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
Motor Vehicles – Rental Fleet Vehicles – Registration [HB-1464]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing an alternative registration process for rental fleet vehicles; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue distinctive registration plates for rental vehicles registered under the alternative process; and requiring, in addition to an annual registration fee, the owner of a registered rental vehicle to pay a one-time initial registration fee not to exceed $8.50 when the new registration plates are issued.
HB-1464: Motor Vehicles – Rental Fleet Vehicles – Registration
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 526 on 05/13/2025
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
Consumer Goods - Restrictions Based on Energy Source - Prohibition (Energy Equality Act of 2025) [HB-1258]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Prohibiting a local government or unit of State government from restricting the sale, purchase, or use of a certain consumer good solely on the basis of the energy source used to power the consumer good; repealing provisions of law requiring the Department of the Environment to establish and maintain a certain low emissions vehicle program; repealing provisions of law requiring the Department to establish requirements for the sale of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; and applying the Act retroactively.
HB-1258: Consumer Goods - Restrictions Based on Energy Source - Prohibition (Energy Equality Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/02/2025
Vehicle Registration - Fee Exemptions - Military Honorees [HB-1216]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Exempting recipients of the Purple Heart, the Medal of Honor, the Silver Star, or the Bronze Star and members of Gold Star families from the requirement to pay vehicle registration fees.
HB-1216: Vehicle Registration - Fee Exemptions - Military Honorees
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program – Exemptions – Individuals With Disabilities and Older Drivers [HB-1201]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Environmental ]
Increasing, from 5,000 miles to 10,000 miles, the maximum number of miles that a motor vehicle registered to an individual with a disability or owned by an individual who is at least 70 years of age may be driven annually to be eligible for an exemption from certain mandatory vehicle emissions inspections.
HB-1201: Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program – Exemptions – Individuals With Disabilities and Older Drivers
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems on Interstate 83 - Unpaid and Overdue Citations [HB-1130]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring Baltimore City to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration for certain purposes if an owner or a driver of a vehicle accumulates more than $250 in unpaid and overdue fines for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; authorizing Baltimore City to immobilize a vehicle owned or driven by a person that has accumulated more than $250 in unpaid and overdue fines for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; etc.
HB-1130: Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems on Interstate 83 - Unpaid and Overdue Citations
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2025
Motor Vehicles - Rental Fleet Vehicles - Registration [SB-863]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing an alternative registration process for rental fleet vehicles; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue distinctive registration plates for rental vehicles registered under the alternative process; and requiring, in addition to an annual registration fee, the owner of a registered rental vehicle to pay a one-time initial registration fee not to exceed $8.50 when the new registration plates are issued.
SB-863: Motor Vehicles - Rental Fleet Vehicles - Registration
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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
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.
SB-949: Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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.
HB-1032: Baltimore City and Montgomery County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization MC 4-25
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/04/2025
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.
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.
HB-978: Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (102-30) on 03/31/2025
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.
HB-908: Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Distracted Driving Monitoring System Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Foley
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/31/2025
Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings [SB-635]
[Animals ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Maryland Connectivity Coalition to foster collaboration among State and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders for the purpose of protecting endangered wildlife from habitat fragmentation; requiring the State Highway Administration to have final decision-making authority regarding decisions related to placement, funding, or design of wildlife crossings; etc.
SB-635: Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/01/2025
Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings [HB-731]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Maryland Connectivity Coalition to foster collaboration among State and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders for the purpose of protecting endangered wildlife from habitat fragmentation; requiring the State Highway Administration to have final decision-making authority regarding decisions related to placement, funding, or design of wildlife crossings; etc.
HB-731: Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 549 on 05/13/2025
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Stolen Vehicles or Registration Plates [HB-758]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a local designee under a local automated speed enforcement program to void a citation issued under the program if the local designee determines that the motor vehicle subject to the citation or its registration plates were stolen at the time the alleged violation occurred; prohibiting a local automated speed enforcement program from issuing or mailing a citation until the program confirms that the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation or its registration plates were not reported as stolen; etc.
HB-758: Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Stolen Vehicles or Registration Plates
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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.
SB-613: Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Distracted Driving Monitoring System Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Toll Facilities - Study on Image Capture of License Plates [HB-692]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to conduct a study on the feasibility of capturing the image of only the rear license plate of a vehicle at video toll facilities in the State; and requiring the Authority to report its findings and recommendation to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
HB-692: Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Toll Facilities - Study on Image Capture of License Plates
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lehman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence [HB-635]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a police officer to document all reasons for a traffic stop or other stop on a citation or police report resulting from the stop; establishing that certain evidence obtained during a traffic stop or other stop in violation of certain provisions may be or is inadmissible in certain proceedings; authorizing a police officer to enforce certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law only as a secondary action; etc.
HB-635: Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 01/27/2025