Citations
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Automated Enforcement Citations and Notices - Mailing Addresses [HB-552]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring that citations and notices issued as a result of automated enforcement under the Maryland Vehicle Law be sent to the current mailing address on file with the Administration or if a mailing address is not available, the current residential address on file with the Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina T. Boyce
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 586 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Tolls (Maryland Toll Relief and Accountability Act) [HB-551]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Office of Legislative Audits to perform a performance audit of the Maryland Transportation Authority's toll operations; increasing the number of days within which a person alleged to be liable for a video toll must pay the toll; prohibiting the imposition of a late payment fee for a video toll that exceeds 500% of the video toll; requiring the Authority to offer an installment payment plan to certain persons alleged to be liable for payment of unpaid video tolls and any associated civil penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024) [SB-479]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems to include certain distributions for highway and work zone safety purposes; clarifying that a work zone speed control system may be manned or unmanned and a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of a recorded image produced by a work zone speed control system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Residential Districts and Mailing of Citations [SB-450]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing that certain provisions of law authorizing the use of speed monitoring systems in certain residential districts apply in Baltimore County; requiring the fines collected by Baltimore County as a result of the use of speed monitoring systems to be used to assist in covering the costs of traffic calming devices in the county; altering a certain reporting requirement of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to include certain information on a speed monitoring system program in Baltimore County; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Firearms - Liability Insurance - Public Wearing and Carrying [HB-430]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Altering the circumstances under which a person is disqualified from possessing a regulated firearm, a rifle, and a shotgun; prohibiting a person from wearing or carrying a firearm under certain circumstances unless the person has obtained certain liability insurance related to wearing and carrying a firearm up to $300,000; providing for the form and issuance of a citation for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization PG 301-24 [HB-364]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a stop sign is subject to a citation and a certain civil penalty under certain circumstances; establishing certain defenses to a charge of an alleged violation recorded by a stop sign monitoring system; requiring the Prince George's County Department of Public Works and Transportation to make a certain report by December 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 678 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems - Agencies - Statements and Certificates of Violations [HB-282]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that, for a municipal corporation that does not maintain a police force, a technician employed by an agency may sign the statement alleging a violation recorded by a speed monitoring system that must be included in a citation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
District Court - Traffic Cases - Surcharges [HB-259]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing from $7.50 to $10.00 the surcharge the District Court is required to add to any fine imposed in certain traffic cases.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Aggressive and Reckless Driving [SB-168]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Aggressive and Reckless Driving to study data, research, initiatives, and policies regarding aggressive and reckless driving; and requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by December 1, 2024 and a final report by December 1, 2025, on its recommendations on actions, interventions, and policies that could reduce aggressive and reckless driving including legislation to be introduced in the 2026 legislative session.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bus Lane Obstruction - Monitoring Systems Expansion (Better Bus Service Act of 2024) [HB-107]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from parking or standing certain vehicles in a dedicated bus lane; making statewide the authority of a local jurisdiction to use, in accordance with certain standards and procedures, a bus lane monitoring system to enforce the prohibition against driving, standing, or parking a motor vehicle in a designated bus lane; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cannabis Reform - Alterations [HB-253]
[Cannabis ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Making alterations and clarifications related to the duties of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission, the Office of Social Equity, the Advisory Board on Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis, and the Maryland Cannabis Administration; altering the membership of the Commission; requiring the Advisory Board to elect a chair and removing the Director of the Administration as chair; authorizing processors to provide cannabis to cannabis licensees; providing that certain violations may be charged by a citation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 241 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Quotas (Community-Oriented Policing Act) [HB-6]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering a prohibition against using the number of arrests made, investigations conducted, citations issued, or warrants served or executed by a law enforcement officer as a criterion for the evaluation, compensation, discipline, promotion, demotion, dismissal, or transfer of the officer; and prohibiting law enforcement agencies from requiring, suggesting, requesting, or directing an officer to act for the purpose of increasing the number of investigations, warrants served or executed, or citations or arrests delivered.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
First Reading Judiciary on 01/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Pilot Program [HB-212]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; requiring a county, before activating a noise abatement monitoring system, to publish notice of the locations of the systems on its website; requiring a county that authorizes a noise abatement monitoring program to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, on the implementation and costs of the program and revenues collected; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 624 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Pilot Program [SB-155]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; requiring a county that authorizes a program of noise abatement monitoring systems to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025, on the effectiveness, performance, appropriate locations, costs and revenues, and citations issued in relation to the program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 625 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Aggressive and Reckless Driving [HB-187]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Aggressive and Reckless Driving to study data, research, initiatives, and policies regarding aggressive and reckless driving; and requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by December 1, 2024 and a final report by December 1, 2025 with recommendations on actions, interventions, and policies that could reduce aggressive and reckless driving and include recommended legislation to be introduced in the 2026 legislative session.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State-Owned Nursing Homes - Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines - Contractor Reporting Requirements [SB-974]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring contractors operating State-owned nursing homes to promptly provide notice of certain deficiencies, enforcement actions, citations, and fines to the Governor, the State agency overseeing the nursing home, certain committees of the General Assembly, and members of the General Assembly who represent the district in which the nursing home is located; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 106 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State-Owned Nursing Homes - Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines - Contractor Reporting Requirements [HB-1301]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring contractors operating State-owned nursing homes to promptly provide notice of certain deficiencies, enforcement actions, citations and fines to the Governor, the State agency overseeing the nursing home, certain committees of the General Assembly, and members of the General Assembly who represent the district in which the nursing home is located; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report annually, beginning January 1, 2024, on certain information related to State-owned nursing homes that are operated by contractors.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Third Reading Passed (139-0) on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - School Bus Monitoring Cameras - Issuance of Citations [SB-961]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Extending from 2 weeks to 30 days the time period within which a law enforcement agency is required to mail certain citations for violations recorded by school bus monitoring cameras.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - School Bus Monitoring Cameras - Issuance of Citations [HB-1287]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Extending from 2 weeks to 30 days the time period within which a law enforcement agency is required to mail certain citations for violations recorded by school bus monitoring cameras.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Use or Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance - De Minimis Quantity [HB-927]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Making certain violations relating to the use or possession of certain de minimis quantities of certain controlled dangerous substances a civil offense rather than a misdemeanor; authorizing a court to refer a person under the age of 21 years who commits a certain violation to mental health assessment and treatment under certain circumstances; and requiring that a certain case proceed in drug court under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023