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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving (Sergeant Patrick Kepp Act)"
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description: "Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving (Sergeant Patrick Kepp Act)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 744"
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citation: "Maryland HB 744 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["A"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Behler", "Boyce", "Edelson", "Foley", "Guyton", "Harris", "Hill", "Kaufman", "Lopez", "McComas", "Palakovich Carr", "Phillips", "R. Lewis", "Schindler", "Solomon", "Spiegel", "Stewart", "Taylor", "Toles", "Wims", "Wolek", "Ziegler"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-27"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03e9d28b-6748-4f92-8334-4432b88fd6f8"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0744?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "2be2737dddf01293892715989b6518c7b8748a8852c9b99c9468ba98605954f6"
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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 HB 744 (2025) — Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving (Sergeant Patrick Kepp Act)
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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. **Chapter - Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving (Sergeant Patrick Kepp Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_446_hb0744t.pdf)
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2. **First - Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0744f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0744t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Addison — primary (person)
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- Behler — primary (person)
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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- Edelson — primary (person)
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- Foley — primary (person)
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- Guyton — primary (person)
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- Harris — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- McComas — primary (person)
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- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Schindler — primary (person)
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- Solomon — primary (person)
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- Spiegel — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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- Toles — primary (person)
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- Wims — primary (person)
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- Wolek — primary (person)
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- Ziegler — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-15** Committee Amendment {
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- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-17** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
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- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 446 `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/03e9d28b-6748-4f92-8334-4432b88fd6f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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