Motor Vehicle Registration - Fee Exemption - Unemployable Disabled Veterans
SB 179 exempts one vehicle owned or leased by an unemployable disabled veteran with a service-connected disability from Maryland's motor vehicle registration fees. It adds this group to existing fee exemptions by amending Maryland's transportation code (Section 13-903(a)(11)). The exemption applies only to vehicles personally used by the veteran and requires the veteran to be declared unemployable due to a disability connected to military service. The bill takes effect October 1, 2025, and directly affects eligible disabled veterans who qualify under this specific criterion.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Oct 7, 2024
Last action Mar 19, 2025
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The bill was amended to add a committee report and Senate action status, indicating it has been approved by the Senate. The substantive text of the bill regarding vehicle registration fee exemptions for unemployable disabled veterans remains unchanged from the original version.
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2025
How they voted
41–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 46
Feb 28, 2025
D
Democratic33
84% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Referred Environment and Transportation
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (41-0-5)
senate
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
upper
Oct 7, 2024
Introduced
Pre-filed
upper
11 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Anthony Muse
DDemocratic
P
Charles Sydnor
DDemocratic
P
Chris West
RRepublican
P
Jeff Waldstreicher
DDemocratic
P
Mary-Dulany James
DDemocratic
P
Mike McKay
RRepublican
P
Nick Charles
DDemocratic
P
Sara Love
DDemocratic
P
Shaneka Henson
DDemocratic
P
Will Smith
DDemocratic
P
William Folden
RRepublican
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