Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Highway Worker Safety [HB-1422]
Prohibiting a person from committing certain acts while operating a motor vehicle in a highway work zone or on a bridge or highway that is under construction if a highway worker is present; providing that a person may not be convicted for a violation under the Act if the violation was due to a mechanical failure of the vehicle or the negligence of a highway worker or another person; establishing certain penalties for certain violations of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/27/2019
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Vehicle Laws – Overweight Vehicles – Heavy Weight Port Corridor Permit [HB-1401]
Authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to determine that a vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting certain freight is an indivisible load authorized to obtain a certain overweight vehicle permit under certain circumstances; establishing certain conditions for a vehicle issued a permit under the Act, including a requirement to travel only on roads designated as being part of a "heavy weight port corridor"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 254 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Parking for Individuals With Disabilities - Continuing Care Retirement Facility - Time Limitation [HB-1225]
Authorizing the owner or operator of a parking lot used by a continuing care retirement community to limit the amount of time that a motor vehicle is authorized to be parked in any parking space designated for the use of individuals with disabilities; prohibiting the owner or operator of a parking lot used by a continuing care retirement community from limiting the amount of time that a vehicle may be parked in a parking space designated for the use of individuals with disabilities to less than one-half hour; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties [HB-112]
Prohibiting a person from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as a result of the person operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of any other rules of the road provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law; establishing that a person convicted of a violation of the Act may be fined up to $2,000 and must appear in court and may not prepay the fine; establishing additional penalties of participation in a motor vehicle safety course and up to 150 hours of community service; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 4/02 At 12:00 P.m. on 03/29/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Intersections - Prohibited Acts [HB-108]
Prohibiting a vehicle from entering certain intersections when facing certain traffic signals if the vehicle is unable to safely and completely proceed through the intersection; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; prohibiting a police officer from issuing a citation for a violation of the Act unless certain conditions are met; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Third Reading Passed (128-10) on 03/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems - Local Authority [HB-1063]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to determine the location of speed monitoring systems in the City, the operating time of speed monitoring systems in the City, and the speed tolerance of speed monitoring systems in the City.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring, Work Zone Speed Control, and Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems - Repeal [HB-1041]
Repealing the authority to use work zone speed control systems to enforce certain highway speed laws within work zones; requiring the publishers of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with and subject to the approval of the Department of Legislative Services, to correct any references throughout the Annotated Code that are rendered incorrect by the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Drugged Driving - Oral Fluid Tests - Pilot Program [SB-970]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize a police officer of the Baltimore County Police Department, the Montgomery County Department of Police, the Prince George's County Police Department, and the Ocean City Police Department who has reasonable grounds to believe that an individual is or has been driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance to request the individual to submit an oral fluid sample subject to specified standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Automated Audits [SB-961]
Requiring that a speed monitoring system be subject to an automated, real-time audit; prohibiting an audit from being conducted by an employee or representative of the speed monitoring system contractor; and requiring that the results of the audit remain in the custody and be the property of the local jurisdiction that authorized the speed monitoring system and be admitted as evidence in any court proceeding for a violation that is the subject of the audit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act of 2016 [SB-908]
Establishing State transportation goals; establishing measures by which the Department of Transportation is required to score the extent to which major capital projects satisfy the goals; requiring the Department to evaluate, score, and rank specified projects for inclusion in the draft and final Consolidated Transportation Program; requiring, with a specified exception, that capital projects with higher scores be ranked ahead of capital projects with lower scores; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/14 At 10:30 A.m. on 03/14/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Frederick County - Failure to Obey Traffic Control Device on Maryland Route 75 - Penalty [SB-885]
Increasing to $10,000 the maximum penalty for failure to obey a traffic control device governing the height of vehicles traveling on Maryland Route 75 between Baldwin Road and Maryland Route 80 in Frederick County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/16/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Safety - School Safety Enforcement Fund [SB-83]
Renaming the School Bus Safety Enforcement Fund to be the School Safety Enforcement Fund; expanding the purposes of the Fund to include enhancing school safety; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to consider the geographic distribution of grant recipients before making a grant from the Fund; prohibiting a law enforcement agency or board of education from using a grant to fund the installation or maintenance of a speed monitoring system in or around a school zone; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 529 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Land Use - Proposed Development Project - Transit and Traffic Adequacy Studies [SB-779]
Requiring a local jurisdiction to require that a specified transit adequacy study be prepared for a specified proposed development project if the local jurisdiction also requires that a traffic study be prepared for the proposed development project.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems and Speed Monitoring Systems - Continuous Audits [SB-769]
Requiring an agency primarily responsible for traffic control at an intersection monitored by a traffic control signal monitoring system to implement an auditing system to monitor a traffic control signal monitoring system; requiring that an auditing system that monitors a traffic control signal monitoring system be operated by a specified independent contractor; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gail Bates
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Safety - Fire Police - Cecil County [SB-716]
Authorizing a specified commanding officer to designate to the Sheriff of Cecil County up to 20 individuals who are members of fire or ambulance companies to serve as fire police in Cecil County; authorizing the Sheriff of Cecil County to appoint specified individuals to serve as fire police in Cecil County; providing that specified powers are granted to individuals appointed to serve as fire police in Cecil County; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 575 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Transportation - Installation of Brick Security Mailboxes Within Rights-of-Way [SB-596]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to allow the installation of brick and stone security mailbox supports and parcel drop boxes on specified residential streets under specified circumstances; requiring that the brick and stone security mailboxes conform to specified federal guidelines; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Obstruction Hanging From Rearview Mirror - Enforcement [SB-53]
Providing for enforcement only as a secondary offense for a violation of the prohibition under specified circumstances against a person driving a vehicle on a highway with any object, material, or obstruction hanging from the rearview mirror that interferes with the clear view of the driver through the windshield.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/06/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - School Crossing Guards - Authority to Direct Traffic [SB-475]
Expanding the authority of school crossing guards to direct traffic by authorizing a school crossing guard who meets specified qualifications to direct vehicles and pedestrians on a highway or on school grounds in order to assist nonschool vehicles in entering and leaving school grounds.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring, Work Zone Speed Control, and Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems - Repeal [SB-468]
Repealing the authority of counties and municipalities in the State to use speed monitoring systems to enforce highway speed laws; repealing the authority to use work zone speed control systems to enforce highway speed laws within work zones; repealing the authority to use traffic control signal monitoring systems to enforce traffic control signal laws; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Driver Education Program Curriculum - Police Traffic Stop Procedures [SB-423]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations requiring that classroom instruction for the driver education program include instruction on what to do when stopped by a police officer.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/05/2016