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HB0844 • 2026

Motor Vehicle Registration - Fee Exemption - Unemployable Disabled Veterans

Motor Vehicle Registration - Fee Exemption - Unemployable Disabled Veterans

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Delegates Griffith , Allen , Arentz , Behler , Boafo , Buckel , Hartman , Hornberger , Howard , A. Johnson , McComas , Miller , Reilly , Rogers , Rose , Sample-Hughes , Schmidt , Stinnett , Tomlinson , and Wims
Last action
2026-03-24
Official status
In the Senate - Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Motor Vehicle Registration - Fee Exemption - Unemployable Disabled Veterans

Establishing that not more than one vehicle owned by, or leased to, an unemployable disabled veteran is exempt from vehicle registration fees.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishing that not more than one vehicle owned by, or leased to, an unemployable disabled veteran is exempt from vehicle registration fees.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-24 Senate

    Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.

  2. 2026-03-19 House

    Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation

  3. 2026-03-07 House

    Third Reading Passed (130-0)

  4. 2026-03-06 House

    Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

  5. 2026-03-04 Senate

    Referred Judicial Proceedings

  6. 2026-02-05 House

    Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.

  7. 2026-02-04 House

    First Reading Environment and Transportation

  8. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Motor Vehicle Registration - Fee Exemption - Unemployable Disabled Veterans

  9. Maryland General Assembly

    Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation

  10. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - Third - Motor Vehicle Registration - Fee Exemption - Unemployable Disabled Veterans

Official Summary Text

Establishing that not more than one vehicle owned by, or leased to, an unemployable disabled veteran is exempt from vehicle registration fees.

Current Bill Text

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*hb0844*

HOUSE BILL 844
R4 6lr1178
HB 248/25 – ENT
By: Delegates Griffith, Allen, Arentz, Behler, Boafo, Buckel, Hartman,
Hornberger, Howard, A. Johnson, McComas, Miller, Reilly, Rogers, Rose,
Sample–Hughes, Schmidt, Stinnett, Tomlinson, and Wims
Introduced and read first time: February 4, 2026
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 6, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Motor Vehicle Registration – Fee Exemption – Unemployable Disabled Veterans 2

FOR the purpose of establishing that a vehicle owned by an unemployable disabled veteran 3
is exempt from vehicle registration fees; and generally relating to vehicle registration 4
fee exemptions. 5

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6
Article – Transportation 7
Section 13–903(a)(8) 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 10

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – Transportation 12
Section 13–903(a)(9) and (10) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 15

BY adding to 16
Article – Transportation 17
Section 13–903(a)(11) 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 20
2 HOUSE BILL 844

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2

Article – Transportation 3

13–903. 4

(a) The following vehicles are exempt from the registration fees specified in this 5
subtitle: 6

(8) A vehicle owned by, or leased to, and personally used by a veteran who: 7

(i) As designated or classified by the U.S. Department of Veterans 8
Affairs, has lost the use of a hand, arm, or leg, or is totally disabled; or 9

(ii) Has a permanent impairment of both eyes so that: 10

1. The central visual acuity is 20/200 or less in the better eye, 11
with corrective glasses; or 12

2. There is a field defect in which the peripheral field has 13
contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular 14
distance no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye; 15

(9) A vehicle owned and personally used by an individual who is the 16
surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran, as defined under § 7 –208 of the 17
Tax – Property Article; [and] 18

(10) A Type I or Type II school vehicle owned and operated by a religious 19
organization; AND 20

(11) NOT MORE THAN ONE VEH ICLE OWNED BY , OR LEASED TO , AND 21
PERSONALLY USED BY A VETERAN WHO IS UNEMP LOYABLE DUE TO A 22
SERVICE–CONNECTED DISABILITY. 23

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 24
October 1, 2026. 25