Relating To Towing. [HB-1154]
Requires towing companies to release vehicles, without a fee, to an authorized driver if the authorized driver appears at the scene of the towing. Defines "authorized driver."
HB-1154: Relating To Towing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bob McDermott
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
Relating To Motor Vehicles. [SB-685]
Authorizes the immediate towing of parked vehicles that are not properly registered, do not display valid safety inspection stickers, or are otherwise illegally parked.
SB-685: Relating To Motor Vehicles.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
Vehicle Laws - Towing Charges and Abandoned Vehicles [HB-1330]
Applying certain provisions regulating the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots to the towing and removal of vehicles from public rights-of-way; altering the total amount that a person who tows or removes a vehicle may charge; authorizing certain persons to sell at public auction an abandoned vehicle that is not reclaimed in a certain manner and for which a certain certificate is issued; etc.
HB-1330: Vehicle Laws - Towing Charges and Abandoned Vehicles
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/18/2021
Relating To Towing. [HB-1154]
Requires towing companies to release vehicles, without a fee, to an authorized driver if the authorized driver appears at the scene of the towing. Defines "authorized driver."
HB-1154: Relating To Towing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bob McDermott
Referred To Cpc, Jha, Referral Sheet 3 on 02/01/2021
Relating To Motor Vehicles. [SB-685]
Authorizes the immediate towing of parked vehicles that are not properly registered, do not display valid safety inspection stickers, or are otherwise illegally parked.
SB-685: Relating To Motor Vehicles.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Trs/psm, Jdc. on 01/27/2021
Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act) [SB-486]
Requiring an essential employer to give a written statement regarding certain hazard pay paid to certain essential workers at certain intervals; requiring an essential employer to take certain actions related to occupational safety and health during an emergency; authorizing an essential worker to refuse to fulfill a certain responsibility under certain circumstances; prohibiting an essential employer from retaliating or taking other adverse action against an essential worker or other worker for certain actions; etc.
SB-486: Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act)
Senate Bill 486 Explanation
This bill, entitled the Maryland Essential Worker's Protection Act, aims to:
Provide a special enrollment period for health insurance coverage for essential workers during emergencies
Require essential employers to provide hazard pay to essential workers at regular intervals
Have emergency management agencies evaluate and announce emergencies
Ensure essential employers take actions related to occupational safety and health during emergencies
Allow essential workers to refuse responsibilities in unsafe work environments
Prohibit retaliation against essential workers for certain actions
Enforce the act through the Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Set standards, protocols, and procedures for essential employers
Protect essential workers' eligibility for state benefit programs
Prohibit misclassification of essential workers
Require reporting of positive test results to the Maryland Department of Health
Provide bereavement and health leave for essential workers
Require financial assistance for health care costs for essential workers
Prohibit lowering pay for certain reasons
Make this act apply only prospectively and establish it as an emergency measure
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2021
Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act) [HB-581]
Requiring each essential employer to take certain actions related to occupational safety and health during an emergency; providing that an essential worker has the right to refuse to perform a certain task as provided under certain provisions of law; requiring essential employers to take certain steps to minimize the risk of transmission of an infectious disease; requiring essential employers to report certain test results to the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the Department to categorize and the publish the results; etc.
HB-581: Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 736 on 05/30/2021
Towing or Removal of Vehicles - Reclamation Hours [HB-483]
Limiting, to at a minimum from 6 a.m. to midnight, the hours during which a certain person in possession of a vehicle that has been towed or removed from a parking lot is required to provide an opportunity for the vehicle owner or the owner's agent to retake possession of the vehicle; and altering a certain signage requirement imposed on the owner or operator of a parking lot relating to hours during which a towed vehicle may be reclaimed.
HB-483: Towing or Removal of Vehicles - Reclamation Hours
Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/02/2021
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [SB-315]
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.
Washington County - Highway Parking - Prohibition on Prolonged Parking of Inoperable or Disabled Vehicle [SB-847]
Prohibiting the parking of a disabled, inoperable, or immobilized vehicle on a public street for more than 7 days in Washington County; requiring that certain notice be posted on a vehicle parked in violation of the Act prior to towing the vehicle; requiring that certain notice be provided following the impounding of a vehicle under the Act; establishing a certain penalty of up to $500; providing for the application of the Act; etc.
SB-847: Washington County - Highway Parking - Prohibition on Prolonged Parking of Inoperable or Disabled Vehicle
Sponsored by: Sen.
Third Reading Passed (44-0) on 04/06/2018
Vehicle Laws - Towing Companies - Disposal of Abandoned Vehicles [SB-521]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a salvage certificate to a towing company that takes possession of an abandoned vehicle under certain circumstances; requiring a towing company to provide certain notice in a certain manner to certain persons before applying for a salvage certificate for an abandoned vehicle; requiring a certain application for a salvage certificate to be accompanied by certain documentation and a certain fee; authorizing a towing company to apply for a salvage certificate on a certain form; etc.
Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Vehicle With Visual Signals [SB-445]
Requiring drivers approaching from the rear certain vehicles that are stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using certain visual signals to make a lane change to an available lane not immediately adjacent to the stopped, standing, or parked vehicle under certain circumstances, or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for certain existing conditions under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-445: Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Vehicle With Visual Signals
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 545 on 05/08/2018
Washington County - Highway Parking - Prohibition on Prolonged Parking of Inoperable or Disabled Vehicle [HB-903]
Prohibiting the parking of a disabled, inoperable, or immobilized vehicle on a public street for more than 7 days in Washington County; requiring that certain notice be posted on a vehicle parked in violation of the Act prior to towing the vehicle; requiring that certain notice be provided following the impounding of a vehicle under the Act; establishing a certain penalty of up to $500; providing for the application of the Act; etc.
HB-903: Washington County - Highway Parking - Prohibition on Prolonged Parking of Inoperable or Disabled Vehicle
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 780 on 05/15/2018
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [HB-598]
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 green 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.