Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles [HB-1256]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; requiring, before operating a fully autonomous vehicle on a highway in the State, a person to submit a law enforcement interaction plan to the Motor Vehicle Administration; and establishing that a State agency or local political subdivision may not prohibit the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways under their jurisdiction.
HB-1256: Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
Human Remains - Transportation Protection Agreements [HB-1220]
[Consumer Protection ]
Excluding transportation protection agreements from the definition of "preneed burial contract" and "pre-need contract" under the Maryland Cemetery Act and the Maryland Morticians and Funeral Directors Act, respectively; and providing that transportation protection agreements are not insurance and are not subject to regulation under certain provisions of law.
HB-1220: Human Remains - Transportation Protection Agreements
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Craig Johnson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2025
Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization [HB-1226]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City and the City of Takoma Park under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County if authorized by local law; requiring a local jurisdiction that implements a stop sign monitoring system to prominently place signs on highways within the local jurisdiction providing notice that stop sign monitoring systems are in use; etc.
HB-1226: Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Favorable With Amendments {283923/1 Adopted on 04/05/2025
School Bus Transition - Propane-Powered School Buses - Grant Program, Fund, and Purchase [HB-1269]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain provisions of law relating to funding and grants to transition to zero-emission vehicle school buses to include propane-powered school buses; and authorizing a county board of education, beginning in fiscal year 2030, to enter into a new contract for the purchase of school buses that are propane-powered.
HB-1269: School Bus Transition - Propane-Powered School Buses - Grant Program, Fund, and Purchase
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth A. Howard
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
Charles County - Student Bus Transportation Providers - Provider Displacement [HB-1359]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to provide at least 10 years' notice and hold a certain public hearing before taking any action that results in a certain displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services in Charles County; and requiring the Board of Education to provide written notice by registered mail at least 5 years before the displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services.
HB-1359: Charles County - Student Bus Transportation Providers - Provider Displacement
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
Transportation - Maryland Transit Administration - Funding (Transit Safety and Investment Act of 2025) [HB-1463]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Governor to include, for each of fiscal years 2030 through 2039, an appropriation of $550,000,000 in the State budget from the Transportation Trust Fund to the Maryland Transit Administration for certain operating and capital needs of the Administration.
HB-1463: Transportation - Maryland Transit Administration - Funding (Transit Safety and Investment Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2025
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1245]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.
HB-1245: Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/05/2025
Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities [HB-1370]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain transportation plans; establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation funds as special, nonlapsing funds; imposing certain transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges; etc.
AN ACT relating to special license plates. [HB-381]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Amend KRS 186.162, relating to special motor vehicle license plates, to establish a Child Care Assistance Partnership special license plate, for which a portion of the initial and renewal fee is dedicated to the Child Care Assistance Partnership fund established in KRS 199.885; amend KRS 186.166 to require perpetual production of the plate.
HB-381: AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Transportation (h) on 02/12/2025
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance. [HB-390]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 186A.040 to define terms; require the Department of Vehicle Regulation to establish an accessible online insurance verification system; establish requirements and timelines for making the system accessible and promulgating administrative regulations; establish requirements and guidelines for the department and the system; establish requirements for insurers to cooperate with the department and to submit insurance information relating to personal motor vehicles; provide option for insurers to submit insurance status information for commercial
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HB-390: AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Lee Meredith
Signed By Governor on 03/19/2025
AN ACT relating to school district use of autonomous vehicles. [HB-379]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 186.763 to prohibit school districts from operating fully autonomous vehicles for transporting students.
HB-379: AN ACT relating to school district use of autonomous vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lindsey Burke
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/12/2025