---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 113"
citation: "Maryland HB 113 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyce", "Ciliberti", "Foley", "Guyton", "Hill", "Holmes", "Lehman", "Love", "Pena-Melnyk", "Ruth", "T. Morgan", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-08-16"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abfc4abf-a088-4942-9454-ce3fa06b6e44"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0113?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5653ab4a609842f2d5bc911012e47039dda9f46dc39634aa18d2e9c74599046a"
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 113 (2024) — Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_467_hb0113t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0113f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0113t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **117–21** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **38–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyce — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abfc4abf-a088-4942-9454-ce3fa06b6e44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).