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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County and Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Lighting on Privately Owned Vehicles [HB-1520]
Authorizing not more than five of the highest ranking officers from certain nonprofit volunteer emergency medical services organizations located in Baltimore County and Baltimore City to have their privately owned vehicles equipped with red or red and white lights or signal devices which may be displayed only while on route to or at the scene of an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2025
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Baltimore County and Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Lighting on Privately Owned Vehicles [SB-1030]
Authorizing not more than five of the highest ranking officers from certain nonprofit volunteer emergency medical services organizations located in Baltimore County and Baltimore City to have their privately owned vehicles equipped with red or red and white lights or signal devices which may be displayed only while on route to or at the scene of an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Third Reading Passed (43-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Driver's Licenses - Out-of-State Residents - School Buses or Passenger Vehicles [HB-1500]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a Class B commercial driver's license with a school bus or passenger vehicle endorsement to nonresidents of Maryland who hold an equivalent commercial driver's license and the appropriate equivalent endorsement from the driver's licensing authority of a neighboring state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Accidents - Required Testing for Impaired Driving (Mateo's Law) [HB-1486]
Requiring any person involved in a motor vehicle accident that results in the death of, or a life threatening injury to, another person to submit to breath and blood testing for impaired driving.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-993]
Establishing the Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program; requiring individuals whose driver's licenses are subject to certain suspension or revocation to participate in the Program; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue to participants a restricted license requiring the use of an intelligent speed assistance system; and prohibiting a participant from operating a motor vehicle in violation of the requirements of the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles [HB-1256]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Charles County - Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles - Regulation and Enforcement [HB-1283]
Authorizing Charles County to regulate the operation of off-highway recreational vehicles in the county and to impound an off-highway recreational vehicle that is the subject of certain alleged motor vehicle violations.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (128-9) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses - Electronic Credentials (Maryland Mobile ID Enhancement Act) [HB-1371]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to enter into an agreement to facilitate the issuance, use, and verification of electronic credentials through a national association of motor vehicle agencies; and authorizing an individual who will operate a rented vehicle to use a certain electronic credential showing a representation of a valid driver's license, instead of a driver's license, to rent the vehicle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Third Reading Passed (137-1) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Queen Anne's County - Municipalities - Speed Limits [HB-1236]
Authorizing municipalities in Queen Anne's County to decrease the maximum speed limit to not less than 15 miles per hour on highways without performing an engineering and traffic investigation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Third Reading Passed (139-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization [HB-1226]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a stop sign is subject to a citation and a certain civil penalty under certain circumstances; establishing certain defenses to a charge of an alleged violation recorded by a stop sign monitoring system; and prohibiting a contractor administering a stop sign monitoring system from being compensated in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 03/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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
Montgomery County - School Bus Stops on Highways - Alterations MC 8-25 [HB-1227]
Requiring, beginning October 1, 2025, that citations issued for certain alleged traffic violations in Montgomery County provide that the penalty be paid directly to Montgomery County; requiring, beginning October 1, 2025, that the fines collected by Montgomery County as a result of certain traffic violations be distributed in a certain manner and be used only to assist in covering the cost to construct median dividers on highways in the county where a school bus stop is located and at least 400 citations have been issued; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (138-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Howard County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Authorization Ho. Co. 9-25 [HB-1311]
Expanding the authorization to place and use speed monitoring systems on highways in Howard County to authorize their use in residential districts, on certain high-risk highways, and on U.S. Route 1; and requiring the fines collected by Howard County as a result of violations enforced by certain speed monitoring systems to be used for public safety purposes, including pedestrian or highway safety programs, or to fund deferred maintenance work at Howard County public schools.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles in HOV Lane - Termination Date [HB-1176]
Extending the termination date of a provision of law that authorizes certain plug-in electric drive vehicles to use high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes regardless of the number of passengers in the vehicle to September 30, 2030.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Schools and Driver Education Programs - Age of Instruction Vehicles [HB-1183]
Prohibiting a vehicle that is older than 10 model years from being used for instruction in a drivers' school or a driver education program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Fisher
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-1139]
Establishing the Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program; requiring individuals whose driver's licenses are subject to certain suspension or revocation to participate in the Program; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue to participants a restricted license requiring the use of an intelligent speed assistance system; and prohibiting a participant from operating a motor vehicle in violation of the requirements of the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities [SB-915]
Prohibiting, for a certain period of time, a person from driving a motor vehicle in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a residential community in Baltimore County; and authorizing, for a certain period of time, a police officer to enforce the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a certain residential community in Baltimore County.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Third Reading Passed (44-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Charles County – Off–Highway Recreational Vehicles – Regulation and Enforcement [SB-912]
Authorizing Charles County to regulate the operation of off-highway recreational vehicles in the county and to impound an off-highway recreational vehicle that is subject to certain alleged motor vehicle violations.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Howard County - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Authorization [SB-967]
Authorizing the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Howard County to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; and requiring that Howard County report by March 1, 2026, to the Governor and the General Assembly on the time period noise abatement monitoring systems were in use, the number of warnings and citations issued, the costs associated with implementation, the revenue collected, and the effectiveness of noise abatement monitoring systems in reducing the noise produced by motor vehicles in the county.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Driver's Licenses - Out-of-State Residents - School Buses or Passenger Vehicles [SB-884]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a Class B commercial driver's license with a school bus or passenger vehicle endorsement to nonresidents of Maryland who hold an equivalent commercial driver's license and the appropriate equivalent endorsement from the driver's licensing authority of a neighboring state.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025