Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - School Bus Stops - Prohibited Locations [SB-1163]
Prohibiting the location of a school bus stop on any highway with five or more undivided traffic lanes in certain counties unless a school crossing guard is posted or a certain traffic control device is placed at the school bus stop.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/11/2024
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Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 [HB-1502]
Authorizing the placement and use of 16 speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County, except that only 4 may be operated at any given time; requiring that fines collected by Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 be used to assist in covering the cost of roadway and safety improvements on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Traffic Control Signal and Speed Monitoring Systems - Impoundment [SB-1135]
Authorizing violations recorded by traffic control signal and speed monitoring systems occurring in Baltimore City to be treated as parking violations for the purpose of impoundment of certain vehicles if the owner has accrued $1,000 or more in unpaid civil penalties for certain violations recorded in Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing Canceled on 03/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation – Regional Transportation Authorities [SB-1126]
Establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain congestion relief plans; establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region congestion relief funds as special, nonlapsing funds; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to study and report on the feasibility of creating local-option transportation revenues to fund the regional transportation authorities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Residential Districts [HB-1444]
Establishing that certain provisions of law authorizing the use of speed monitoring systems in certain residential districts apply statewide; and requiring all speed limit signs on certain highways in residential districts to include certain signs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maryland Route 200 (Intercounty Connector) MC 11-24 [HB-1369]
Authorizing the placement and use by the Maryland Transportation Authority of not more than four speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 200 (Intercounty Connector) in Montgomery County.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Autonomous Vehicles - Standards, Requirements, and Prohibited Acts [HB-1447]
Authorizing a person to operate a fully autonomous vehicle on a highway under certain circumstances, subject to certain standards, requirements, and prohibitions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Stop Signs - Pilot Program [HB-1278]
Establishing a light-emitting diode (LED) stop sign pilot program for certain intersections in Baltimore County to be implemented by the State Highway Administration in conjunction with Baltimore County; and requiring the Administration to report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025 on the impact of LED stop signs and recommendations on the installation of LED stop signs at intersections throughout Baltimore County.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Interstate Highways – Interstate Speed Monitoring Systems [HB-1186]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to install and use at least one interstate speed monitoring system on each interstate highway; establishing procedures for implementing and using an interstate speed monitoring system; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the State Highway Administration to develop a training program on the oversight and administration of an interstate speed monitoring program, including a curriculum of best practices in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Highways – Tourist Area and Corridor Signage Program [HB-1032]
Establishing the Tourist Area and Corridor Signage Program to create a system of supplemental guide signs to direct motorists to eligible individual attractions by directing the motorists first to groups of attractions; requiring the State Highway Administration and the Department of Commerce to develop standards and procedures for determining the eligibility of an attraction for a sign; requiring the Administration to notify certain committees of the General Assembly at least 30 days before amending the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 458 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Allowing Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving [HB-1160]
Altering the penalties for the offenses of allowing the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and 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. Greg Wims
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Allowing Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving [SB-940]
Altering the penalties for the offenses of allowing the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and 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
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 [SB-1067]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use 16 speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County, except that only 4 may be operated at any given time; requiring that fines collected in Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 be used to assist in covering the cost of roadway and safety improvements on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County; requiring the Department of State Police to mail a warning notice instead of a citation for a certain violation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections [HB-1001]
Requiring a custodian of recorded images produced by certain automated enforcement systems to deny inspection of the images; prohibiting certain State and local agencies from using a recorded image or associated data from an automated enforcement system without a warrant, subpoena, or court order unless the use is for an appropriate traffic enforcement purpose; providing that an employee who violates the Act is subject to a fine of up to $1,000; and establishing certain requirements and authorizations for the removal of recorded images.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Third Reading Passed (105-32) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bus Lane Obstruction - Monitoring Systems Expansion and Workgroup (Better Bus Service Act of 2024) [SB-943]
Prohibiting a person from parking or standing certain vehicles in a dedicated bus lane; making statewide the authority of a local jurisdiction to use, in accordance with certain standards and procedures, a bus lane monitoring system to enforce the prohibition against driving, standing, or parking a motor vehicle in a designated bus lane; and establishing the Workgroup on Curb Space Management.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 751 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation – Regional Transportation Authorities [HB-924]
Establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain congestion relief plans; establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region congestion relief funds as special, nonlapsing funds; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to study and report on the feasibility of creating local-option transportation revenues to fund the regional transportation authorities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/09/2024
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Prince George's County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Indian Head Highway PG 306-24 [HB-974]
Increasing civil penalties for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County that are second or subsequent violations or that involve exceeding the maximum speed limit by certain amounts.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Operation at Intersections [SB-826]
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
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Off-Highway Vehicles - Clarifications and Revisions [HB-972]
Clarifying and harmonizing certain provisions of law governing off-highway recreational vehicles and other similar off-highway motor vehicles; repealing the exception for certain off-highway recreational vehicles to the requirement to obtain a motor vehicle certificate of title; requiring a motor vehicle dealer that sells off-highway recreational vehicles to provide certain electronic motor vehicle titling services; authorizing a local jurisdiction to enforce the Maryland Vehicle Law for violations within its jurisdiction; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Lanes of Travel - Slower Traffic and Overtaking and Passing (Highway Left Lane Safety Act) [SB-768]
Expanding to every roadway in the State the requirement that the driver of a vehicle traveling slower than the general speed of traffic drive the vehicle in the right-hand lanes if practicable as determined by the driver; and 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 overtaking and passing another vehicle in a certain manner and under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/01/2024