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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Registration Exemption From Registration Fees Surviving Spouses of Veterans"
description: "Vehicle Registration Exemption From Registration Fees Surviving Spouses of Veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 626"
citation: "Maryland SB 626 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration", "Death", "Disabilities", "Exemptions", "Fees", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Registration", "Spouses", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e84d78de-dd03-4e05-8d34-49be209c5831"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB626&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "71d3c39c47cf1017c6e00f4663cc3686c2548afeaee29be56835c33b4603ebf6"
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 626 (2018) — Vehicle Registration Exemption From Registration Fees Surviving Spouses of Veterans
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0626f.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1400** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Smith — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Waugh — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-01** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {798372/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-12-08** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 `executive-signature`
## Source
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).