Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Motor Fuel Tax Refund - Demand Response Trips [HB-1588]
Adding vehicles used to provide demand response services to those vehicles that qualify for a specified motor fuel tax refund; and defining a specified term.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2016
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Mopeds and Motor Scooters - Failure to Carry Required Security - Penalty [HB-1518]
Providing a maximum fine of $50 for failure to carry evidence of the required security while operating a moped or motor scooter.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Schools - School Vehicles - Three-Point Seat Belts [HB-1473]
Requiring a specified public school safety education program to include student instruction on school vehicle safety and the use of seat belts; prohibiting specified persons from allowing pupils to stand in a school vehicle while the school vehicle is in motion; requiring that specified school vehicles purchased after January 1, 2018, be equipped with seat belts, as specified; prohibiting a person from operating a school vehicle unless the person and occupants under age 16 are restrained by a seat belt; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/17/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Enhanced Underinsured Motorist Coverage [HB-1172]
Authorizing a specified insured to elect to obtain specified enhanced underinsured motorist coverage under a private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy; requiring specified insurers to offer an enhanced underinsured motorist coverage under specified circumstances; providing for the characteristics of the enhanced underinsured motorist coverage; applying the Act to each policy of private passenger motor vehicle insurance issued, sold, or delivered in the State on or after July 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Favorable With Amendments Report By Economic Matters on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Salvage Advertising Act [SB-917]
Prohibiting a person from advertising for specified junk and scrap metal services unless the person holds a specified license; requiring specified junk dealers and scrap metal processors to provide the license number of the licensee in an advertisement for specified junk and scrap metal processing services; establishing civil penalties of $500 for a first violation and $1,000 for each subsequent violation under the Act; altering and making civil the penalty for failing to provide a specified license number in a specified advertisement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James DeGrange
Hearing 4/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/08/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Issues Related to the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles [SB-778]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Issues Related to the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to make specified determinations, review specified information, consider specified issues, and make specified recommendations related to the use of self-driving vehicles; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/26/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Reporting and Sunset Extension [SB-714]
Altering the deadlines for the reporting requirements for the Maryland Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council; extending until June 30, 2020, the termination date for the Council; and providing that on or before June 30, 2020, the Council shall submit a final report of its work and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 378 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Electric Vehicles - Use of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes - Reciprocity With Virginia [SB-682]
Requiring, under specified circumstances, that electric vehicles registered in Virginia that qualify for the use of high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in Virginia be allowed to use HOV lanes in Maryland; requiring the State Highway Administration to adopt specified regulations; making the Act subject to a specified contingency related to enactment of a similar Act in Virginia providing for reciprocity for electric vehicles registered in Maryland; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/09/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Law - Dealers' Facilities - Internet Locations [SB-559]
Defining "dealer's facility" and "dealership facility" to include any Internet location where a dealer conducts the business authorized by its license, for purposes of specified prohibitions on the coercion of motor vehicle dealers by motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/18/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Race-Based Traffic Stops - Policy and Reporting Requirements [SB-413]
Requiring that specified law enforcement officers record specified information pertaining to traffic stops; requiring specified law enforcement agencies to report specified information to the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center; requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a specified format and guidelines and a standardized format for the reporting of specified data; requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a specified model policy; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 127 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - All-Terrain Vehicles - Access to Farms [HB-812]
Authorizing a local authority to allow a person to cross a highway under its jurisdiction on an all-terrain vehicle at a right angle to access a farm or to move from one part of a farm to another part of the same farm.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 281 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Evidence of Required Security - Carrying While Operating Vehicle [HB-717]
Requiring the operator of a motor vehicle to carry evidence of specified required security on paper or in an electronic format when operating the motor vehicle; providing that the operator of a moped or motor scooter may carry evidence of a specified required security on paper or in an electronic format; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Referred To Interim Study By Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Race-Based Traffic Stops - Policy and Reporting Requirements [HB-339]
Requiring that specified law enforcement officers record specified information pertaining to traffic stops; requiring specified law enforcement agencies to report specified information to the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center; requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a specified format and guidelines and a standardized format for the reporting of specified data; requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a specified model policy; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Regulation of Parking on York Road [HB-292]
Prohibiting Baltimore County from placing or maintaining a traffic control device that regulates parking on a specified portion of York Road in the county unless the county provides, to the general public and each member of the General Assembly and County Council who represents the regulated area or area proposed to be regulated, notice and an opportunity to address the issue at a public hearing; providing for the application of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/02/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Regulation of Parking - Jurisdiction [HB-288]
Clarifying that specified State and local entities may regulate the parking of vehicles on highways over which the entity has jurisdiction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lafferty
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/02/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Issues Related to the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles [HB-172]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Issues Related to the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to make specified determinations, review specified information, consider specified issues, and make specified recommendations related to the use of self-driving vehicles; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Baltimore City - Prohibition on Sale of Dirt Bikes [HB-16]
Prohibiting, in Baltimore City, a person from selling or offering for sale a dirt bike; establishing a penalty of a fine not to exceed $1,000 for violation of the Act; and providing that this Act does not apply to a transaction between a licensed wholesale dealer and a licensed dealer, an automotive dismantler and recycler, or a scrap processor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/31/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Salvage Advertising Act [HB-1269]
Prohibiting a person from advertising for specified junk and scrap metal services unless the person holds a specified license; requiring specified junk dealers and scrap metal processors to provide the license number of the licensee in an advertisement for specified junk and scrap metal processing services; establishing civil penalties of $500 for a first violation and $1,000 for each subsequent violation under the Act; altering and making civil the penalty for failing to provide a specified license number in a specified advertisement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/09/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Payment of Tolls and Related Fees [HB-1241]
Altering procedures of the Maryland Transportation Authority for the collection of unpaid tolls through a notice of toll due administrative action and a citation; altering procedures for assessing a civil penalty; altering the contents of a specified citation; authorizing the Authority to waive portions of unpaid tolls and civil penalties until the Authority refers the debt to the Central Collection Unit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 122 on 04/14/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driving Without a License or While License is Suspended - Penalties [HB-1130]
Altering the maximum penalty for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended under specified provisions of State law; altering the maximum penalty for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended by another state under specified circumstances; and altering the maximum penalty for driving on a highway without a license.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 4/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/07/2015