---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 782"
citation: "Maryland HB 782 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba6dafa8-0b69-4aa0-9638-ee46e7503b6c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0782?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "837da046439671109d8bb3dc979f96ece809c76441752dd3095e6a9a45b67e30"
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 782 (2024) — Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_521_hb0782t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0782f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0782t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba6dafa8-0b69-4aa0-9638-ee46e7503b6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).