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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Suspension of Driver's License or Registration - Unpaid Citations or Judgments"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Suspension of Driver's License or Registration - Unpaid Citations or Judgments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Maryland SB 234 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Griffith", "Hettleman", "Kelley", "Lee", "Office of the Attorney General", "President", "Smith", "West", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76e0d042-db6f-400d-9bea-df5c23cd6b14"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0234?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2bbfa27ac32a2c4be0aa7c1e3e8a39507224e7729028a0aea97ea337f0dc645e"
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 234 (2020) — Vehicle Laws - Suspension of Driver's License or Registration - Unpaid Citations or Judgments
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Suspension of Driver's License or Registration - Unpaid Citations or Judgments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_150_sb0234t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Suspension of Driver's License or Registration - Unpaid Citations or Judgments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0234f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Suspension of Driver's License or Registration - Unpaid Citations or Judgments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0234t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1340** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carter — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Office of the Attorney General — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-17** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-03-10** Motion Laid Over (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2020-03-11** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 150 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76e0d042-db6f-400d-9bea-df5c23cd6b14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).