Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts - Town of Vienna [SB-215]
Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements for golf carts in the Town of Vienna; providing that a person who operates a golf cart on a highway in the Town of Vienna 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 in the Town of Vienna to possess a valid driver's license; authorizing the town government to designate the highways on which a person may operate a golf cart in the Town of Vienna; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 175 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland Safe to Learn Act of 2018 [SB-1265]
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with certain persons and entities to provide a comprehensive approach to school safety; requiring the School Safety Subcabinet to develop a model policy for building assessment teams; requiring the development of a training curriculum for school resource officers and other school security employees; authorizing the Safe Schools Fund to provide grants to local school systems to enhance school safety; requiring a $10,000,000 annual appropriation to the Fund for certain purposes;etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 30 on 04/10/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Video Toll Violation - Hearing Venue [SB-1244]
Authorizing a hearing on a certain video toll violation to be held in the county in which the offense allegedly was committed or the county in which the person charged with the violation resides, if the person is a resident of the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring System Fines - After-Prom Parties [SB-1196]
Authorizing Baltimore County annually to spend, from the fines collected as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems in school zones, up to $5,000 per public high school for after-prom parties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/23/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Yielding the Right-of-Way - Through Highways, Stop Signs, and Yield Signs [SB-1193]
Repealing certain provisions of law governing the duty of the driver of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way at a highway that intersects with a through highway or at a stop sign or yield sign placed at an intersection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Safety - Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention and the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center - Reporting Requirements [SB-107]
Repealing the requirement for the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to report certain information to certain committees of the General Assembly regarding interrogation rooms; requiring the Office to place on its website in an easily accessible location a filterable data display showing all data collected and a summary relating to the establishment of certain interrogation rooms; requiring the Office to provide a paper copy of certain information under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judiciary on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Left Lane - Use for Passing [HB-965]
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 the overtaking and passing of another vehicle and, after overtaking and passing the other vehicle, the driver shall return to the right lane as soon as it is reasonably safe to do so.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons [HB-959]
Authorizing the use of a pedestrian hybrid beacon at certain locations; defining "pedestrian hybrid beacon" as a traffic control signal placed at a crosswalk that utilizes a combination of steady and flashing lights and is pedestrian-activated; authorizing the State Highway Administration or a local jurisdiction to install a modified pedestrian hybrid beacon in accordance with certain standards; requiring the Administration to update certain standards to incorporate certain information by December 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Aggressive Driving [HB-881]
Altering the motor vehicle offense of aggressive driving to include the commission of a certain number of an alternate set of certain motor vehicle offenses under certain circumstances; and establishing that certain persons charged with a violation for aggressive driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Allegany County - All-Terrain Vehicles and Snowmobiles [HB-722]
Prohibiting a person in Allegany County from operating an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile on controlled access highways; authorizing a local authority in Allegany County to authorize a person to cross a highway at a right angle on an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile when operated at not more than 25 miles per hour; authorizing a local authority in Allegany County to authorize the operation of a snowmobile or an all-terrain vehicle on a certain portion of highway when operated at not more than 25 miles per hour; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 165 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Intersections - Prohibited Acts [HB-672]
Prohibiting vehicle traffic from entering certain intersections against certain traffic signals if the vehicle is unable to safely and completely proceed through the intersection; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; and prohibiting a police officer from issuing a citation for a violation of the Act unless certain conditions are met.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/03/2018
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Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Vehicle With Visual Signals [HB-531]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 544 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Golf Carts - City of Crisfield [HB-465]
Repealing a prohibition against operating golf carts on highways that are designated or maintained as a part of the State or federal highway system in the City of Crisfield in Somerset County; repealing the authority of the State Highway Administration to designate a location for golf carts to cross highways in the City of Crisfield that are designated or maintained as a part of the State or federal highway system; and lowering the maximum speed limit for a highway on which a person may operate a golf cart in the City of Crisfield.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 86 on 04/10/2018
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Baltimore City - Red Light and Speed Camera Fines - Grants to Schools (Baltimore City Technology and Resource Act of 2018) [HB-437]
Requiring Baltimore City to use certain fines collected from violations enforced by certain traffic control signal monitoring systems or speed monitoring systems to make grants to certain low-performing schools and schools that have not met certain academic standards; requiring the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to establish a need-based formula for distributing grants; providing that after making grants of at least $25,000,000 in the aggregate, Baltimore City is not required to make additional grants; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading Environment And Transportation And Ways And Means on 01/25/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts - Town of Vienna [HB-330]
Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements for golf carts in the Town of Vienna; providing that a person who operates a golf cart on a highway in the Town of Vienna 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 in the Town of Vienna to possess a valid driver's license; authorizing the town government to designate the highways on which a person may operate a golf cart in the Town of Vienna; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carl Anderton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 174 on 04/24/2018
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Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles, Farm Equipment, Farm Tractors, and Animal-Drawn Vehicles [HB-222]
Authorizing the driver of a vehicle to drive on the left side of the roadway in a no-passing zone to overtake and pass a bicycle, farm equipment, a farm tractor, or an animal-drawn vehicle in accordance with a certain provision of law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Cassilly
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems – Yellow Signal Compliance [HB-204]
Prohibiting certain law enforcement agencies from issuing a citation for a violation recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system at a traffic control signal that does not comply with certain yellow light timing requirements set in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Highway Administration consistent with standards or guidelines established by the Federal Highway Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 290 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration – Exception for Low Speed Electric Vehicles – City of Havre de Grace [HB-1771]
Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements under certain circumstances for low speed electric vehicles in the City of Havre de Grace; providing that a person who operates a low speed electric vehicle on a highway in the City of Havre de Grace may operate the low speed electric vehicle only on non-State or nonfederal highways, between dusk and dawn, and only if the low speed electric vehicle is equipped with certain lighting devices; defining the term "low speed electric vehicle"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/23/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement - Leased Vehicles [HB-1769]
Requiring certain State or local agencies to mail certain traffic citations generated by certain automated enforcement systems and issued to vehicles under a lease of 6 months or more to the lessee of the motor vehicle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/23/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring System Fines - After-Prom Parties [HB-1754]
Authorizing Baltimore County annually to spend, from the fines collected as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems in school zones, up to $5,000 per public high school for after-prom parties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2018