Motor Vehicle Equipment
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Rental Vehicles - Spare Tires and Tire Repair Tools [SB-177]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring a motor vehicle rental company to provide with each rental vehicle a spare tire and tire repair tools if these items were included with the initial sale of the rental vehicle or are generally included in new vehicles of the year, make, model, and style of the rental vehicle; requiring a motor vehicle rental company to disclose in the rental agreement that the rental vehicle is not equipped with a spare tire or tire repair tools under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2023
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Environment - Climate Crisis Plan - Requirement [HB-147]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Water ]
[Air Quality ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring each county to prepare a climate crisis plan to address the effects of climate change in the county; requiring each county to submit its plan to the Department of the Environment for review and feedback on or before June 1, 2024; requiring the Department to provide feedback to each county on or before November 1, 2024; requiring each county to finalize its plan on or before January 1, 2025; and requiring each county to review and update its plan at least once every 3 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program – Renewal [HB-7]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program by extending the duration of the Program through fiscal year 2027, increasing the total amount of rebates issued annually under the Program to $2,000,000, repealing the rebates that may be issued to retail service station dealers, limiting the issuance of rebates to one recharging system per individual per address, and authorizing the Maryland Energy Administration to offer additional benefits under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Condominiums - Common Elements - Clean Energy Equipment [HB-101]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
Authorizing certain governing bodies of a condominium to grant leases in excess of 1 year or similar interests affecting the common elements of the condominium for the installation and use of leased clean energy equipment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/03/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Utilities – Electric School Bus Pilot Program [SB-948]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing an electric school bus pilot program; requiring the Public Service Commission to implement and administer the pilot program; authorizing investor-owned electric companies to apply to the Commission to implement an electric school bus pilot program with a participating school system if the pilot program meets certain standards; and authorizing investor-owned electric companies to recover certain costs under the pilot program, subject to the approval of the Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing Canceled on 03/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol - Subsequent Offenders - Mandatory Ignition Interlock [HB-1158]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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; and requiring a court to order certain motor vehicles to be impounded or immobilized for a certain period under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie S. Ciliberti
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Equipment - Highway Maintenance and Service - Green Flashing Lights [HB-1150]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing certain highway maintenance and service equipment and vehicles, while in use for snow removal or the protection of highway maintenance workers, to be equipped with and display green flashing lights simultaneously with yellow or amber flashing lights.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 204 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Residential Construction - Electric Vehicle Charging [HB-1146]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the construction of certain new townhouses and multifamily residential buildings that do not have at least one garage, carport, or driveway for each housing unit to include on a certain number of communal off-street parking spaces an electric vehicle charging station capable of at least Level 2 charging.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles of Volunteer Fire Company Members [HB-1066]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing certain members of a volunteer fire company to equip their privately owned vehicles with red and white lights or signal devices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Standards, Requirements, and Application [HB-1079]
[Air Quality ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program to provide for a biennial exhaust emissions test only on vehicles that are equipped with an on-board diagnostic II system and are at least 7 model years old; repealing the requirement that the emissions equipment and misfueling inspection be performed under the Program; authorizing a vehicle owner to take the biennial exhaust emissions test at an approved certified repair facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Transportation Electrification and Modernization (TEAM) Act [HB-894]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program by extending the duration of the Program, increasing the total amount of rebates issued under the Program, repealing the authority to issue rebates to retail service station dealers, limiting the issuance of rebates to one recharging system per individual per address, and authorizing the Maryland Energy Administration to offer additional benefits under certain circumstances; establishing the Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Grant Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) And Hearing Canceled (economic Matters) on 02/15/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Frederick County – Motor Vehicle Registration – Exception for Golf Carts [SB-703]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Creating an exception to motor vehicle registration requirements for golf carts operating on certain county highways in Frederick County; providing that a person operating a golf cart without registration may do so only on a county highway with a speed limit of 35 miles per hour, between dawn and dusk, and with certain lighting devices; and authorizing Frederick County to designate county highways on which a person may operate a golf cart and to establish further safety requirements and conditions for the operation of golf carts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frederick County Senators
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/08/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Drunk Driving Offenses – Ignition Interlock System Program [SB-653]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain persons who are convicted of, or granted probation before judgment for, certain criminal offenses related to driving while impaired by alcohol, a drug or drug combination or a combination of drugs and alcohol, to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program for certain periods of time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Commercial and Residential Buildings [HB-831]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Air Quality ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish building emissions standards for certain commercial and residential buildings; establishing the Building Energy Transition Implementation Task Force to study certain matters and develop a plan for funding the retrofit of certain buildings; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to update the Maryland Building Performance Standards.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing Canceled on 02/15/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Retail Service Stations – New Construction – Setbacks and Electric Charging Stations [HB-835]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing certain requirements for approval of construction of a new retail service station on or after October 1, 2022, including a setback requirement and the construction of a certain number of electric charging stations; and requiring approving bodies to adopt regulations to carry out the Act on or before January 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Building Code - Electric Vehicles [SB-627]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
Repealing provisions regarding requirements of builders of certain residential dwelling units to offer buyers certain options for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations; and requiring the Department of Labor, by July 1, 2023, to adopt by regulation a State building code that requires the installation of certain percentages of EV-capable, EV-ready, and EVCS-installed parking spaces for certain newly constructed buildings and buildings undergoing certain renovations; applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
First Reading Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/03/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [HB-782]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Disabilities ]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle in a parking space that is designated in a certain manner for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; and requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted in a certain way for complying with certain laws intended to meet certain requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jalisi
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Equipment - Highway Maintenance and Service - Green Flashing Lights [SB-579]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing certain highway maintenance and service equipment and vehicles, while in use for snow removal or the protection of highway maintenance workers, to be equipped with and display green flashing lights simultaneously with yellow or amber flashing lights.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environment – Climate Crisis Plan – Requirement (Better Together to Save Our Weather Act of 2022) [HB-695]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring each county to prepare a climate crisis plan to address the effects of climate change in the county; requiring each county to submit its plan to the Department of the Environment for review and feedback on or before June 1, 2023; requiring the Department to provide feedback to each county on or before November 1, 2023; requiring each county to finalize its plan on or before January 1, 2024; and requiring each county to review and update its plan once every 3 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/18 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/04/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Electric School Bus Pilot Program [HB-696]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing an electric school bus pilot program; requiring the Public Service Commission to implement and administer the pilot program; authorizing investor-owned electric companies to apply to the Commission to implement an electric school bus pilot program with a participating school system if the pilot program meets certain standards; authorizing investor-owned electric companies to recover certain costs under the pilot program, subject to the approval of the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 570 on 05/29/2022