Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems - Real-Time Posting of Vehicle Speed [HB-1071]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a device displaying a driver's speed to be located before a segment of highway on which a speed monitoring system is being used if the speed monitoring system is placed on or after October 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Environment and Energy - Investment in Overburdened Communities [HB-1033]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before December 1, 2022, to develop certain policies and recommendations to require at least 40% of overall spending on certain programs, projects, or investments to benefit certain overburdened communities, starting with fiscal year 2024; defining an "overburdened community" as any census tract where the median house hold income is not more than 75% of the statewide median household income and certain environmental indicators are above the 75th percentile; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/18/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Government - Legislative Complex - Authority, Operation, and Maintenance [HB-1047]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing that the presiding officers of the General Assembly have full and final authority over the State legislative buildings in the City of Annapolis, including managing daily operations and maintenance; requiring that certain appropriations be transferred to the General Assembly on a certain date; providing for the transfer of certain functions, powers, duties, property, records, fixtures, credits, assets, liability, obligations, rights, and privileges; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities - Infrastructure Review (Vision Zero Implementation Act of 2022) [SB-874]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to conduct an infrastructure review of each pedestrian or bicyclist fatality that occurs on a State highway or at an intersection of a State highway and another highway or a municipal street to identify certain deficiencies and identify appropriate corrective actions; and requiring the Administration to complete the review within 6 months after being notified by law enforcement of a pedestrian or bicyclist fatality and publish the review on its website.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 154 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City – Use of Highway User Revenues for Traffic Functions and Enforcement – Modification [SB-729]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain limitation applicable to Baltimore City relating to the use of highway user revenues to pay or finance costs incurred for carrying out traffic functions and enforcing traffic laws; and authorizing Kent County to use highway user revenues for costs incurred by its police department for carrying out traffic functions and enforcing the traffic laws.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 593 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Montgomery County – Speed and School Bus Monitoring Systems MC 03–22 [HB-813]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring Montgomery county to annually compile and make publicly available a report for the previous fiscal year on each school bus monitoring system operated by a local jurisdiction; requiring Montgomery County, in coordination with the Maryland Department of Transportation, to examine the data to determine the 10 school bus stop locations with the highest number of citations for passing a stopped school bus and implement operational alternatives for those stops; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 216 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [HB-782]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Disabilities ]
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 in a certain manner for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; and requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted in a certain way for complying with certain laws intended to meet certain requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jalisi
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maryland Route 200 (Intercounty Connector) MC 22-22 [HB-811]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the placement and use of at least one speed monitoring system between each exit ramp on Maryland Route 200 (Intercounty Connector) in Montgomery County; and requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority and Montgomery County to enter into a memorandum of understanding requiring Montgomery County to implement and administer the speed monitoring systems placed and used under the Act.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/18/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Task Force on Traffic Patterns and Infrastructure on MD Route 45 (York Road) [SB-584]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Task Force on Traffic Patterns and Infrastructure on MD Route 45 (York Road) to study and make recommendations on traffic patterns, infrastructure, street parking, bicycle lanes, sidewalk width, and signage on York Road; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Committee and the House Environment and Transportation Committee on or before December 31, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/28/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Equipment - Highway Maintenance and Service - Green Flashing Lights [SB-579]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing certain highway maintenance and service equipment and vehicles, while in use for snow removal or the protection of highway maintenance workers, to be equipped with and display green flashing lights simultaneously with yellow or amber flashing lights.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Commercial Vehicles - Police-Initiated Towing - Requirements [SB-613]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of State Police to make a tow list of qualified towing companies for use by the Department in carrying out police-initiated towing of disabled or abandoned commercial vehicles and certain rate sheets available to the public on request; and establishing certain requirements and procedures for the police-initiated towing of certain commercial vehicles at the direction of the Department.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Third Reading Passed (45-2) on 04/08/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Sands Road [SB-609]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on Sands Road in Anne Arundel County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah K. Elfreth
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/28/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - School Bus Safety - Occupant Capacity [HB-687]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring that a school bus be routed with the intent that the number of pupils on the bus does not exceed the manufacturer's rated seating capacity for the bus; and providing for emergency or temporary situations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jalisi
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors [HB-713]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Animals ]
Prohibiting an adult from allowing a minor to ride a horse on certain property unless the minor is wearing a helmet that meets certain standards.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Limits - Establishment and Enforcement [SB-520]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing Baltimore City, without performing an engineering and traffic investigation, to decrease or raise to a previously established level the maximum speed limit on a highway under its jurisdiction; and prohibiting a local jurisdiction from using a monitoring system to enforce speed limits on any portion of a highway for which the speed limit has been decreased without performing an engineering and traffic investigation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 583 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Administration - Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems - Reciprocal Agreements [HB-469]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to enter into a certain agreement with another jurisdiction for the reciprocal enforcement of traffic violations recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system under certain circumstances; requiring a political subdivision to coordinate with the Administration to facilitate the reciprocal enforcement of violations recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred C Carr
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts [HB-475]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements for golf carts in St. Mary's County; authorizing the St. Mary's County Board of Commissioners to designate county highways that have a speed limit not greater than 35 miles per hour as highways on which a person may operate a golf cart; authorizing a person who operates a golf cart on a designated highway to only operate the golf cart with certain lighting devices, between dawn and dusk, and while staying as far right on the roadway as possible; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Commercial Vehicles - Police-Initiated Towing - Requirements [HB-487]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of State Police to make a tow list of qualified towing companies for use by the Department in carrying out police-initiated towing of disabled or abandoned commercial vehicles and to make certain rate sheets available to the public on request; and establishing certain requirements and procedures for the police-initiated towing of certain commercial vehicles at the direction of the Department.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 575 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Trial in Absence [SB-457]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Trial in Absence to study and make recommendations regarding the implementation of trial in absence for certain nonserious misdemeanors and traffic-related offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Policies and Prohibition Against Discriminatory Traffic Stops [HB-426]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission in consultation with the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center to expand the model policy against race-based traffic stops to include traffic stops based solely on an individual's national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation and requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt similar policies; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022