Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles and Motor Scooters - Rules of the Road [HB-52]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Specifying that every person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter in a public bicycle area is subject only to the duties required of the driver of a vehicle under specified rules of the road; requiring that every person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter in a public bicycle area watch for other vehicles in the public bicycle area; and requiring the driver of a vehicle to watch for bicycles on specified highways and bicycle ways.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters; Withdrawn on 03/05/2014
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Speed Monitoring Systems - School Zones - Days of Operation [HB-469]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the permissible days for the operation of a speed monitoring system in a school zone to establish that the speed monitoring system may operate only on days when the school for which the school zone has been established is scheduled to be in session.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Operation of Vehicle When Approaching a Tow Truck [HB-436]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring drivers approaching properly registered tow trucks that are stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using specified visual signals, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device, to change lanes into an available lane not immediately adjacent to the tow truck under specified circumstances, or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for existing weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rudolph
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 406 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Illegal Dumping and Litter Control Law - Driver's License - Points [HB-386]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a court to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of a specified violation of the Illegal Dumping and Litter Control Law; requiring the Chief Judge of the District Court and the Administrative Office of the Courts, in conjunction with the Administration, to establish specified procedures; requiring that a specified number of driver's license points be assessed for violations of the Illegal Dumping and Litter Control Law under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Maximum Speed Limits - Interstate 68 [HB-252]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing that the maximum speed limit on Interstate 68 may be up to 70 miles an hour.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 02/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Road Rage Reduction Act of 2014 [HB-247]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that on a roadway that has two or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction, when safe and practicable, the driver of a vehicle being overtaken in the far left lane shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle unless the vehicle is preparing for a left turn or the vehicle is in a high occupancy vehicle lane under specified circumstances; and requiring the State Highway Administration to erect specified signs, at specified intervals, along specified roadways.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hogan
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles, Personal Mobility Devices, or Motor Scooters [HB-241]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing a driver of a vehicle to drive across the left side of a roadway in a no-passing zone, if it is safe to do so, while overtaking and passing a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter; and repealing an exception that applies under specified circumstances to the requirement that a driver of a vehicle, when overtaking a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter, pass safely at a specified minimum distance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lafferty
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 02/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Driving to the Right on Laned Roadways [HB-2]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that a motor vehicle on an expressway or a controlled access highway be driven in the lane nearest to the right edge or curb of the roadway when that lane is available for travel; and establishing specified exceptions to the requirement relating to overtaking and passing vehicles, left turns or exits, and high occupancy vehicle lanes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cathleen Vitale
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Winter Driving Safety Act [HB-1454]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to establish a specified public information campaign on the importance of snow and ice removal from exposed vehicle surfaces; prohibiting a person from operating or towing a vehicle without removing from exposed vehicle surfaces specified snow and ice; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act and penalties for a violation of the Act that contributes to an accident under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Drivers' Licenses - Disorder, Disease, or Physical Disability - Defining and Reporting [HB-1339]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, and the State Board of Examiners in Optometry to define diseases and physical disabilities that may render an individual unable to exercise reasonable control over a motor vehicle; expanding the scope of health care professionals authorized to make a specified report to the Medical Advisory Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Driver's Education - Income Tax Credit - Assessment of Fees for Driving Offenses [HB-1286]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Allowing an individual to claim a specified credit against the State income tax for specified driver education costs paid for a child, stepchild, or legal ward who is eligible to receive free meals at school; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to assess specified fees on specified licensees convicted of specified driving offenses; establishing the Driver's Education Fund to pay for the tax credit under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Wearable Computer With Head-Mounted Display - Prohibited [HB-1281]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an individual from operating a motor vehicle on a highway while wearing or using a wearable computer with a head-mounted display; establishing a penalty of $75 for a first violation of the Act, $125 for a second offense, and $175 for third and subsequent offenses; and defining the term "wearable computer with a head-mounted display".
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Seat Belt Use - Exemption for Individuals Delivering Printed Publications [HB-126]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Exempting from the requirement to be restrained by a seat belt while operating, or riding in, a motor vehicle an individual who, in the regular course of the individual's employment, is delivering printed publications along a specified route under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Use of Headlights When Windshield Wipers Operating - Enforcement [HB-1241]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Repealing a provision of law that authorizes enforcement only as a secondary offense of a violation of the requirement that a driver of a vehicle on a highway use headlights during the continuous operation of the vehicle's windshield wipers under specified circumstances; and providing a penalty up to $500 for the violation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Use of Text Messaging Device or Handheld Telephone While Driving - Accidents Resulting in Death or Serious Injury - Penalties [HB-1212]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from committing a violation of a specified prohibition against using a text messaging device or a handheld telephone while driving that causes an accident that directly results in the death or serious bodily injury of another; providing that a sentence imposed under the Act shall be separate from and concurrent with a sentence for a specified other crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 248 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Transportation Network Services - Establishment [HB-1160]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing an infrastructure to provide transportation network services; authorizing an individual to submit an application for registration as a transportation network operator; requiring a transportation network application company to approve or deny a specified application within 60 days after the application is submitted; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 04/07/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
All-Terrain Vehicles - Protective Equipment [HB-1150]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting an individual from operating or riding on an all-terrain vehicle unless the individual is wearing protective headgear and an eye-protective device that meet specified standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road - Authorized Turns on Red After Yielding [HB-1125]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Creating an exception for specified authorized turns to the requirement that vehicular traffic facing a steady circular red signal stop at the near side of the intersection at specified points; and authorizing vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal to cautiously enter the intersection and make a right turn after yielding to any traffic coming from the left or a left turn from a one-way street onto another one-way street after yielding to any traffic coming from the right.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Intercounty Connector - Maximum Speed Limit [HB-1111]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Increasing to 65 miles an hour the maximum speed limit on the Intercounty Connector.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Stopping, Standing, and Parking [HB-1103]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing Baltimore City to enact an ordinance that allows a person to stop, stand, or park a vehicle on specified sidewalks if Baltimore City makes specified determinations; and requiring Baltimore City to consider specified factors in enacting an ordinance under the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
First Reading Environmental Matters on 02/07/2014