Baltimore County and Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Lighting on Privately Owned Vehicles [HB-1520]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing, under the commercial ambulance service license held by Hatzalah of Baltimore, no more than five of the highest ranking officers may have their privately owned vehicles equipped with red or red and white lights or signal devices which may be displayed only while on route to or at the scene of an emergency.
HB-1520: Baltimore County and Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Lighting on Privately Owned Vehicles
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/04/2025
Baltimore County and Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Lighting on Privately Owned Vehicles [SB-1030]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing not more than five of the highest ranking officers under the commercial ambulance service license held by Hatzalah of Baltimore to have their privately owned vehicles equipped with red or red and white lights or signal devices which may be displayed only while on route to or at the scene of an emergency.
SB-1030: Baltimore County and Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Lighting on Privately Owned Vehicles
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 562 on 05/13/2025
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.
HB-1500: Commercial Driver's Licenses - Out-of-State Residents - School Buses or Passenger Vehicles
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/13/2025
Motor Vehicles - Accidents - Required Testing for Impaired Driving (Mateo's Law) [HB-1486]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring any person involved in a motor vehicle accident that results in the death of, or a life threatening injury to, another person to submit to breath and blood testing for impaired driving.
HB-1486: Motor Vehicles - Accidents - Required Testing for Impaired Driving (Mateo's Law)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/10/2025
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.
SB-993: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/07/2025
Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles [HB-1256]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; requiring, before operating a fully autonomous vehicle on a highway in the State, a person to submit a law enforcement interaction plan to the Motor Vehicle Administration; and establishing that a State agency or local political subdivision may not prohibit the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways under their jurisdiction.
HB-1256: Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
Charles County - Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles - Regulation and Enforcement [HB-1283]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing Charles County to regulate the operation of off-highway recreational vehicles in the county and to impound an off-highway recreational vehicle that is the subject of certain alleged motor vehicle violations.
HB-1283: Charles County - Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles - Regulation and Enforcement
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 583 on 05/13/2025
Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses - Electronic Credentials (Maryland Mobile ID Enhancement Act) [HB-1371]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to enter into an agreement to facilitate the issuance, use, and verification of electronic credentials through a national association of motor vehicle agencies; and authorizing an individual who will operate a rented vehicle to use a certain electronic credential showing a representation of a valid driver's license, instead of a driver's license, to rent the vehicle.
HB-1371: Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses - Electronic Credentials (Maryland Mobile ID Enhancement Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 565 on 05/13/2025
Queen Anne's County - Municipalities - Speed Limits [HB-1236]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing municipalities in Queen Anne's County to decrease the maximum speed limit to not less than 15 miles per hour on highways without performing an engineering and traffic investigation.
HB-1236: Queen Anne's County - Municipalities - Speed Limits
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 557 on 05/13/2025
Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization [HB-1226]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City and the City of Takoma Park under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County if authorized by local law; requiring a local jurisdiction that implements a stop sign monitoring system to prominently place signs on highways within the local jurisdiction providing notice that stop sign monitoring systems are in use; etc.
HB-1226: Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/05/2025
Montgomery County - School Bus Stops on Highways - Alterations MC 8-25 [HB-1227]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Applying certain provisions of law regarding school bus stops located on certain highways in Montgomery County to a school bus stop at a location for which at least 400 citations were issued in the preceding fiscal year to drivers traveling in the opposite direction of the bus stop; and prohibiting, beginning on December 31, 2028, locating a school bus stop on any highway with five or more undivided traffic lanes, except under certain circumstances.
HB-1227: Montgomery County - School Bus Stops on Highways - Alterations MC 8-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 589 on 05/13/2025
Howard County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Authorization Ho. Co. 9-25 [HB-1311]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
Expanding the authorization to place and use speed monitoring systems on highways in Howard County to authorize their use in residential districts, on certain high-risk highways, and on U.S. Route 1; and requiring the fines collected by Howard County as a result of violations enforced by certain speed monitoring systems to be used for public safety purposes, including pedestrian or highway safety programs, or to fund deferred maintenance work at Howard County public schools.
HB-1311: Howard County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Authorization Ho. Co. 9-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/25/2025
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.
HB-1176: Motor Vehicles - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles in HOV Lane - Termination Date
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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.
HB-1139: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/05/2025
Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities [SB-915]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting, for a certain period of time, a person from driving a motor vehicle in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a residential community in Baltimore County; and authorizing, for a certain period of time, a police officer to enforce the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a certain residential community in Baltimore County.
SB-915: Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 421 on 05/06/2025
Charles County – Off–Highway Recreational Vehicles – Regulation and Enforcement [SB-912]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing Charles County to regulate the operation of off-highway recreational vehicles in the county and to impound an off-highway recreational vehicle that is subject to certain alleged motor vehicle violations.
SB-912: Charles County – Off–Highway Recreational Vehicles – Regulation and Enforcement
Sponsored by: Sen.
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2025
Howard County - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Authorization [SB-967]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Howard County to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; and requiring that Howard County report by March 1, 2026, to the Governor and the General Assembly on the time period noise abatement monitoring systems were in use, the number of warnings and citations issued, the costs associated with implementation, the revenue collected, and the effectiveness of noise abatement monitoring systems in reducing the noise produced by motor vehicles in the county.
SB-967: Howard County - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Authorization
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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.
SB-884: Commercial Driver's Licenses - Out-of-State Residents - School Buses or Passenger Vehicles
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025