---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Protection of Information - Voter Registration Numbers"
description: "State Government - Protection of Information - Voter Registration Numbers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1717"
citation: "Maryland HB 1717 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Crimes and Punishments", "Elections", "State Board of", "Emergency Bills", "Penalties and Sentences", "Political Parties", "Privacy", "Registration", "Rules and Regulations", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilkins and A. Washington"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17ff358f-0634-4d10-bd5c-3a1904748647"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1717&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "b3c30cefc550a858d274e36475374481932651814abcc1862663f880e61859e4"
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 1717 (2018) — State Government - Protection of Information - Voter Registration Numbers

## 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/hb1717f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilkins and A. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2018-02-27** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {235862/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Zucker) Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 552 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17ff358f-0634-4d10-bd5c-3a1904748647`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).