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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicle Registration – Exemption From Registration Fees – Surviving Spouses of Veterans"
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description: "Vehicle Registration – Exemption From Registration Fees – Surviving Spouses of Veterans"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 626"
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citation: "Maryland SB 626 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Death", "Disabilities", "Exemptions", "Fees", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Registration", "Spouses", "Veterans"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-12-08"
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last_action: "2018-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e84d78de-dd03-4e05-8d34-49be209c5831"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB626&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "71d3c39c47cf1017c6e00f4663cc3686c2548afeaee29be56835c33b4603ebf6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 626 (2018) — Vehicle Registration – Exemption From Registration Fees – Surviving Spouses of Veterans
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0626f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Smith — primary (person)
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- Astle — cosponsor (person)
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- Benson — cosponsor (person)
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- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
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- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Currie — cosponsor (person)
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- DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
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- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
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- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
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- Hough — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee — cosponsor (person)
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- Manno — cosponsor (person)
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- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
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- Muse — cosponsor (person)
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- Norman — cosponsor (person)
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- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
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- Peters — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
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- Ready — cosponsor (person)
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- Salling — cosponsor (person)
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- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
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- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
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- Waugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Young — cosponsor (person)
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- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
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- Zucker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-01** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {798372/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
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- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
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- **2017-12-08** Returned Passed
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- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e84d78de-dd03-4e05-8d34-49be209c5831`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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