Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Parking - Armed Forces Special Registration Plates [SB-584]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
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Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Membership [HB-437]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 447 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Out-of-State Motor Vehicles - Improper Registration - Report [HB-332]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 648 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Out-of-State Vehicles - Improper Registration [SB-357]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
District Court - Traffic Cases - Surcharges [HB-259]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing from $7.50 to $10.00 the surcharge the District Court is required to add to any fine imposed in certain traffic cases.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Cannabis Use in Motor Vehicle With Minor Occupant - Prohibition [HB-217]
[Cannabis ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
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. Robert Long
First Reading Judiciary on 01/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Parking - Armed Forces Special Registration Plates [HB-77]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Munoz
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Abandoned Vehicles [SB-184]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Membership [HB-1291]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the composition of the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council; and altering the dates by which the Council must submit interim reports of its work and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Referred Rules on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council – Membership [SB-950]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County – Abandoned Vehicles [HB-1040]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Charles County - Motorized Minibikes - Regulation and Enforcement [HB-944]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
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.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Motor Vehicles - Right to Repair [HB-1193]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
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. Kevin Hornberger
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Administration - Fines and Fees - Required Notice [HB-537]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to give notice every 30 days to a person who has been previously notified by the Administration that the person owes a fine or fee until the fine or fee is satisfied.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Charles County - Motorized Minibikes - Regulation and Enforcement [SB-373]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Parking Enforcement - Citations [HB-391]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 451 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Abandoned Vehicles - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification [HB-262]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Foley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 518 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Abandoned Vehicles [SB-227]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Rental Vehicles - Spare Tires and Tire Repair Tools [SB-177]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City – Vehicle Laws – Towing [HB-1081]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing Baltimore City to tow vehicles blocking access to driveways, alleys, transit lanes, or parking facilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 584 on 05/29/2022