Highways
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Speed Monitoring Systems - High-Risk Highways MC 15-24 [HB-665]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on highways in Montgomery County that are at high risk for certain motor vehicle crashes; prohibiting the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on certain highways in Montgomery County; requiring the fines collected by Montgomery County or by a municipal government in Montgomery County as a result of violations enforced by a speed monitoring system to be used to fund the study, design, and construction of certain safety-related projects; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (106-26) on 03/18/2024
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St. Mary's County - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts [HB-653]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing an exception to motor vehicle registration requirements under certain circumstances for golf carts in certain areas in St. Mary's County; authorizing the St. Mary's County Board of Commissioners to designate certain county highways where the maximum posted speed limit does not exceed 30 miles per hour on which a person may operate a golf cart; and requiring a person who operates a golf card to have a valid driver's license, drive only between dawn and dusk, and equip the vehicle with certain lighting devices.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (122-0) on 03/18/2024
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Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)
Highways; bicycle paths; walkways; prohibition [SB-1282]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Highways; bicycle paths; walkways; prohibition
Sponsored by: Rep. Laurin Hendrix
Senate Third Reading Failed Voting: (12-16-2-0) on 02/22/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems on Interstate 83 - Unpaid and Overdue Citations [HB-492]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring Baltimore City to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration for purposes of imposing administrative sanctions if an owner or a driver of a vehicle accumulates more than $250 of unpaid and overdue fines for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 03/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Operation at Intersections [HB-511]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing a person operating a bicycle that is approaching a stop sign at an intersection on a highway with two or fewer lanes for moving traffic to cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping if the person reduces the speed of the bicycle to a reasonable rate and yields the right-of-way to certain vehicles under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina T. Boyce
Third Reading Passed (120-12) on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Highways - Sidewalks and Bicycle Pathways - Maintenance and Repair [SB-514]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Repealing a requirement that a political subdivision maintain and repair certain sidewalks constructed by any developer of an industrial, commercial, or apartment area along a highway maintained by the State Highway Administration; and repealing a requirement that a political subdivision maintain and repair sidewalks and bicycle pathways constructed or reconstructed as part of the construction or reconstruction of an urban highway or in response to the request of a local government.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Street Racing and Exhibition Driving – Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and Penalties [HB-601]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering certain penalties and points assessments for certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest; prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving on any highway or private property that is used for driving by the public; establishing certain affirmative defenses to a certain charge of exhibition driving; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 569 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024) [HB-513]
[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; altering the highways on which a work zone speed control system may be used; clarifying that 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 an image from a work zone speed control system; requiring the State Highway Administration to make a certain report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 17 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - School Bus Stops - Prohibited Locations [HB-540]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting the location of a school bus stop on any highway with five or more undivided traffic lanes in certain counties unless a school crossing guard is posted or a certain traffic control device is placed at the school bus stop.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Motor Vehicles. [HB-2526]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increases the penalty for a third or subsequent offense involving the unauthorized driving or operation of motor vehicles to a class C felony. Authorizes the court, as part of the person's sentencing for the third or subsequent offense, to order that the vehicle used by the person in the commission of the offense be subject to forfeiture. Takes effect 7/1/2024. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto
Act 212, 07/05/2024 (gov. Msg. No. 1313). on 07/08/2024
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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
Local Government - Condominium and Homeowners Associations - Repair and Rehabilitation Funds [SB-446]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing a county or a municipality to establish a certain fund for the purpose of providing support for the repair of infrastructure in a community subject to a condominium association or a homeowners association; and requiring that certain property tax revenues be assigned to a fund created under the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 297 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Street Racing and Exhibition Driving - Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and Penalties [SB-442]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering certain penalties and points assessments for certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest; prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving on any highway or private property that is used for driving by the public; and establishing certain affirmative defenses to a certain charge of exhibition driving.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 570 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Urban State Highways - Speed Limits - Exceptions [SB-464]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to decrease the maximum speed limit by 5 miles per hour on certain urban State highways without an engineering and traffic investigation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
State Land: Disposal/sale/lease/restrict [HB-282]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
An Act relating to access roads; relating to state land; relating to contracts for the sale of state land; relating to the authority of the Department of Education and Early Development to dispose of state land; relating to the authority of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to dispose of state land; relating to the authority of the Department of Natural Resources over certain state land; relating to the state land disposal income fund; relating to the sale and lease of state land; relating to covenants and restrictions on agricultural
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rules
Referred To Finance on 03/01/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
State Land: Disposal/sale/lease/restrict [SB-199]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
An Act relating to access roads; relating to state land; relating to contracts for the sale of state land; relating to the authority of the Department of Education and Early Development to dispose of state land; relating to the authority of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to dispose of state land; relating to the authority of the Department of Natural Resources over certain state land; relating to the state land disposal income fund; relating to the sale and lease of state land; relating to covenants and restrictions on agricultural
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Sponsored by: Sen.
Tra Rpt Cs 1dp 4nr New Title on 02/21/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Motor Vehicles. [SB-2888]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increases penalties for certain offenses relating to the unauthorized driving or operation of motor vehicles.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Tca, Jdc. on 01/24/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Vehicles. [SB-2806]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Allows all-terrain vehicle to drive on streets with posted speed limits of not more than 45 miles per hour. Allows all-terrain vehicles to drive in the evening and night if they are equipped with headlights and tail lights. Allows drivers of all-terrain vehicles to wear a safety helmet with a securely fastened chin strap. Includes in the definition of "utility-terrain vehicle" a motor vehicle that accommodates one driver and one passenger sitting side-by-side, and up to 6 people in seat belts. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Reported From Tca (stand. Com. Rep. No. 2460) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Jdc. on 02/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
School Bus Stops - Monitoring Cameras and Safety Measures [SB-406]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
Requiring a law enforcement agency, under certain circumstances, to issue a warning rather than a citation for a failure to stop for a school vehicle that is recorded by a school bus monitoring camera; and requiring the State Highway Administration to develop a certain plan for improved safety measures at certain school bus stops in Montgomery County and to report its findings on or before December 31, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2024
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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