Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles [SB-949]
[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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators - Policy and Appeal Procedure [HB-1030]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the definitions of "transportation network company" and "transportation network operator" for purposes of provisions of law regarding transportation network companies; requiring a transportation network company to maintain a deactivation policy that provides the policies and procedures for the deactivation of operators; prohibiting a transportation network company from deactivating an operator unless the deactivation is consistent with the company's deactivation policy; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City and Montgomery County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization MC 4-25 [HB-1032]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City and Montgomery County under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; and requiring the Montgomery County Department of Transportation and the Baltimore City Department of Transportation to individually report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2027, the data on the program through October 1, 2027, in their individual jurisdictions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Out-of-State Drivers - Automated Enforcement (Out-of-State Driver Accountability Act) [HB-915]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each county and municipal automated traffic enforcement program to submit to the Vision Zero coordinator a quarterly report containing certain information regarding each citation issued under the program during the quarter to a motor vehicle registered in another state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Motor Vehicle - Criminal Negligence (Sergeant Patrick Keep Act) [SB-710]
[Crime ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle in a criminally negligent manner; providing that a person acts in a criminally negligent manner when the person should be aware, but fails to perceive, that the person's conduct creates a substantial risk to the safety of other persons or to property and the failure to perceive constitutes a gross deviation from the standards of care that would be exercised by a reasonable person; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs - Insurance and Liability [SB-771]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing certain provisions of law authorizing a peer-to-peer car sharing program's motor vehicle liability insurance policy on a replacement vehicle to be secondary coverage for a shared vehicle driver; altering certain motor vehicle liability insurance requirements applicable to peer-to-peer car sharing programs; providing that the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund is not required to provide coverage to a shared vehicle drive for the use of a shared vehicle that is not a replacement vehicle; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
City of Frederick, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Authorization and Extension [HB-948]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in the City of Frederick to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; and extending the termination date to June 30, 2027, for the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators - Policy and Appeal Procedure [SB-747]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the definitions of "transportation network company" and "transportation network operator" for purposes of provisions of law regarding transportation network companies; requiring a transportation network company to maintain a deactivation policy that provides the policies and procedures for the deactivation of operators; prohibiting a transportation network company from deactivating an operator unless the deactivation is consistent with the company's deactivation policy; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Medical Exemption for Enhanced Tinted Windows - Time Limitation [SB-707]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing the 2-year time limitation on medical exemptions for enhanced tinted windows for vehicle owners with certain permanent medical conditions; and requiring a certain written certification from a licensed physician who has determined the owner's medical condition is permanent.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 453 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 [HB-978]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use not more than four speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and three systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore County, subject to notice requirements; requiring that fines collected in Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 be used to recover costs and assist in covering the cost of roadway and safety improvements on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 in Baltimore County; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (102-30) on 03/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Installment Payment Plans - Automated Enforcement [SB-761]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing civil penalties issued under an automated traffic enforcement program to be included in an installment payment plan agreement with the clerk of the court.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Distracted Driving Monitoring System Pilot Program [HB-908]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of distracted driving monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain prohibitions regarding the use of certain devices while operating a vehicle; and requiring that a county that authorizes a program of distracted driving monitoring systems under the Act to report on the effectiveness of the systems on or before December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Foley
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Motor Vehicle or Vessel - Criminal Negligence [HB-883]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner; and providing that driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel in a negligent manner does not constitute a violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Urban State Highways - Speed Limits - Exemptions [HB-780]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to decrease the maximum speed limit by 5 miles per hour on certain urban State highways without an engineering and traffic investigation, subject to certain notice requirements; and prohibiting the use of speed monitoring systems on urban State highways under the Administration's jurisdiction for which the speed limit has been decreased without performing an engineering and traffic investigation for 6 months after the speed limit decrease.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization of Pilot Program [SB-600]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in certain 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; and requiring that a certain percentage of the fines collected under the Act be distributed to the local management board for Baltimore City and be used only to provide youth programming and services for youth living in or attending a school located in the 45th or 46th legislative districts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 571 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving (Sergeant Patrick Kepp Act) [SB-590]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the penalties and points assessments related to the offenses of reckless, negligent, and aggressive driving; and adding certain motor vehicle offenses as elements that may contribute to charges for reckless or aggressive driving.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 447 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving (Sergeant Patrick Kepp Act) [HB-744]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the penalties and points assessments related to the offenses of reckless, negligent, and aggressive driving; and adding certain motor vehicle offenses as elements that may contribute to charges for reckless or aggressive driving.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 446 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Driving Records - Disclosure of Medical Diagnosis (Safeguarding American Families Everywhere Act) [HB-727]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing an applicant for a driver's license or a license holder to voluntarily disclose to the Motor Vehicle Administration certain information regarding certain medical diagnoses; requiring the Administration to include a description of the voluntary disclosure in the applicant's or license holder's driving record; and providing that the voluntary disclosure may be removed from an individual's driver's record on request.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Distracted Driving Monitoring System Pilot Program [SB-613]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of distracted driving monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain prohibitions regarding the use of certain devices while operating a vehicle; and requiring that a county that authorizes a program of distracted driving monitoring systems under the Act to report on the effectiveness of the systems on or before December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Residential Districts [SB-530]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that certain provisions of law authorizing the use of speed monitoring systems in certain residential districts apply statewide; and requiring all speed limit signs on certain highways in residential districts to include certain signs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025