Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Automated Enforcement Citations and Notices - Mailing Addresses [HB-552]
Requiring that citations and notices issued as a result of automated enforcement under the Maryland Vehicle Law be sent to the current mailing address on file with the Administration or if a mailing address is not available, the current residential address on file with the Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 586 on 05/09/2024
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Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024) [SB-479]
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems to include certain distributions for highway and work zone safety purposes; clarifying that a work zone speed control system may be manned or unmanned and a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of a recorded image produced by a work zone speed control system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Street Racing and Exhibition Driving - Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and Penalties [SB-442]
Altering certain penalties and points assessments for certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest; prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving on any highway or private property that is used for driving by the public; and establishing certain affirmative defenses to a certain charge of exhibition driving.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 570 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Cobb Island [HB-440]
Establishing exceptions to motor vehicle registration requirements for golf carts on Cobb Island in Charles County; requiring an operator of a golf cart on a highway on Cobb Island without a certain registration to operate the golf cart only on a highway with a maximum posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour and between dawn and dusk; requiring the vehicle to be equipped with certain lighting devices and to be kept to the far right of the roadway; and requiring the operator to possess a valid driver's license.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Urban State Highways - Speed Limits - Exceptions [SB-464]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Military Vehicles - Registration and Operation [SB-397]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to register certain military vehicles; requiring all vehicles meeting certain criteria to be registered as a Class MV-C (military vehicle-collectors) vehicle; establishing a one-time registration fee of $51; establishing certain standards and procedures for the registration of military vehicles; requiring an owner of a military vehicle to submit with the registration application a certain certification relating to the purposes for which the vehicle will be operated; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization PG 301-24 [HB-364]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a stop sign is subject to a citation and a certain civil penalty under certain circumstances; establishing certain defenses to a charge of an alleged violation recorded by a stop sign monitoring system; requiring the Prince George's County Department of Public Works and Transportation to make a certain report by December 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 678 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Vision Zero - Implementation [HB-344]
Establishing certain standards and requirements for implementing the Vision Zero program under the Maryland Department of Transportation; requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year on the status of Vision Zero, the activities, findings, and recommendations of the Vision Zero coordinator, and certain meetings held in the previous year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Lanes of Travel - Slower Traffic and Overtaking and Passing (MOVE GET OUT THE WAY Act) [HB-298]
Expanding to every roadway in the State the requirement that the driver of a vehicle traveling slower than the general speed of traffic drive the vehicle in the right-hand lanes if practicable as determined by the driver; and 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 overtaking and passing another vehicle in a certain manner and under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Munoz
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Vision Zero - Implementation [SB-345]
Establishing certain standards and requirements for implementing the Vision Zero program under the Maryland Department of Transportation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 603 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - School Buses - Seat Belts [HB-196]
Requiring the public school safety education program to include student instruction concerning school bus safety and the proper use of seat belts on school buses; requiring that school buses purchased after July 1, 2027, be equipped with 3-point seat belts that are accessible to passengers for every seat on the school bus; and prohibiting a civil action for damages based on a failure of the school bus operator to ensure that an occupant of a school bus was wearing a seat belt.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Favorable With Amendments {943127/1 Adopted on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Cannabis Use in Motor Vehicle With Minor Occupant - Prohibition [HB-217]
Prohibiting an individual from smoking, vaping, or consuming cannabis in the passenger area of a motor vehicle if a minor is an occupant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
First Reading Judiciary on 01/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Aggressive and Reckless Driving [SB-168]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Aggressive and Reckless Driving to study data, research, initiatives, and policies regarding aggressive and reckless driving; and requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by December 1, 2024 and a final report by December 1, 2025, on its recommendations on actions, interventions, and policies that could reduce aggressive and reckless driving including legislation to be introduced in the 2026 legislative session.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty [HB-87]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; and establishing certain procedures relating to custody, warrant of execution, incompetency, method of execution, witnesses, certificate, disposition of body, notice, trial, sentencing, review, and appeal in relation to imposition of the death penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Pilot Program [SB-155]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; requiring a county that authorizes a program of noise abatement monitoring systems to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025, on the effectiveness, performance, appropriate locations, costs and revenues, and citations issued in relation to the program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 625 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Aggressive and Reckless Driving [HB-187]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Aggressive and Reckless Driving to study data, research, initiatives, and policies regarding aggressive and reckless driving; and requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by December 1, 2024 and a final report by December 1, 2025 with recommendations on actions, interventions, and policies that could reduce aggressive and reckless driving and include recommended legislation to be introduced in the 2026 legislative session.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Reckless and Negligent Driving - Death of Another - Must-Appear Violation (Sherry's and Christian's Law) [SB-68]
Providing that a person charged with reckless or negligent driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine if the reckless or negligent driving contributed to an accident that resulted in the death of another person, unless a court for good cause shown waives the requirement to appear.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles of Volunteer Fire Company Members [HB-1253]
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 Stein
Third Reading Passed (134-0) on 03/20/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Protective Headgear Requirement for Motorcycle Rides - Exception (In Rememberance of Gary "Pappy" Boward) [SB-933]
Establishing an exception to the prohibition against operating or riding on a motorcycle without certain protective headgear for an individual at least 21 years of age who has been licensed to operate a motorcycle for at least 2 years or has completed a certain motorcycle safety course and for the individual's passenger.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles of Volunteer Fire Company Members [SB-917]
Authorizing certain members of a volunteer fire company to equip their privately owned vehicles with red and white lights or signal devices.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Gallion
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/29/2023