82b354a-9f43-4fef-8507-447d40e9701b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).