Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts - City of Crisfield [HB-253]
Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements under specified circumstances for golf carts in the City of Crisfield; providing that a person who operates a golf cart on a highway in the City of Crisfield may operate the golf cart only on specified roads at specified times and only if the golf cart is equipped with specified lighting devices; requiring a person who operates a golf cart on a highway in the City of Crisfield to keep as far to the right of the roadway as feasible and possess a valid driver's license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Otto
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 257 on 04/26/2016
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Public Safety - Fire Police - Cecil County [HB-246]
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: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 576 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Partial Expungement [HB-220]
Authorizing a person to file a petition for a partial expungement of specified criminal records under specified circumstances; requiring a court to order that specified records be removed from a specified Web site; providing that only a specified record is eligible for partial expungement; repealing a provision of law establishing that if a person is not entitled to expungement of one charge or conviction in a specified unit the person is not entitled to expungement of any other charge or conviction in the unit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Senators Zirkin, Hough, And Mcfadden on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Passing Bicycles, Personal Mobility Devices, or Motor Scooters [HB-214]
Requiring a driver of a motor vehicle that passes a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter at a distance of less than 3 feet in accordance with a specified provision of law to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for existing weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions and does not endanger, impede, or interfere with the bicycle, EPAMD, motor scooter or other traffic; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/21/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
University of Maryland Strategic Partnership Act of 2016 [HB-1607]
Merging specified higher education institutions to be called the University of Maryland; requiring each campus of the University of Maryland to have a president; requiring the presidents to jointly develop and implement a plan that encourages and promotes alignment, cooperation, and collaboration between specified campuses; creating a Center for Maryland Advanced Ventures to pursue grant funding, to develop guidelines for technology transfer to the private sector, and to identify projects appropriate for commercialization; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Railroad Grade Crossings - Exempt Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Plaque [HB-1598]
Exempting specified vehicles from the requirement to stop at specified railroad grade crossings if the railroad grade crossing has an exempt highway-rail grade crossing plaque as described in the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Vehicle and Officer Identification Requirements (Police Identification and Accountability Act of 2016) [HB-1443]
Requiring a specified law enforcement agency to identify on specified law enforcement vehicles in a specified font size on specified vehicle surfaces information concerning the law enforcement agency; and requiring, under specified circumstances, a law enforcement officer to provide a specified driver of a vehicle a business card identifying specified information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/07/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Drugged Driving - Oral Fluid Tests - Pilot Program [HB-1367]
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. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/21/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - HOV Lanes - Plug-In Electric Drive and Hybrid Vehicles [HB-1179]
Authorizing specified hybrid vehicles to use a specified high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane regardless of the number of passengers under specified circumstances; making specified requirements regarding the use of HOV lanes by plug-in electric drive vehicles applicable to qualified hybrid vehicles; extending the termination date for the exemption allowing the use of HOV lanes by plug-in electric drive vehicles; terminating specified provisions in the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 734 on 05/28/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Police Officers - Warrantless Arrests [HB-1107]
Authorizing a specified Baltimore City police officer without a warrant to arrest a person suspected of committing battery against a specified Baltimore City special enforcement officer, special parking enforcement officer, or special traffic enforcement officer under specified circumstances; and requiring a specified police officer to consider whether a person acted in self-defense if mutual battery is suspected.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Automated Audits [HB-1052]
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: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Driver Education Program Curriculum - Police Traffic Stop Procedures and Basic Vehicle Maintenance [HB-1039]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations requiring that classroom instruction for the driver education program include at least 1 hour of instruction on what to do when stopped by a police officer and at least 1 hour of instruction on basic vehicle safety and maintenance.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/17/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Days and Times of Operation, Minimum Excess Speed, and Penalties [HB-1035]
Altering the restriction on the days and times during which a speed monitoring system in a school zone may operate in Baltimore County; decreasing from 12 miles per hour to 8 miles per hour the minimum number of miles per hour above a posted speed limit that a motor vehicle must be traveling in Baltimore County for the motor vehicle to be recorded by a speed monitoring system; increasing the maximum civil penalty for a violation recorded by a speed monitoring system in Baltimore County; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Aumann
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 02/29/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Land Use Permit Review - Consolidation PG/MC 110-16 [HB-1027]
Consolidating the review of specified permits for land use in Prince George's County in the Prince George's County Department of Permits, Inspections, and Enforcement; providing for mandatory exclusive review of the permits by the permit department and not by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission or its units; providing for specified reviews and appeals of specified permits in specified manners; providing for review of specified conditions by the permit department; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act of 2016 [HB-1013]
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 develop a project-based scoring system and promulgate specified regulations; requiring the Department, in accordance with the specified project-based scoring system, to rank major transportation projects for inclusion in the draft and final Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Gubernatorial Veto Override - Chapter 36 on 04/08/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Operation of Vehicle When Approaching a Service Vehicle [SB-98]
Requiring drivers approaching a service vehicle that is stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using specified visual signals, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device, to change lanes into an available lane not immediately adjacent to the service vehicle under specified circumstances or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for existing weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/23/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Safety - Motorcycle Profiling - Training [SB-727]
Requiring the Police Training Commission to require a specified statement condemning motorcycle profiling to be included in existing written policies regarding other profiling; requiring the Commission to include in specified curriculum and courses of study training on motorcycle profiling in conjunction with existing training regarding other profiling; and defining the term "motorcycle profiling".
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/07/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Checkpoints - Prohibition on Targeting Motorcycles [SB-716]
Prohibiting a police officer at a motor vehicle checkpoint from targeting only motorcycles for inspection or evaluation; creating a specified exception to the prohibition for a police officer at a motor vehicle checkpoint established as part of a police search or investigation; providing for the construction of a provision of law governing obedience to a lawful order or direction of a police officer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/26/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Passing Bicycles, Personal Mobility Devices, or Motor Scooters [SB-547]
Requiring that when overtaking a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter, the driver of a vehicle is required to pass at a safe speed; and repealing a specified exception to a specified requirement that a driver overtake and pass a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter in a specified manner that applies when a highway lacks sufficient width.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/26/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Maximum Speed Limits on Highways [SB-44]
Increasing from 65 miles an hour to 70 miles an hour the maximum speed limit that may be established on specified highways in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 320 on 05/12/2015