Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Race and Speed Contests - Penalties [HB-102]
Altering a certain penalty and the points assessments for certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest; establishing that a person charged with violations related to participation in a race or speed contest must appear in court and may not prepay the fine; and authorizing the towing and impounding of a vehicle involved in certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lehman
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/12/2022
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Motor Vehicles – Operation of Dirt Bikes – Prohibited Acts [HB-77]
Prohibiting a person from committing motor vehicle offenses related to overtaking and passing vehicles, driving on the sidewalk, and reckless and negligent driving while operating a dirt bike; and establishing penalties of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both for a violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Thiam
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 02/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Dedicated Bus Lanes - Prohibition and Monitoring Systems [HB-53]
Prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle in a dedicated bus lane unless authorized by a local jurisdiction, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the City of Baltimore to issue a new competitive request for proposals to select a certain contractor to carry out certain provisions of the Act; requiring the Baltimore City Police Department to issue a warning notice in place of a citation to a liable owner during the first 45 days that the bus lane monitoring system is in operation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 468 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Traffic Control Device Monitoring Systems - Authorization [HB-151]
Authorizing the use of traffic control device monitoring systems, devices designed to capture a recorded image of a violation, by State and local agencies, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a traffic control device is subject under certain circumstances to a citation and civil penalty not exceeding $40; establishing certain defenses to a charge of an alleged violation recorded by a traffic control device monitoring system; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/07/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maryland Route 175 (Jessup Road) [SB-888]
Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 175 (Jessup Road) in Anne Arundel County between the Maryland Route 175/295 interchange and the Anne Arundel County-Howard County line, subject to certain placement and signage requirements; requiring a certain real-time display of a driver's traveling speed for a speed monitoring system operating on Maryland Route 175 (Jessup Road) between the Maryland Route 175/295 interchange and the Anne Arundel County-Howard County line; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 642 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
I-495 and I-270 Public-Private Partnership - Partnership Agreement - Requirements (Maryland Department of Transportation Promises Act of 2021) [SB-843]
Prohibiting the Board of Public Works from approving a public-private partnership agreement for the I-495 and I-270 Public-Private Partnership Program unless the agreement includes that at least 10% of the toll revenue remaining after construction costs be deposited in a special fund to be used only for transit projects in accordance with a certain memoranda; authorizing the public-private partnership agreement to require a bidder to agree to initiate a community benefit agreement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) on 02/19/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Enforcement and Use of Real–Time Digital Spotters [SB-863]
Authorizing the use of a real-time digital spotter by law enforcement agencies to detect and enforce vehicle laws governing speeding, the use of wireless communications devices, and the use of seat belts; prohibiting the use of a real-time digital spotter in a local jurisdiction unless authorized by the governing body by local law adopted after reasonable notice and a public hearing; reducing certain fines for violations of the vehicle laws governing the use of wireless communications devices and seat belts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Traffic Control Signal Modernization Fund – Establishment [HB-1147]
Requiring the District Court to impose certain additional court costs on a defendant convicted of or found liable for certain violations of the Maryland Vehicle Law; establishing the Traffic Control Signal Modernization Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to finance the modernization of traffic control signals; requiring the State Highway Administration to develop and implement a certain plan for modernizing traffic control signals in the State on or before December 31 2028; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/22/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Delinquent Traffic Citations - Enforcement [HB-1308]
Repealing the requirement that the Motor Vehicle Administration suspend the driving privileges of a person for delinquent unpaid traffic fines; requiring the District Court or a circuit court to refer delinquent unpaid traffic fines to the Central Collection Unit in the Department of Budget and Management for collection; making certain conforming changes governing the contents of a traffic citation; requiring the District Court or a circuit court to provide certain notice of referral of a delinquent unpaid fine; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/09/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maryland Route 382 (Croom Road) PG 316-21 [HB-978]
Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 382 (Croom Road) between Mount Calvert Road and Molly Berry Road in Prince George's County, subject to certain placement and signage requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/05/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Pedestrians - Kent Island Drawbridge - Fishing Prohibition [HB-1117]
Prohibiting a pedestrian from catching or attempting to catch fish by any means on or under the Maryland Route 18 Kent Island Drawbridge over the Kent Narrows in Queen Anne's County.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2021
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Mail–In Voting Enhancement Act [HB-1047]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to complete a comprehensive report analyzing the election after each statewide election; requiring the report to be posted on the State Board's website and submitted to the General Assembly; requiring that certain guidelines for absentee voting provide for the return of absentee ballots using ballot drop boxes and for voter access to information concerning the status of the voter's absentee ballot; requiring the State Board to ensure that ballot drop boxes are available during a certain period; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Senate Refuses Recede on 04/10/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Enforcement and Use of Real–Time Digital Spotters [HB-1082]
Authorizing the use of a real-time digital spotter by law enforcement agencies to detect and enforce vehicle laws governing speeding, the use of wireless communications devices, and the use of seat belts; prohibiting the use of a real-time digital spotter in a local jurisdiction unless authorized by the governing body by local law adopted after reasonable notice and a public hearing; reducing certain fines for violations of the vehicle laws governing the use of wireless communications devices and seat belts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/19/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Personal Delivery Devices - Standards and Requirements [SB-726]
Establishing an exception to motor vehicle registration requirements for personal delivery devices; authorizing a personal delivery device to operate on any roadway, sidewalk, shoulder, footpath, bicycle trail, or crosswalk in the State; creating certain marking, equipment, and insurance requirements for personal delivery devices being operated on roadways, sidewalks, shoulders, or crosswalks; requiring an operator of a personal delivery device to comply with certain local laws; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 351 on 05/18/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Talbot County Speed Monitoring Systems [HB-971]
Authorizing the placement and use of not more than one speed monitoring system at the intersection of Maryland Route 333 (Oxford Road) and Bonfield Avenue in Talbot County, subject to certain placement and signage requirements; requiring the fines collected by the Town of Oxford as a result of certain violations be used to assist in covering the cost of roadway and pedestrian safety improvements at a certain intersection; requiring a certain real-time display of a drivers traveling speed at a certain intersection; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2021
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Vehicle Laws - Policies and Prohibition Against Discriminatory Traffic Stops [HB-1046]
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 on national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual identity; requiring a law enforcement officer making a traffic stop to report certain information to the law enforcement agency that employs the officer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 3/10 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 83 [HB-967]
Authorizing the placement and use of not more than two speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; requiring that fines collected as a result of violations enforced by the speed monitoring systems be used to assist in covering the cost of roadway improvements on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; requiring a warning notice be mailed instead of a citation for a violation recorded by the system during the first 90 days of operation; requiring certain signage and a real-time display of a driver's traveling speed; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 628 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Limits - Establishment and Enforcement [HB-941]
Authorizing Baltimore City to decrease or raise to a previously established level the maximum speed limit on a highway under its jurisdiction without performing an engineering and traffic study; and prohibiting a local jurisdiction from implementing a new speed 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: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Driving in Right–Hand Lanes – Interstate Highways in Rural Areas [HB-964]
Requiring the driver of a vehicle traveling slower than the general speed of traffic on interstate highways located in rural areas to drive the vehicle in the right-hand lanes; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to include certain information in the State's driver education curriculum; requiring the State Highway Administration to inform drivers of certain requirements by posting certain signage and providing certain notice; prohibiting the issuance of a citation for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Motion Special Order Until 4/12 (senator Beidle) Adopted on 04/10/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
St. Mary’s County – Motor Vehicle Registration – Exception for Golf Carts [HB-863]
Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements under certain circumstances for golf carts in St. Mary's County; providing that a person who operates a golf cart on a county highway in St. Mary's County may operate the golf cart only on certain roads at certain times and only if the golf cart is equipped with certain lighting devices; requiring a person who operates a golf cart on a county highway in St. Mary's County to keep as far to the right of the roadway as feasible and possess a valid driver's license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/25 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2021