---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clerks of the Courts - Traffic Fines - Installment Payments"
description: "Clerks of the Courts - Traffic Fines - Installment Payments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1448"
citation: "Maryland HB 1448 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Circuit Courts", "Clerks of Court", "District Courts", "Electronic Government", "Fines", "Motor Vehicle Administration", "Notices", "Penalties and Sentences", "Traffic Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vallario"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3388bbc-ac4c-4315-8bd4-e921951b48e9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1448&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "d4b5688a5e3cf1fb734b9b3f68b7b77da86e193d090fe0cfa30136762e6625f3"
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 1448 (2018) — Clerks of the Courts - Traffic Fines - Installment Payments

## 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/hb1448f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vallario — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {232218/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-17** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 792 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3388bbc-ac4c-4315-8bd4-e921951b48e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).