Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation-Related Tolls - Installment Payment Plans [HB-1465]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority and the Department of Transportation to establish programs to offer income-based installment payment plans for the payment of certain tolls, penalties, and fines in excess of $250.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Third Reading Passed (130-9) on 03/17/2025
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Vehicle Laws - Cannabis Use in Motor Vehicle With Minor Occupant - Prohibition [HB-1392]
Prohibiting an individual from smoking, vaping, or consuming cannabis in the passenger area of a motor vehicle if a minor is an occupant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation-Related Fines and Tolls - Income-Based Installment Payment Plans [SB-941]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority and the Department of Transportation to establish programs to offer income-based installment payment plans for the payment of certain tolls, penalties, and fines in excess of $250.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Out-of-State Drivers - Automated Enforcement (Out-of-State Driver Accountability Act) [HB-915]
Authorizing the Attorney General or certain State's Attorneys to bring a civil action for the payment of certain unpaid and overdue traffic citations against certain drivers or owners of certain motor vehicles who are residents of the District of Columbia or certain motor vehicles registered in the District of Columbia; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Third Reading Passed (103-34) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Motor Vehicles - Right to Repair [HB-843]
Requiring a manufacturer of certain motor vehicles to provide certain information and tools related to the diagnosis, service, and repair of motor vehicles to certain owners and independent repair facilities under certain circumstances; requiring a manufacturer that sells motor vehicles with telematics systems to install an open data platform in certain motor vehicles; requiring the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General to develop a certain document relating to telematics systems and certain consumer rights; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles - Human Safety Operators and Reporting Requirements [SB-405]
Requiring a human safety operator to be present in certain fully autonomous vehicles operating on highways in the State; requiring a manufacturer of a fully autonomous vehicle to submit to the Motor Vehicle Administration an incident report on any vehicle collision, certain citations for traffic violations, any disengagement event, or any assault or harassment of a passenger or human safety operator that occurs in the State and involves a fully autonomous vehicle under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Equality for Service Members Act [HB-475]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing transportation to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only certain uniformed services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Fully Autonomous Vehicles – Human Safety Operators and Reporting Requirements [HB-439]
Requiring a human safety operator to be present in certain fully autonomous vehicles operating on highways in the State; requiring a manufacturer of a fully autonomous vehicle to submit to the Motor Vehicle Administration an incident report on any vehicle collision, certain citations for traffic violations, any disengagement event, or any assault or harassment of a passenger or human safety operator that occurs in the State and involves a fully autonomous vehicle under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Equality for Service Members Act [SB-281]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing transportation to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only certain uniformed services.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Third Reading Passed (42-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner [HB-191]
Authorizing a person who tows or removes a vehicle from a parking lot to provide electronic notice of the tow or removal to the vehicle owner through the Motor Vehicle Administration under certain circumstances; and authorizing a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody to send an electronic notice to the last known registered owner of the vehicle through the Administration under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Foley
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Out-of-State Vehicles - Improper Registration [HB-219]
Establishing a certain process for bringing vehicles owned by State residents that are improperly registered in another state into compliance with the Maryland Vehicle Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electric Vehicles - Repeal of Excise Tax Credit and Establishment of Rebate Program [HB-216]
Repealing the electric vehicle excise tax credit; establishing the Electric Vehicle Rebate Program; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to establish a website to administer the program; requiring a participating dealer to provide a rebate in the form of a reduction of the vehicle's purchase price equal to the full amount of the rebate for which the vehicle purchased is eligible at the time the eligible vehicle is purchased; requiring the Administration to reimburse a dealer for rebates provided by the dealer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner [SB-40]
Authorizing a person who tows or removes a vehicle from a parking lot to provide electronic notice of the tow or removal to the vehicle owner through the Motor Vehicle Administration under certain circumstances; and authorizing a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody to send an electronic notice to the last known registered owner of the vehicle through the Administration under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2025
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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
Education - Public Schools - Driver Education and Transportation to Field Trips [SB-1081]
Establishing the Driver Education in Public Schools Grant Program to provide grants to public schools and nonprofit organizations to assist public schools in offering driver education courses to students; establishing the State-Aided Institutions Field Trip Grant Program to assist public schools in transporting students to field trips at State-aided educational institutions; altering the penalties and distribution of fines for termination or lapse of required vehicle security, including distribution to the Programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Electric Vehicles - Weight Limits [SB-870]
Allowing plug-in electric drive vehicles and certain other electric vehicles to exceed gross, axle, tandem, and bridge weight limits by up to an additional 2,000 pounds total.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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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
Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Membership and Reporting [SB-553]
Altering the composition of the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council to include a light-duty plug-in electric drive vehicle manufacturer, a heavy-duty plug-in electric drive vehicle manufacturer, the automotive dismantling and recycling industry, and the Secretary of General Services; and altering the dates by which certain reports shall be submitted by the Council to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Third Reading Passed (136-0) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Electric Vehicles - Weight Limits [HB-652]
Allowing plug-in electric drive vehicles and certain other electric vehicles to exceed gross, axle, tandem, and bridge weight limits by up to an additional 2,000 pounds total.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Electric Vehicles – Repeal of Excise Tax Credit and Establishment of Rebate Program [HB-689]
Repealing the electric vehicle excise tax credit; establishing the Electric Vehicle Rebate Program; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to establish a website to administer the rebate program; requiring a participating dealer to provide a rebate to an eligible buyer at the time the buyer purchases an eligible vehicle; requiring the Administration to reimburse a dealer for rebates provided by the dealer; providing that the "total purchase price" of the vehicle may not be reduced by the amount of the rebate; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable With Amendments {653825/1 Adopted on 04/08/2024