---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Administration and Local Health Departments - Death Certificates - Issuance of Copies"
description: "Motor Vehicle Administration and Local Health Departments - Death Certificates - Issuance of Copies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 230"
citation: "Maryland HB 230 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-10"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed6dbb8f-d455-4157-afe0-0953004e558c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0230?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "278e8f6418f8f2209d5ecac910ba41caec80c718a4dea20f4f6a76230b69ed57"
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 230 (2024) — Motor Vehicle Administration and Local Health Departments - Death Certificates - Issuance of Copies

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Vehicle Administration and Local Health Departments - Death Certificates - Issuance of Copies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_406_hb0230e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Motor Vehicle Administration and Local Health Departments - Death Certificates - Issuance of Copies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0230e.pdf)
3. **First - Motor Vehicle Administration - Death Certificates - Issuance of Copies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0230f.pdf)
4. **Third - Motor Vehicle Administration - Death Certificates - Issuance of Copies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0230t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-06** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/07 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 406 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed6dbb8f-d455-4157-afe0-0953004e558c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).