---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts - Town of Vienna"
description: "Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts - Town of Vienna"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "Maryland SB 215 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Dorchester County", "Drivers' Licenses", "Equipment", "Highway Administration", "State", "Highways", "Motor Vehicle Equipment", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Motor Vehicle Registration", "Somerset County", "Time", "Traffic Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aff4ab3-215e-4fe5-8ae7-72447adf1378"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB215&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "a08eba43f3496b71179e18e4046fb1319482032933e2e856a0e6b861d855e457"
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 SB 215 (2018) — Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts - Town of Vienna

## 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/sb/sb0215f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eckardt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings
- **2018-01-24** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-12** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-19** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {910613/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 175 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9aff4ab3-215e-4fe5-8ae7-72447adf1378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).