---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 463"
citation: "Maryland HB 463 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edelson", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f45c82e-2f42-48eb-8644-134fcc4e0c83"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0463?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a4f3ec810b92ae464f74253ed0656ca2ee5a62e50d3f61402782f1f8fe9f1c8e"
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 463 (2025) — Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_297_hb0463t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0463f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0463t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Edelson — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-21** 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
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 297 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f45c82e-2f42-48eb-8644-134fcc4e0c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).