Motor Vehicle Equipment
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Replacement Parts for Damaged Motor Vehicles [SB-1007]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring an insurer that issues or delivers in the State a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance that provides coverage for the repair of physical damage to the insured motor vehicle to authorize specified repairs to be made using original equipment manufacturer's replacement crash parts or certified aftermarket crash parts; authorizing an insured to consent in a specified manner to the use of aftermarket crash parts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2017
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Education - School Vehicles Used by Private Entities - Seat Belt Requirement [SB-987]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that school vehicles used by a private, nongovernmental entity to transport specified pupils be equipped with seat belts; prohibiting a person from operating a school vehicle for a private, nongovernmental entity to transport pupils, as specified, unless the person and each occupant under 16 years old are restrained by a seat belt; providing for the application of specified requirements relating to seat belts on school vehicles; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/06/2017
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Motor Vehicles - Seasonal Exceptional Poultry Hauling Permit [SB-917]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Animals ]
[Food ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue a seasonal exceptional poultry hauling permit that authorizes specified axle configurations and specified increased weight limits while carrying live poultry from a farm to a processing facility from November 1 until April 30 annually in specified counties; requiring, before October 1 each year, each specified poultry processing facility to submit to the Administration a complete list of registered combinations of vehicles used for carrying live poultry; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 353 on 04/18/2017
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Vehicle Laws - HOV Lanes - Tow Trucks [HB-889]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a properly registered tow truck to be driven in a high occupancy vehicle lane at all times regardless of the number of passengers in the vehicle while responding to a call for service if the tow truck has been authorized by an appropriate law enforcement agency to use high occupancy vehicle lanes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 748 on 05/25/2017
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Transportation - Ignition Interlock Devices - Definition [HB-784]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "ignition interlock system" to require that an ignition interlock device be equipped with a camera capable of recording the image of the driver of the motor vehicle in which the device is installed; making conforming changes; providing for a specified contingency; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/13/2017
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Vehicle Laws - Operation of Motorcycles - Handlebar Height [SB-668]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Increasing, from 15 inches to 20 inches, the maximum height that the handlebars of a motorcycle may be above a specified part of the motorcycle seat in order for a person to lawfully operate the motorcycle.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 751 on 05/25/2017
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Motor Vehicles - Seasonal Exceptional Poultry Hauling Permit [HB-768]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue a seasonal exceptional poultry hauling permit that authorizes specified axle configurations and specified increased weight limits while carrying live poultry from a farm to a processing facility from November 1 until April 30 annually in specified counties; requiring a combination of vehicles carrying live poultry with a trailer or semitrailer to submit to and pass a specified inspection twice yearly; requiring the operator of the specified vehicle to carry the inspection report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2017
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Vehicle Equipment - Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety Program [HB-783]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring each motor vehicles registered in the State and manufactured after January 1, 2022, to be equipped with specified driver alcohol detection equipment relating to the federal Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety program; prohibiting a person from tampering with, or otherwise attempting to circumvent, specified equipment installed on specified motor vehicles; and providing for a maximum penalty of $500 or imprisonment for not more than 2 months or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/13/2017
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Vehicle Law - Waste and Recycling Collection Vehicles - Use of Yellow and Amber Lights (The Senator Bob Hooper Sanitation Safety Act) [SB-707]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing waste or recycling collection vehicles to be equipped with or display yellow or amber lights or signal devices; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 752 on 05/25/2017
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Evidence - Violation of Ignition Interlock System Requirement [HB-757]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Providing for the admissibility of a specified report of an approved service provider in a criminal proceeding to prove a violation of a specified requirement imposed by a court that the defendant use an ignition interlock system; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/06/2017
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Transportation - Ignition Interlock Devices - Definition [SB-523]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "ignition interlock system" to require that an ignition interlock device be equipped with a camera capable of recording the image of the driver of the motor vehicle in which the device is installed; making conforming changes; providing for a specified contingency; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/06/2017
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Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring, Work Zone Speed Control, and Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems - Repeal [HB-536]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Repealing the authority of counties and municipalities in the State to use speed monitoring systems to enforce highway speed laws; repealing the authority to use work zone speed control systems to enforce highway speed laws within work zones; repealing the authority to use traffic control signal monitoring systems to enforce traffic control signal laws; requiring the publishers of the Annotated Code to correct any references that are rendered incorrect by the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2017
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Motor Vehicles - Use of Fog Lights When Windshield Wipers Operating - Repeal [HB-494]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Repealing the authority of a driver to use a vehicle's fog lights instead of the vehicle's headlamps during the continuous operation of the vehicle's windshield wipers under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 749 on 05/25/2017
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Clean Cars Act of 2017 [SB-393]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Extending and altering for fiscal years 2018 through 2020 the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and authorization to issue motor vehicle excise tax credits for specified qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles; increasing, for each fiscal year, the total amount of rebates which may be issued from a maximum of $600,000 to a maximum of $1,200,000; extending and increasing, for specified fiscal years, the amount required to be transferred from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger P. Manno
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 363 on 05/04/2017
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Clean Cars Act of 2017 [HB-406]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Extending through fiscal year 2020 the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and authorization to issue motor vehicle excise tax credits for specified qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles; increasing the total amount of rebates from up to $600,000 to a maximum of $1,200,000; increasing the amount required to be transferred from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund to the Transportation Trust Fund; increasing the amount of motor vehicle excise tax credits that may be issued during a fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Christin Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 362 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland Student Transportation Safety Act [HB-341]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring specified school vehicles in the State to be equipped with seat belts; prohibiting a person from operating school vehicles unless the person and each occupant are restrained by a seat belt; authorizing a local school system or a nonpublic school to establish policies regarding the restraint of pupils by seat belts on school vehicles; requiring the operator of a school vehicle to notify the local school system or the nonpublic school the student attends if the student fails to comply with seat belt requirements; etc
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Clean Cars Act of 2017 [SB-315]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Extending to fiscal year 2020 the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and authorization to issue motor vehicle excise tax credits for specified qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles; increasing the total amount of rebates from up to $600,000 to a maximum of $1,200,000; increasing the amount required to be transferred from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund to the Transportation Trust Fund; increasing the amount of motor vehicle excise tax credits that may be issued during a fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/14/2017
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Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax and Associated Mandated Devices - Prohibition [SB-284]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from requiring the installation of a device in or on a privately owned vehicle to facilitate the reporting of vehicle-miles traveled; and providing for the application of specified provisions of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Ray Salling
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
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School Vehicles - Seat Belts - Requirements [SB-155]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring school vehicles registered in the State and purchased on or after July 1, 2018, regardless of the date the school vehicle was manufactured or assembled, to be equipped with specified seat belts for every seat on the school vehicle; and providing for the application of specified requirements relating to seat belts on school vehicles.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/06/2017
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Code Revision - Maryland Vehicle Law - Penalties [SB-165]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Revising, restating, and recodifying the laws of this State relating to penalties for violations of the Maryland Vehicle Law; repealing specified redundant provisions; clarifying language; making specified technical and stylistic changes; providing for the construction of the Act; providing for the effect and construction of specified provisions of the Act; and authorizing the publisher of the Annotated Code to make specified corrections in a specified manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 55 on 04/11/2017