---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Injuries Compensation - Acts Involving Operation of Vessel or Motor Vehicle"
description: "Criminal Injuries Compensation - Acts Involving Operation of Vessel or Motor Vehicle"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1451"
citation: "Maryland HB 1451 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Boats and Ships", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Injuries Compensation", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vallario"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6808f263-85f0-412a-ac28-5d03b439cbe5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1451&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "0b04cc60b1e8397edf0516c314bbe6688233de54250dc1c3e41cf750d8dbe70a"
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 1451 (2018) — Criminal Injuries Compensation - Acts Involving Operation of Vessel or Motor Vehicle

## 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/hb1451f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vallario — primary (person)
- Conaway — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-19** Hearing canceled
- **2018-02-19** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 458 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6808f263-85f0-412a-ac28-5d03b439cbe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).