Drunk And Drugged Driving
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of or Impaired by Alcohol or Drugs [HB-1270]
Providing that a person who operates or attempts to operate a vessel on the waters of the State is deemed to have consented to take a specified test of the person's breath or blood to determine alcohol concentration or drug or controlled dangerous substance content under specified circumstances; establishing that a person may not be compelled to take a specified test under specified circumstances; requiring a detaining officer to advise a person of specified information regarding a specified test; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010
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Vehicle Laws - Detectable Level of a Controlled Dangerous Substance or Its [HB-1048]
Prohibiting a person from driving or attempting to drive any vehicle while the person has a detectable level of a controlled dangerous substance, or its metabolites, in the person's blood, if the person is not entitled to use the controlled dangerous substance under the laws of the State; making a stylistic change; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/22/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Drunk and Drugged Driving - Evidence - Qualified Medical Person [HB-1038]
Providing for the admissibility in evidence of a certified statement by a qualified medical person who obtained blood from a defendant charged with specified alcohol- or drug-related driving offenses without the testimony of the qualified medical person; providing for specified exceptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Aumann
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Boat Act - Operating Vessel While Impaired or Under the Influence of [HB-1024]
Providing that a person who operates or attempts to operate a vessel on the waters of the State is deemed to have consented to take a test to determine alcohol concentration or drug or controlled dangerous substance content if the person is detained under specified circumstances; providing that a person may not be compelled to take a test, subject to a specified exception; requiring a detaining officer to advise a vessel operator of the consequences of refusing to take a test or submitting to the test with specified results; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/10/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Safety - Maryland Code of Military Justice [SB-1010]
Establishing a Maryland Code of Military Justice; providing for jurisdiction and applicability of the Act; providing for authority of certain judge advocates; establishing the rights of certain victims; providing for the apprehension and restraint of certain offenders; providing for certain non-judicial punishment; establishing the jurisdiction for certain courts-martial; providing for the appointment and composition of certain courts-martial; establishing certain pre-trial procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 592 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Cannabis - Legalization, Taxation, and Regulation [HB-1400]
Substituting the term "cannabis" for the term "marijuana" in certain provisions of law; altering a certain quantity threshold and establishing a certain age limit applicable to a certain civil offense of use or possession of cannabis; establishing an exception to the existing prohibition on obtaining or attempting to obtain a controlled dangerous substance or procuring or attempting to procure the administration of a controlled dangerous substance under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol - Subsequent Offenders - Mandatory Ignition Interlock [HB-1320]
Requiring a court to prohibit a person convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence of alcohol from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an ignition interlock system and to order the person to install an ignition interlock system on the person's vehicle as a sentence, part of a sentence, or condition of probation; requiring a court to order certain motor vehicles to be impounded or immobilized for a certain period under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Drugged Driving - Controlled Dangerous Substance Testing - Authorized Police Officers [HB-1334]
Authorizing a police officer who has successfully completed a program of training in advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement to request, require, or direct that a person take a test for drug or controlled dangerous substance content under certain circumstances; repealing the authorization for a police officer who is a trainee, or is in a program of training, for certification as a drug recognition expert to request, require, or direct that a person take a test for drug or controlled dangerous substance content; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Safety - Maryland Code of Military Justice [HB-1139]
Establishing a Maryland Code of Military Justice; providing for jurisdiction and applicability of the Act; providing for authority of certain judge advocates; establishing the rights of certain victims; providing for the apprehension and restraint of certain offenders; providing for certain non-judicial punishment; establishing the jurisdiction for certain courts-martial; providing for the appointment and composition of certain courts-martial; establishing certain pre-trial procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Safety - Maryland Code of Military Justice [HB-1139]
Establishing a Maryland Code of Military Justice; providing for jurisdiction and applicability of the Act; providing for authority of certain judge advocates; establishing the rights of certain victims; providing for the apprehension and restraint of certain offenders; providing for certain non-judicial punishment; establishing the jurisdiction for certain courts-martial; providing for the appointment and composition of certain courts-martial; establishing certain pre-trial procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Drunk Driving Offenses - Ignition Interlock System Program [SB-870]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain persons who are convicted of, or granted certain probation for, certain criminal offenses to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program for certain periods of time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/27 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Drunk Driving Offenses - Ignition Interlock System Program [SB-870]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain persons who are convicted of, or granted certain probation for, certain criminal offenses to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program for certain periods of time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/27 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Distracted Driving Monitoring Systems - Authorization [SB-819]
Authorizing certain agencies to place distracted driver monitoring systems on certain highways under certain circumstances; requiring that a recorded image made by a distracted driver monitoring system include two or more photographs, microphotographs, or electronic images or videotape, or other medium as well as clear identification of the registration plate number; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded committing a certain violation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/27 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Drugged Driving - Oral Fluid Tests - Pilot Program [HB-808]
Establishing a pilot program to examine the testing of oral fluid samples by certain police officers to assist in determining whether an individual is operating a motor vehicle while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance; authorizing a police officer in a participating jurisdiction who has reasonable grounds to believe that an individual is or has been driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance to request the individual to provide an oral fluid sample; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Impaired Driving and New Technologies [HB-762]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Impaired Driving and New Technologies to study efforts made to reduce impaired driving in the last 20 years, current initiatives, national best practices, and new technologies to combat impaired driving; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding new State initiatives, public awareness efforts, and improved coordination and to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Drugged Driving - Controlled Dangerous Substance Testing - Authorized Police Officers [SB-497]
Authorizing a police officer who has successfully completed a program of training in advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement to request, require, or direct that a person take a test for drug or controlled dangerous substance content under certain circumstances; repealing the authorization for a police officer who is a trainee, or is in a program of training, for certification as a drug recognition expert to request, require, or direct that a person take a test for drug or controlled dangerous substance content; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Third Reading Passed (44-2) on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Drunk and Drugged Driving - Testing - Warrants [SB-498]
Establishing an exception to the prohibition on compelling a person to undergo a certain test of the person's breath or blood for a test that is required by a valid warrant.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Drugged Driving - Oral Fluid Tests - Pilot Program [SB-309]
Establishing a pilot program to examine the testing of oral fluid samples by certain police officers to assist in determining whether an individual is operating a motor vehicle while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance; authorizing a police officer in a participating jurisdiction who has reasonable grounds to believe that an individual is or has been driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance to request the individual to provide an oral fluid sample; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Third Reading Passed (42-3) on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Boat Act - Privilege to Operate a Vessel - Suspension Authority [SB-1080]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources, in addition to specified other applicable penalties, to suspend for up to a period of 1 year the privilege to operate a vessel on the waters of the State of a person who is convicted of operating a vessel on waters of the State while under the influence of alcohol; making the Act contingent upon the State of Maryland entering into the Interstate Boating Violator Compact on or before October 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 04/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Aggressive Drunk Driving - Punitive Damages [SB-1058]
Providing that a person who causes personal injury or wrongful death while operating or attempting to operate a motor vehicle, and who has a 0.15 or more alcohol concentration in the person's blood or breath or who refuses to submit to a chemical test for alcohol concentration, is liable for punitive damages under specified circumstances; limiting liability for punitive damages under the Act solely to the person operating or attempting to operate the motor vehicle; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Brochin
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/17/2017