---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drunk Driving - Commercial Driver's Licenses - Disqualification From Driving"
description: "Drunk Driving - Commercial Driver's Licenses - Disqualification From Driving"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 189"
citation: "Maryland HB 189 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-10-09"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f7f84cd-9021-46bf-aeaa-8df1921f1957"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0189?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "50b629f7799207512707817bb2d18683c5f47318a1ad68bcef7e857735173d8e"
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 189 (2025) — Drunk Driving - Commercial Driver's Licenses - Disqualification From Driving

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Drunk Driving - Commercial Driver's Licenses - Disqualification From Driving** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_49_hb0189t.pdf)
2. **First - Drunk Driving - Commercial Driver's Licenses - Disqualification From Driving** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0189f.pdf)
3. **Third - Drunk Driving - Commercial Driver's Licenses - Disqualification From Driving** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0189t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 49 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f7f84cd-9021-46bf-aeaa-8df1921f1957`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).