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Bill	Motor Vehicle Administration – Birth Certificates – Issuance of Copies	Motor Vehicle Administration – Birth Certificates – Issuance of Copies	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 38	Maryland SB 38 (2018)	bill	Public Health Electronic Government Federal Government Fees Health Department of Identification Motor Vehicle Administration Reports Vital Records	enacted	Chair	1	19	3	2017-10-12	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/0cf9de21-e723-42b4-bbea-46113b16b4fb	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB38&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	6f048874b7c4a60780412a0c5f46a59e3293363ca58a1ce87d7fc2616b866a9a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 38 (2018) — Motor Vehicle Administration – Birth Certificates – Issuance of Copies

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On third reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• motion to return to 2nd reading — 7–38 (fail) · upper
• On Third Reading — 137–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chair — primary (person)
• Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-10-12 Pre-filed introduction
• 2018-01-10 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2018-01-03 Hearing 1/17 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2018-01-10 Hearing canceled
• 2018-01-10 Hearing 1/17 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2018-01-19 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-22 Favorable with Amendments {637173/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-22 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-01-24 Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Madaleno) Rejected (7-38)
• 2018-01-24 Third Reading Passed (44-0) passage
• 2018-01-25 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-02 Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Special Order until next session (Delegate Lam) Adopted
• 2018-04-04 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-07 Third Reading Passed (137-0) passage
• 2018-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-08 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 526 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0cf9de21-e723-42b4-bbea-46113b16b4fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).