Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 83 [HB-913]
Increasing from two to four the number of speed monitoring systems that may be placed on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; and making permanent the authorization to place speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Third Reading Passed (101-37) on 03/17/2025
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Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Operation at Intersections [SB-627]
Authorizing a person operating a bicycle that is approaching a stop sign at an intersection on a highway with two or fewer lanes for moving traffic to cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping if the person reduces the speed of the bicycle to a reasonable rate and yields the right-of-way to certain vehicles under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Urban State Highways - Speed Limits - Exemptions [HB-780]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to decrease the maximum speed limit by 5 miles per hour on certain urban State highways without an engineering and traffic investigation, subject to certain notice requirements; and prohibiting the use of speed monitoring systems on urban State highways under the Administration's jurisdiction for which the speed limit has been decreased without performing an engineering and traffic investigation for 6 months after the speed limit decrease.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization of Pilot Program [SB-600]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a stop sign is subject to a citation and a certain civil penalty under certain circumstances; establishing certain defenses to a charge of an alleged violation recorded by a stop sign monitoring system; requiring that 50% of the fines collected under the Act be distributed to the local management board and be used only for certain youth programming; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Stolen Vehicles or Registration Plates [HB-758]
Requiring a local designee under a local automated speed enforcement program to void a citation issued under the program if the local designee determines that the motor vehicle subject to the citation or its registration plates were stolen at the time the alleged violation occurred; prohibiting a local automated speed enforcement program from issuing or mailing a citation until the program confirms that the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation or its registration plates were not reported as stolen; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving (Sergeant Patrick Kepp Act) [SB-590]
Altering the penalties and points assessments related to the offenses of reckless, negligent, and aggressive driving; and adding certain motor vehicle offenses as elements that may contribute to charges for reckless or aggressive driving.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Favorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving (Sergeant Patrick Kepp Act) [HB-744]
Altering the penalties and points assessments related to the offenses of reckless, negligent, and aggressive driving; and adding certain motor vehicle offenses as elements that may contribute to charges for reckless or aggressive driving.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Favorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Funding for Traffic Calming Devices [HB-759]
Requiring the governing body of Baltimore County to establish, by law, a special fund that may be used only to assist in covering the cost of siting, constructing, installing, and maintaining traffic calming devices on county roads; and requiring the fines collected by Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by the speed monitoring systems to be deposited in the special fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Municipalities - Enforcement Officers - Body-Worn Cameras [HB-748]
Including a certain municipal enforcement officer in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for purposes of a certain exception to prohibitions against wiretapping and electronic surveillance relating to the use of body-worn cameras; authorizing a municipality to adopt an ordinance or a resolution authorizing an official who is authorized to act as an enforcement officer to utilize a body-worn camera; and requiring that a certain municipality publish its policy for the issuance and use of body-worn cameras by enforcement officers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Study on Speed Limits - Interstate 495 and Connected Highways [SB-559]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the implications of requiring the speed limit to deviate by only 5 miles per hour at locations where a highway in the State connects to Interstate 495; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 83 [SB-500]
Increasing from two to four the number of speed monitoring systems that may be placed on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; and making permanent the authorization to place speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Safety Corridors [SB-520]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to use speed monitoring systems in areas determined to be of high risk to vulnerable road users and priority corridors in the Administration's Pedestrian Safety Action Plan; and defining "vulnerable road users" as individuals not traveling in a motor vehicle, including pedestrians, bicyclists, other cyclists, persons using personal conveyance or a mobility device such as a wheelchair, and persons on foot in a highway work zone.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence [HB-635]
Requiring a police officer to document all reasons for a traffic stop or other stop on a citation or police report resulting from the stop; establishing that certain evidence obtained during a traffic stop or other stop in violation of certain provisions may be or is inadmissible in certain proceedings; authorizing a police officer to enforce certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law only as a secondary action; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maryland Route 210 [SB-485]
Increasing civil penalties for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Piscataway Highway) in Prince George's County that involve exceeding the maximum speed limit by certain amounts; and repealing the termination provision for the authority to place speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Piscataway Highway).
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Third Reading Passed (36-7) on 03/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities [HB-528]
Prohibiting, beginning October 1, 2025, through the end of June 30, 2028, a person from driving a motor vehicle in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a certain residential community in Baltimore County; and authorizing, beginning October 1, 2025, through the end of June 30, 2028, a police officer to enforce the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a certain residential community in Baltimore County.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Motion Special Order Until 3/28 (senator Ferguson) Adopted on 03/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections [HB-516]
Requiring a custodian of recorded images produced by certain automated enforcement systems to deny inspection of the images, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting certain State and local agencies from using a recorded image or associated data from an automated enforcement system subject to certain exceptions; and establishing certain requirements and authorizations for the removal and destruction of recorded images and associated data produced by an automated enforcement system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Favorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Urban State Highways - Speed Limits - Exceptions [SB-424]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to decrease the maximum speed limit by 5 miles per hour on certain urban State highways without an engineering and traffic investigation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing Canceled on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties [SB-385]
Altering the penalties for causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as the result of an individual operating a motor vehicle in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law; and providing that an individual convicted of a certain violation is subject to not just a fine of $2,000 but also imprisonment of up to 2 months or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections [SB-381]
Requiring a custodian of recorded images produced by certain automated enforcement systems to deny inspection of the images, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting certain State and local agencies from using a recorded image or associated data from an automated enforcement system, subject to certain exceptions; establishing certain requirements and authorizations for the destruction of recorded images; and establishing certain requirements for privacy protection under automated enforcement programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Statements and Certificates of Violations [SB-390]
Authorizing technicians, employed by or under contract with a certain agency, to swear to and affirm, based on inspection of recorded images, the occurrence of violations recorded by speed monitoring systems; requiring law enforcement officers and technicians to complete a reasonable training specific to speed monitoring systems; and defining "reasonable training" as a level of education, instruction, and practical experience sufficient to ensure competency in the inspection and interpretation of certain recorded images.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Favorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/28/2025