# Maryland SB 0618: Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law) Maryland SB 0618, Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law), is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by William C. Smith (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0618-2025RS - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maryland SB 0618 - State: Maryland - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law) - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-29 - Last action: 2025-05-13, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448 - Sponsor: William C. Smith (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 12 - Subjects: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Regulation, Awareness and Outreach, Cognitive Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Disclosure, Drivers' Licenses, Identification -see also- Biometrics; Fingerprinting; DrLics, Job Training -see also- Continuing Ed; Vocational Rehab, Motorcycles, Mopeds, and Motor Scooters, Motor Vehicles -see also- Aband Veh; Ambulances; Buses; etc., Motor Vehicle Administration, Permits -see also- Building Permits, Police Training and Standards Commission, Privacy, Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records, State Police, Department of - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (179 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Free disability notation on Maryland IDs: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Maryland applicants can choose a nonapparent disability notation when applying for or renewing a license, ID card, or moped permit. This covers disabilities or health conditions that are not immediately visible, including developmental and intellectual disabilities. The M… - Privacy rights for disability notation holders: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration must delete any record of your disability notation whenever you request it. The agency generally cannot share notation or removal-request information without a court order. Exceptions allow sharing with courts, criminal justice agen… - Police training on disability notation holders: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration must tell the public about the disability notation option. It must consult developmental and intellectual disability advocacy groups to design the notation, which appears at the credential's bottom. The Maryland Police Training and… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: William C. Smith (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Nick Charles (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Bill Ferguson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: William G. Folden (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mary-Dulany James (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sara Love (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: M. Jackson - Cosponsor: Mike McKay (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: C. Anthony Muse (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Johnny Ray Salling (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Charles E. Sydnor (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jeff Waldstreicher (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Chris West (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-01 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 135 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 44 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (17) - 2025-05-13: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448 - 2025-04-01: Returned Passed (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Third Reading Passed (135-0) (House) - 2025-03-28: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House) - 2025-03-28: Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation (House) - 2025-03-19: Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (House) - 2025-03-07: Referred Environment and Transportation (House) - 2025-03-06: Third Reading Passed (44-0) (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Floor Amendment {583928/1 (Senator Salling) Adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Floor Amendment {633924/1 (Senator Smith) Adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Committee Amendment {183121/1 Adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Motion Laid Over (Senator Smith) Adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Favorable with Amendments {183121/1 (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate) - 2025-01-29: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (Senate) ## Bill text - Enacted, 2025-05-13: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_448_sb0618t.pdf) - Third Reading, 2025-03-05: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0618t.pdf) - First Reading, 2025-01-29: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0618f.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed) - SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed) - HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed) - SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed) - HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law) - HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_448_sb0618t.pdf) - [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0618t.pdf) - [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0618f.pdf) ## Related - [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS) - [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS) - [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS) - [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS) - [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS) - [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS) - [Maryland bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland/bills) - [Maryland state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0618-2025RS (as of 2026-10-19).