Motor Vehicle Administration
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Identification Cards - Issuance to Minors [HB-1539]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from requiring a parent or legal guardian of a minor 15 years of age or older to cosign or be present at the time of submission of the minor's application for an identification card.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jamila Woods
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/25/2025
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Motor Vehicle Administration Records - Access to Digital Photographic Images and Signatures - Baltimore City [HB-1533]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to make a digital photographic image or signature of an individual, or the actual stored data of the image or signature, recorded by the Administration available to the Special Investigations Unit of the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development or its successor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Driver's Licenses - Out-of-State Residents - School Buses or Passenger Vehicles [HB-1500]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a Class B commercial driver's license with a school bus or passenger vehicle endorsement to nonresidents of Maryland who hold an equivalent commercial driver's license and the appropriate equivalent endorsement from the driver's licensing authority of a neighboring state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-993]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Establishing the Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program; requiring individuals whose driver's licenses are subject to certain suspension or revocation to participate in the Program; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue to participants a restricted license requiring the use of an intelligent speed assistance system; and prohibiting a participant from operating a motor vehicle in violation of the requirements of the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles – Rental Fleet Vehicles – Registration [HB-1464]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing an alternative registration process for rental fleet vehicles; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue distinctive registration plates for rental vehicles registered under the alternative process; and requiring, in addition to an annual registration fee, the owner of a registered rental vehicle to pay a one-time initial registration fee not to exceed $8.50 when the new registration plates are issued.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 526 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act) [HB-1368]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/21 At 2:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles in HOV Lane - Termination Date [HB-1176]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
Extending the termination date of a provision of law that authorizes certain plug-in electric drive vehicles to use high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes regardless of the number of passengers in the vehicle to September 30, 2030.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program – Exemptions – Individuals With Disabilities and Older Drivers [HB-1201]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Environmental ]
Increasing, from 5,000 miles to 10,000 miles, the maximum number of miles that a motor vehicle registered to an individual with a disability or owned by an individual who is at least 70 years of age may be driven annually to be eligible for an exemption from certain mandatory vehicle emissions inspections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems on Interstate 83 - Unpaid and Overdue Citations [HB-1130]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring Baltimore City to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration for certain purposes if an owner or a driver of a vehicle accumulates more than $250 in unpaid and overdue fines for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; authorizing Baltimore City to immobilize a vehicle owned or driven by a person that has accumulated more than $250 in unpaid and overdue fines for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Enhanced Automatic Voter Registration System [HB-1113]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to implement an enhanced automatic voter registration system on or before July 1, 2026; establishing requirements regarding the transmission of enhanced automatic voter registration information by the Administration, the processing of the voter registration information by the State Board of Elections, and the sending of notices by the State Board; authorizing the State Board to implement certain enhanced automatic voter registration at certain agencies with their consent; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-1139]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program; requiring individuals whose driver's licenses are subject to certain suspension or revocation to participate in the Program; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue to participants a restricted license requiring the use of an intelligent speed assistance system; and prohibiting a participant from operating a motor vehicle in violation of the requirements of the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Rental Fleet Vehicles - Registration [SB-863]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing an alternative registration process for rental fleet vehicles; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue distinctive registration plates for rental vehicles registered under the alternative process; and requiring, in addition to an annual registration fee, the owner of a registered rental vehicle to pay a one-time initial registration fee not to exceed $8.50 when the new registration plates are issued.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Driver's Licenses - Out-of-State Residents - School Buses or Passenger Vehicles [SB-884]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a Class B commercial driver's license with a school bus or passenger vehicle endorsement to nonresidents of Maryland who hold an equivalent commercial driver's license and the appropriate equivalent endorsement from the driver's licensing authority of a neighboring state.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Administration - Breathalyzer Technology - Uniform Standards [HB-946]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations establishing uniform standards for breathalyzer technology in the State; and requiring all breathalyzers used in the State on or after October 1, 2026, to comply with the uniform standards.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Inspection Requirement [SB-742]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require the biennial inspection of certain motor vehicles that are at least 6 model years old.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer and Display Fireworks - Regulation and Tax [HB-1002]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Authorizing the sale and possession of certain consumer fireworks, subject to certain requirements and restrictions; altering certain provisions to establish that certain provisions authorizing the State Fire Marshal to issue a certain permit relating to fireworks apply only to certain display fireworks; authorizing a county to opt out of certain provisions regulating the sale and possession of consumer fireworks; establishing a certain sales and use tax for certain fireworks; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law) [SB-618]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring that an original and renewal application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document the applicant's nonapparent disability; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to delete a certain record about an applicant's nonapparent disability notation under certain circumstances; requiring the Administration to establish public outreach efforts to educate the general public on the availability of the nonapparent disability notation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 448 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law) [HB-707]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that an original and renewal application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document the applicant's nonapparent disability; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that a certain license, identification card, or moped operator's permit include a notation of a nonapparent disability; requiring the immediate implementation of training for law enforcement concerning interactions with persons with nonapparent disabilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 440 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements [SB-471]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the requirements of the 3-hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program established by the Motor Vehicle Administration for certain applicants for driver's licenses; and requiring the Administration to adopt regulations establishing criteria for certifying a private entity to offer the 3-hour Roadway Safety Education Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 298 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles - Human Safety Operators and Reporting Requirements [SB-405]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a human safety operator to be present in certain fully autonomous vehicles operating on highways in the State; requiring a manufacturer of a fully autonomous vehicle to submit to the Motor Vehicle Administration an incident report on any vehicle collision, certain citations for traffic violations, any disengagement event, or any assault or harassment of a passenger or human safety operator that occurs in the State and involves a fully autonomous vehicle under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025