---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Disabled Veteran Registration Plates - Issuance"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Disabled Veteran Registration Plates - Issuance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Maryland SB 55 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-23"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f34a14c-9d00-4a7f-a1be-caf0d312ee52"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0055?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1b1b4bd091b7024e0422bc02415ad971ae28c5d94f6595584faa8fced3fae5d6"
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 55 (2024) — Vehicle Laws - Disabled Veteran Registration Plates - Issuance

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Disabled Veteran Registration Plates - Issuance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_473_sb0055t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Disabled Veteran Registration Plates - Issuance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0055f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Disabled Veteran Registration Plates - Issuance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0055t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/31 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 Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 473 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f34a14c-9d00-4a7f-a1be-caf0d312ee52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).