Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Montgomery County - School Bus Stops MC 6-24 [HB-761]
Prohibiting, beginning December 31, 2026, the location of a school bus stop on any highway with five or more undivided traffic lanes in Montgomery County unless a school crossing guard is posted or a certain traffic control device is placed at the school bus stop.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 676 on 05/09/2024
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Calvert County - Roadside Solicitation of Money or Donations - Prohibition [HB-766]
Prohibiting a person from standing in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle in Calvert County.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 682 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Motorcycles - Passenger Restrictions [SB-730]
Requiring a rear passenger on a motorcycle to be able to firmly position the passenger's feet on the footrests of the motorcycle, subject to an exception for permanent physical disability.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 636 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Workgroup (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) [HB-836]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; establishing the Workgroup to Study Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects to make certain recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, related to certain impact assessments and mitigation plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Favorable With Amendments {593127/1 Adopted on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Mitigation Plans (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) [SB-681]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to use the impact assessment to determine whether a project meets certain requirements; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to develop a certain mitigation plan under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Trails Advisory Committee and the Maryland Office of Trails - Establishment (Great Maryland Trails Act) [SB-645]
Establishing the Maryland Office of Trails in the Department of Transportation to develop and maintain the Maryland Trails Network, advance the development, maintenance, and use of trails in the State, develop a certain inventory and database, and collect certain information regarding trails; establishing a Director of the Maryland Office of Trails to oversee the Office and collaborate with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Trails Advisory Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Hearing 2/16 At 9:00 A.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Automated Enforcement Citations and Notices - Mailing Addresses [SB-672]
Requiring that citations and notices issued as a result of automated enforcement under the Maryland Vehicle Law be sent to the current mailing address on file with the Administration or if a mailing address is not available, the current residential address on file with the Administration.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 585 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Slow Moving Vehicles - Right-Hand Lane [HB-737]
Repealing a certain provision of law that applies the requirement that slow moving vehicles drive in the right-hand lane or lanes only to certain highways in certain geographic areas; and altering the standards under which the State Highway Administration is required to inform drivers of the requirement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 577 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Maryland Transportation Authority - Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Accessibility [SB-593]
Repealing a prohibition on pedestrians using a highway of the Maryland Transportation Authority; altering a prohibition on bicycles using an Authority highway; requiring the Authority to construct separated or buffered bicycle ways and pedestrian walkways in certain locations under certain circumstances; providing for a waiver from requirements under the Act; requiring the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee to review waiver requests under the Act and provide recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Highways - Maximum Speed Limits MC 10-24 [HB-612]
Repealing the requirement that a local authority in Montgomery County perform an engineering and traffic investigation before decreasing the maximum speed limit on a highway; and authorizing a local authority in Montgomery County to implement new speed monitoring systems on a portion of highway for which the speed limit has been decreased only after a certain period of time after the decrease in the speed limit is implemented.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (133-0) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Speed Monitoring Systems - High-Risk Highways MC 15-24 [HB-665]
Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on highways in Montgomery County that are at high risk for certain motor vehicle crashes; prohibiting the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on certain highways in Montgomery County; requiring the fines collected by Montgomery County or by a municipal government in Montgomery County as a result of violations enforced by a speed monitoring system to be used to fund the study, design, and construction of certain safety-related projects; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (106-26) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts [HB-653]
Establishing an exception to motor vehicle registration requirements under certain circumstances for golf carts in certain areas in St. Mary's County; authorizing the St. Mary's County Board of Commissioners to designate certain county highways where the maximum posted speed limit does not exceed 30 miles per hour on which a person may operate a golf cart; and requiring a person who operates a golf card to have a valid driver's license, drive only between dawn and dusk, and equip the vehicle with certain lighting devices.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (122-0) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Trails Advisory Committee and the Maryland Office of Trails - Establishment (Great Maryland Trails Act) [HB-530]
Establishing the Maryland Office of Trails in the Department of Transportation to develop and maintain the Maryland Trails Network, advance the development, maintenance, and use of trails in the State, develop a certain inventory and database, and collect certain information regarding trails; establishing a Director of the Maryland Office of Trails to oversee the Office and collaborate with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Trails Advisory Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems on Interstate 83 - Unpaid and Overdue Citations [HB-492]
Requiring Baltimore City to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration for purposes of imposing administrative sanctions if an owner or a driver of a vehicle accumulates more than $250 of unpaid and overdue fines for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 03/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Operation at Intersections [HB-511]
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: Rep. Regina Boyce
Third Reading Passed (120-12) on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Vendor Contracts [HB-550]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to include system upgrades required to allow for automated expungement of charges and partial expungement of charges in certain vendor contracts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Third Reading Passed (132-2) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024) [HB-513]
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems; altering the highways on which a work zone speed control system may be used; clarifying that a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of an image from a work zone speed control system; requiring the State Highway Administration to make a certain report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 17 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Automated Enforcement Citations and Notices - Mailing Addresses [HB-552]
Requiring that citations and notices issued as a result of automated enforcement under the Maryland Vehicle Law be sent to the current mailing address on file with the Administration or if a mailing address is not available, the current residential address on file with the Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 586 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - School Bus Stops - Prohibited Locations [HB-540]
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: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024) [SB-479]
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems to include certain distributions for highway and work zone safety purposes; clarifying that a work zone speed control system may be manned or unmanned and a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of a recorded image produced by a work zone speed control system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2024