---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Electric Low Speed Scooters"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Electric Low Speed Scooters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 748"
citation: "Maryland HB 748 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Bicycles", "Equipment", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Registration", "Sports and Recreation", "Traffic Regulation", "Transportation", "Weights and Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fraser-Hidalgo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41d87932-f709-478b-a492-325a5749658e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB748&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "5bbfd8142de2f6d4c99f583568129a66a6a9e1b2272f997f251b5b5c778f6e03"
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 748 (2019) — Vehicle Laws - Electric Low Speed Scooters

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0748f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {640715/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {988678/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (43-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 227 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41d87932-f709-478b-a492-325a5749658e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).