Driver Education
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses – Driver Skills Examinations [SB-599]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to establish a pilot program in Howard County and Montgomery County to allow certain drivers' schools to administer the driver skills examination required for an individual to obtain certain driver's licenses; requiring the drivers' school to have been licensed and in operation for at least 5 years before the date of application for authorization to administer the examination; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2022
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Education – Jobs That Require Driving – Requirements (Drivers Education for Good Jobs Act of 2022) [SB-422]
Authorizing a county board of education to authorize a certain employee to transport a public school student in a vehicle; and requiring, on or before December 31, 2022, the Career and Technical Education Committee to establish a pathway for students to prepare for a career as a driver and an annual goal for the number of students who obtain the appropriate license for a career as a driver before they graduate high school.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses – Driver Skills Examinations [SB-879]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to allow certain drivers' schools to administer the driver skills examination required for an individual to obtain a driver's license; requiring a drivers' school that administers the driver skills examination to use certain methods in administering the examination and to enter into a certain memorandum of understanding with the Administration and that memorandum has not been terminated by either party; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Protective Headgear Requirement for Motorcycle Riders - Exception [SB-712]
Providing that the prohibition against operating or riding on a motorcycle without certain protective headgear does not apply to an individual at least 21 years old who has been licensed to operate a motorcycle for at least 2 years, has completed a certain motorcycle safety course, or is a passenger on a motorcycle operated by a driver who has been licensed for at least 2 years or has completed a certain motorcycle safety course.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing Canceled on 02/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Driving in Right–Hand Lanes – Interstate Highways in Rural Areas [HB-964]
Requiring the driver of a vehicle traveling slower than the general speed of traffic on interstate highways located in rural areas to drive the vehicle in the right-hand lanes; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to include certain information in the State's driver education curriculum; requiring the State Highway Administration to inform drivers of certain requirements by posting certain signage and providing certain notice; prohibiting the issuance of a citation for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Motion Special Order Until 4/12 (senator Beidle) Adopted on 04/10/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards - Applications and Renewals [HB-730]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to extend the period of time that an identification card remains effective by 90 days under certain circumstances; altering the documentation that applicants for a learner's permit who are under the age of 16 years are required to present to the Administration; altering the time period before expiration within which a driver's license is renewable; altering the standards for determining whether an individual is required to appear in person to renew the individual's driver's license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 139 on 05/18/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards - Applications and Renewals [SB-569]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to extend the period of time that an identification card remains effective by 90 days under certain circumstances; altering the documentation that applicants for a learner's permit who are under the age of 16 years are required to present to the Administration; altering the time period before expiration within which a driver's license is renewable; altering the standards for determining whether an individual is required to appear in person to renew the individual's driver's license; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Rereferred To Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2021
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Road User - Penalties [SB-868]
Prohibiting a person from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable road user as a result of the person operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law; establishing a penalty of a fine not exceeding $2,000; establishing additional penalties of participation in a motor vehicle safety course and up to 150 hours of community service; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Uninsured Division - Uninsured Motorists [SB-856]
Establishing certain legislative findings and declarations; establishing the Uninsured Motorist Education and Enforcement Fund to provide funding for the education of drivers about the security requirements for motor vehicles in the State; establishing in the Uninsured Division a Program to Incentivize and Enable Uninsured Vehicle Owners to Be Insured to reduce the number of uninsured vehicles in the State; providing that an individual is eligible to participate in the Program under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 196 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Commercial Driver's Licenses - Recognition, Prevention, and Reporting of Human Trafficking [SB-701]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to include questions on human trafficking recognition, prevention, and effective reporting as part of the commercial driver's license knowledge test; requiring commercial driver's license training schools to include training on human trafficking recognition, prevention, and effective reporting as part of the curriculum; requiring the Administration to include content on human trafficking recognition, prevention, and effective reporting in its Commercial Driver's License Manual; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Driver’s Licenses – Learner’s Permits – Minimum Duration [SB-424]
Reducing the period of time that certain individuals who are at least a certain age and who hold a learner's instructional permit are required to wait before taking certain examinations for a provisional driver's license.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 505 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Metro/Transit Funding Act [SB-277]
Requiring the Secretary of Transportation to withhold a portion of the State's annual operating grant to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to provide an annual grant of at least $167,000,000 to pay capital costs of the Authority; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to prepare a Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan in consultation with certain entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 351 on 04/25/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Schools - Age of Instruction Vehicles [HB-998]
Prohibiting the use of vehicles that are older than 10 model years for instruction in a drivers' school; and specifying that the Act does not apply to commercial vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Driver's License Examination - Parallel Parking [HB-889]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to include as part of a driver's license examination a demonstration of the license applicant's ability to parallel park a motor vehicle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Driver’s Licenses – Learner’s Permits – Minimum Duration [HB-394]
Reducing the period of time that certain individuals who are at least a certain age and who hold a learner's instructional permit are required to wait before taking certain examinations for a provisional driver's license.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/25/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Metro/Transit Funding Act [HB-372]
Requiring the Secretary of Transportation to withhold a portion of the State's annual operating grant to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to provide an annual grant of at least $167,000,000 to pay capital costs of the Authority; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to prepare a Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan in consultation with certain entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 352 on 04/25/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Commercial Driver's Licenses - Recognition, Prevention, and Reporting of Human Trafficking [HB-1462]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to include questions on human trafficking recognition, prevention, and effective reporting as part of the commercial driver's license knowledge test; requiring commercial driver's license training schools to include training on human trafficking recognition, prevention, and effective reporting as part of the curriculum; requiring the Administration to include content on human trafficking recognition, prevention, and effective reporting in its Commercial Driver's License Manual; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Third Reading Passed (138-0) on 03/19/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Road User - Penalties [HB-142]
Prohibiting a person from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable road user as a result of the person operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law; establishing certain penalties for a violation of the Act; defining the term "vulnerable road user"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lafferty
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Driver Education Curriculum - Rights of Drivers Involved in Traffic Stops [HB-1375]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations requiring that classroom instruction for the driver education program include instruction on the rights of drivers who are involved in traffic stops; requiring the Administration to include content on the rights of drivers who are involved in traffic stops as part of its Driver's Manual; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Drivers’ Education Schools – Age of Instruction Vehicles [HB-118]
Prohibiting the use of a vehicle that is older than 10 model years for instruction in a drivers' school.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 02/12/2018