Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Pedestrian Safety Fund Act of 2019 [SB-460]
Increasing the maximum fine from $500 to $1,000 that may be imposed for a violation of provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law regarding crosswalks; establishing the Pedestrian Safety Fund for the purpose of enhancing the safety and quality of pedestrian and bicycle transportation, including through certain educational programming for bicyclists, motorists, and pedestrians, certain physical design changes, and certain increased enforcement of existing rules of the road; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 519 on 05/13/2019
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Vehicle Laws - Rental Vehicles - Security [SB-436]
Establishing that the owner of a rental vehicle may satisfy a certain insurance requirement by maintaining a certain security that is secondary to any other valid and collectible coverage under certain circumstances and subject to a certain exception; providing that security maintained by the owner of a rental vehicle or replacement vehicle is primary under certain circumstances; requiring the owner of a rental vehicle to provide a certain notice to the renter of the rental vehicle; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 472 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Smoking Marijuana in Vehicles - Prohibition [SB-418]
Prohibiting a driver of a motor vehicle from smoking or consuming marijuana in a passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway; and prohibiting an occupant of a motor vehicle from smoking marijuana in a passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/21/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Low Speed Electric Vehicles - City of Havre de Grace [SB-389]
Creating an exception to motor vehicle registration requirements for low speed electric vehicles in the City of Havre de Grace that are owned and operated by the City of Havre de Grace; defining a "low speed electric vehicle" as a vehicle capable of a sustained speed of 20 miles per hour but not more than 25 miles per hour; providing that a person who operates a low speed electric vehicle in the City of Havre de Grace may operate the vehicle only on certain roadways and, between dusk and dawn, only under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/27/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Law Enforcement and Dispensaries [SB-383]
Establishing the Law Enforcement Purchases Account within the Compassionate Use Fund; authorizing a law enforcement representative to obtain a certain amount of medical cannabis and medical cannabis concentrate from a licensed dispensary at no cost for use during a certain training program; requiring a dispensary or dispensary agent to ensure that all medical cannabis and products containing medical cannabis have a label affixed to the product that warns against the operation of an automobile or machinery while using the product; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles [SB-354]
Authorizing the driver of a vehicle to drive on the left side of the roadway in a no-passing zone to overtake and pass at a safe distance a bicycle traveling in the same direction in accordance with certain provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [SB-316]
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 for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; requiring that a parking space for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles have certain pavement markings; requiring that a parking space for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted as part of the overall number of parking spaces for certain purposes; establishing a civil penalty of $50 for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Intersections - Prohibited Acts [SB-291]
Prohibiting a vehicle from entering certain intersections when facing certain traffic signals if the vehicle is unable to safely and completely proceed through the intersection; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; prohibiting a police officer from issuing a citation for a violation of this Act unless certain conditions are met; establishing a $90 fine for a violation of the Act; providing that a violation of the Act is not a moving violation for purposes of assessing points; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Suspension for Failure to Pay Video Toll - Repeal [SB-281]
Repealing a requirement that the Motor Vehicle Administration, under certain circumstances, suspend the registration of a motor vehicle that incurs a certain toll violation; altering the authority of the Maryland Transportation Authority to enter certain reciprocal agreements for the enforcement of toll violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Parking for Individuals With Disabilities – Continuing Care Retirement Facility – Time Limitation [SB-266]
Authorizing the owner or operator of a parking lot used by a continuing care retirement community to limit the amount of time that a motor vehicle is authorized to be parked in any parking space designated for the use of individuals with disabilities; prohibiting the owner or operator of a parking lot used by a continuing care retirement community from limiting the amount of time that a vehicle may be parked in a parking space designated for the use of individuals with disabilities to less than one-half hour; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Life–Threatening Injury Involving a Vehicle or Vessel – Criminal Negligence [SB-248]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in certain conduct that results in a life-threatening injury to another; exempting certain conduct that results in a life-threatening injury to another; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act of imprisonment for up to 18 months or a fine of up to $5,000 or both; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Transportation – Ignition Interlock System – Definition [SB-245]
Altering the definition of "ignition interlock system" to require that an ignition interlock device be equipped with a camera capable of recording the still images of the person taking the test of the person's blood alcohol level; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 66 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Personal Electric Transportation Devices - Definitions [SB-14]
Altering the definition of "electric personal assistive mobility device" to require that the device have one vertical or center control bar or mechanism that responds to pressure from the hands or legs of the rider to steer the device and a nonarticulated platform on which the rider stands; defining "electric self-balancing board" to include devices without a vertical or central control bar or mechanism and devices that utilize an articulated platform; and making certain provisions of law applicable to electric self-balancing boards.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Overweight Vehicles – Heavy Weight Port Corridor Permit [SB-1038]
Authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to determine that a vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting certain freight is an indivisible load authorized to obtain a certain overweight vehicle permit under certain circumstances; establishing certain conditions for a vehicle issued a permit under the Act, including a requirement to travel only on roads designated as being part of a "heavy weight port corridor"; establishing a certain maximum gross vehicle weight for a vehicle with a certain permit; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 255 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Left Lane - Use for Passing [HB-984]
Providing that, on a roadway that has three or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction with a posted maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour or more, the far left lane may be used only for the overtaking and passing of another vehicle and, after overtaking and passing the other vehicle, the driver shall return to the right lane as soon as it is reasonably safe to do so; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to include certain information as part of its driver education curriculum; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol - Subsequent Offenders - Mandatory Ignition Interlock [HB-943]
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; requiring a court to order certain motor vehicles to be impounded or immobilized for a certain period under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Electric Bicycles - Equipment and Operation [HB-939]
Establishing certain classes of electric bicycles; establishing that electric bicycles may be operated in any place where bicycles are allowed to travel, subject to certain restrictions; prohibiting a person under the age of 16 years from operating a Class 3 electric bicycle on a public highway; requiring manufacturers of electric bicycles to apply a certain label in a certain manner to each electric bicycle beginning January 1, 2020; requiring electric bicycles to comply with federal regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 63 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Motorcycles - Overtaking and Passing Vehicles [HB-917]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt certain guidelines for the operation of a motorcycle on a roadway that is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic; and repealing certain provisions of law that prohibit an operator of a motorcycle on certain roadways from overtaking and passing in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken and from operating a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lanes or rows of vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Driving While Impaired by Alcohol - Transporting a Minor - Penalties [HB-910]
Increasing certain penalties for certain convictions of driving while impaired by alcohol while transporting a minor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
First Reading Judiciary on 02/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Use of Handheld Telephone While Driving - Penalty [HB-89]
Providing for a maximum fine of $500 for a violation of certain prohibitions against using a handheld telephone while driving a motor vehicle; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/19 At 12:00 P.m. on 03/12/2019