Motor Vehicles - Specially Designed Vintage Reproduction Registration Plates
SB 54 removes the time limit for Maryland’s Motor Vehicle Administration to offer specially designed vintage reproduction license plates. It directly affects owners of qualifying vintage vehicles (including passenger cars, small trucks, historic vehicles, multipurpose vehicles, and street rods) who wish to display these plates. The bill requires a one-time $100 fee for initial issuance and a $25 annual renewal fee, with funds covering administration costs and funding the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account. The plates must resemble the 1910 black-letter-on-yellow design and remain available indefinitely.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Oct 17, 2024
Signed May 13, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill adds administrative status updates and formatting changes to Senate Bill 54, which creates a special vintage reproduction registration plate program for eligible vehicles. The primary substantive change involves reorganizing the eligibility criteria and fee structure for the plate program, though the core requirements remain largely the same.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on creating a vintage reproduction registration plate program for specific vehicle classes, with no significant expansion or reduction in applicability.
TECHNICAL
Added committee report and Senate action status information showing the bill was favorably reported and adopted by the Senate.
Reorganized the bill's structure by moving eligibility criteria from subsection (b) to a new subsection (b) with renumbered subsections, changing the order of vehicle class listings.
Added signature lines for Governor, Senate President, and House Speaker at the end of the bill for final approval.
Removed some formatting markers and page headers that were present in the original version but not needed in the amended version.
FISCAL
Reformatted the fee collection provisions with clearer formatting for the initial $100 fee and $25 renewal fee, though the amounts remain unchanged.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 20, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 24, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 43
Jan 20, 2025
D
Democratic30
90% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
10
Committee
6
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492
executive
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned Passed
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
lower
Mar 24, 2025
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (138-0-1)
house of delegates
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Referred Environment and Transportation
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0-3)
senate
Jan 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Adopted
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
upper
Oct 17, 2024
Introduced
Pre-filed
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
William Folden
RRepublican
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