Motor Vehicles - Parking - Armed Forces Special Registration Plates [SB-584]
Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in a parking space served by a parking meter if the motor vehicle has an individually-earned, combat-related armed forces special registration plate or a U.S. Department of Defense Gold Star recipient special registration plate.
SB-584: Motor Vehicles - Parking - Armed Forces Special Registration Plates
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Membership [HB-437]
Codifying provisions relating to the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council; altering and clarifying the composition of the Council to include certain public and private sector members; requiring the Council to submit interim reports of its work to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024, and December 1, 2025; and requiring the Council to submit a final report of its work and recommendations by June 30, 2026.
HB-437: Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Membership
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 447 on 05/09/2024
Out-of-State Motor Vehicles - Improper Registration - Report [HB-332]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, in consultation with Baltimore City and other interested jurisdictions, to prepare a report on motor vehicles owned by Maryland residents that are improperly titled or registered in another state; requiring the Administration to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
HB-332: Out-of-State Motor Vehicles - Improper Registration - Report
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 648 on 05/09/2024
Baltimore City - Out-of-State Vehicles - Improper Registration [SB-357]
Authorizing Baltimore City to tow, remove, or impound a vehicle owned by a new resident of the State who fails to register the vehicle with the Motor Vehicle Administration and display valid registration plates issued by the Administration within 60 days.
SB-357: Baltimore City - Out-of-State Vehicles - Improper Registration
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2024
Motor Vehicles - Parking - Armed Forces Special Registration Plates [HB-77]
Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in a parking space served by a parking meter if the motor vehicle has a certain individually earned, combat-related armed forces special registration plate or a certain disabled veteran special registration plate.
HB-77: Motor Vehicles - Parking - Armed Forces Special Registration Plates
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Munoz
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/10/2024
Baltimore County - Abandoned Vehicles [SB-184]
Adding Baltimore County and municipal corporations in the county to the jurisdictions subject to certain provisions of law relating to abandoned vehicles, including provisions governing the time period for reclamation by an owner or a secured party, cost recovery by a police department for impoundment, storage, and sale of an abandoned vehicle and certain other vehicles, failure of the owner or secured party to reclaim an abandoned vehicle within the required time period, and registration renewal.
SB-184: Baltimore County - Abandoned Vehicles
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council – Membership [SB-950]
Altering the composition of the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council to include a representative of a light-duty plug-in electric drive vehicle manufacturer and a heavy-duty plug-in electric drive vehicle manufacturer and the Secretary of General Services.
SB-950: Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council – Membership
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/10/2023
Anne Arundel County – Abandoned Vehicles [HB-1040]
Adding Anne Arundel County and municipal corporations in the county to the jurisdictions subject to certain provisions of law relating to abandoned vehicles, including provisions governing the time period for reclamation by an owner or secured party, cost recovery by a police department for impoundment, storage, and sale of an abandoned vehicle and certain other vehicles, failure of the owner or secured party to reclaim an abandoned vehicle within the required time period, and registration renewal.
HB-1040: Anne Arundel County – Abandoned Vehicles
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/10/2023
Charles County - Motorized Minibikes - Regulation and Enforcement [HB-944]
Authorizing Charles County to regulate motorized minibikes in the county and to enforce the Maryland Vehicle Law, including impoundment and conditions for release from impoundment, for violations involving motorized minibikes.
HB-944: Charles County - Motorized Minibikes - Regulation and Enforcement
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2023
Consumer Protection - Motor Vehicles - Right to Repair [HB-1193]
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.
HB-1193: Consumer Protection - Motor Vehicles - Right to Repair
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/10/2023
Charles County - Motorized Minibikes - Regulation and Enforcement [SB-373]
Authorizing Charles County to regulate motorized minibikes in the county and to enforce the Maryland Vehicle Law, including impoundment and conditions for release from impoundment, for violations involving motorized minibikes.
SB-373: Charles County - Motorized Minibikes - Regulation and Enforcement
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/01/2023
Vehicle Laws - Parking Enforcement - Citations [HB-391]
Requiring a parking citation issued by a political subdivision, a State agency, or a third-party contractor to include a box that the person issued the citation may check to indicate that the registration plates cited were not issued for the vehicle described in the citation; requiring a political subdivision, State agency, or third-party contractor that receives a parking citation from a person with the box checked to perform a certain verification process and dismiss the citation under certain circumstances; etc.
Abandoned Vehicles - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification [HB-262]
Authorizing a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody to notify any secured party electronically if that form of notice is agreed to by the police department, the tower, and the secured party in a certain manner; and altering the application of a provision of law authorizing a police department to provide certain alternative public notice of custody of an abandoned vehicle to include circumstances where electronic notice is unacknowledged or undeliverable.
Anne Arundel County - Abandoned Vehicles [SB-227]
Adding Anne Arundel County and municipal corporations in the county to the jurisdictions subject to certain provisions of law relating to abandoned vehicles, including provisions governing the time period for reclamation by an owner or secured party, cost recovery by a police department for impoundment, storage, and sale of an abandoned vehicle and certain other vehicles, failure of the owner or secured party to reclaim an abandoned vehicle within the required time period, and registration renewal.
SB-227: Anne Arundel County - Abandoned Vehicles
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2023
Rental Vehicles - Spare Tires and Tire Repair Tools [SB-177]
Requiring a motor vehicle rental company to provide with each rental vehicle a spare tire and tire repair tools if these items were included with the initial sale of the rental vehicle or are generally included in new vehicles of the year, make, model, and style of the rental vehicle; requiring a motor vehicle rental company to disclose in the rental agreement that the rental vehicle is not equipped with a spare tire or tire repair tools under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-177: Rental Vehicles - Spare Tires and Tire Repair Tools
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2023