---
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: "SB 267"
citation: "Maryland SB 267 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-10"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a15931-8ba6-4d93-a5ea-45c73c1fea48"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0267?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8389d900a804715a18539833aae914651f85bda171e1818facfab7ce1b3835e4"
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 267 (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_407_sb0267t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Vehicle Administration - Death Certificates - Issuance of Copies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0267f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Vehicle Administration and Local Health Departments - Death Certificates - Issuance of Copies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0267t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 407 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60a15931-8ba6-4d93-a5ea-45c73c1fea48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).