Subject Motor Vehicles | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | SB486 | Including motorcycles in the definition of "short-term vehicle rental" for purposes of determining the sales and use tax rate for short-term vehicle rentals; including motorcycles in the definition of "rental vehicle" for purposes of the Motor Vehicl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 483 |
| MD | HB523 | Including motorcycles in the definition of "short-term vehicle rental" for purposes of determining the sales and use tax rate for short-term vehicle rentals; including motorcycles in the definition of "rental vehicle" for purposes of the Motor Vehicl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 484 |
| MD | HB680 | Providing that the Maryland Vehicle Law does not preclude a local authority from authorizing an emergency vehicle not subject to registration to operate on a highway under its jurisdiction while performing an emergency service. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 632 |
| MD | HB713 | Authorizing a State or local law enforcement agency, on process issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, to seize specified property used or intended for use in connection with a violation of specified criminal statutes relating to human traffick... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 636 |
| MD | HB725 | Establishing that when the interest in a vehicle of one joint owner passes to another joint owner who is the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse is not required to apply for a new certificate of title or submit a specified certificate of title to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB801 | Requiring the clerk of the court to report to the Motor Vehicle Administration the adjudication of a minor as delinquent or a finding that a minor has committed a delinquent act for a specified highway violation involving the use of an off-highway re... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 641 |
| MD | HB889 | Authorizing the driver of specified emergency vehicles to exercise specified privileges while performing motorcade or escort duties; authorizing specified emergency vehicles to travel through any jurisdiction in the State as necessary to perform and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB25 | Establishing that when the interest in a vehicle of one joint owner passes to another joint owner who is the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse is not required to apply for a new certificate of title or submit a specified certificate of title to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167 |
| MD | SB72 | Clarifying that a person who drives or moves overweight vehicle loads on a municipal highway is liable for specified damage caused to the highway; establishing that a person who drives or moves oversized loads on State, county, or municipal highways ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 |
| MD | HB430 | Altering the definition of "motor vehicle" to expand the types of vehicles for which an occupant is prohibited from consuming or possessing an alcoholic beverage in the passenger area while on a highway. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 371 |
| MD | SB634 | Altering specified notice procedures required to enforce a lien on specified property stored in a leased space at a self-service storage facility; providing that a specified sale held on an online auction Web site to enforce a specified lien shall be... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 302 |
| MD | HB791 | Extending the credit against the State income tax for qualified electric vehicle recharging equipment for specified tax years; providing for the amount of tax credit certificates that may be issued by the Maryland Energy Administration; altering the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 389 |
| MD | SB829 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation except in specified circumstances; prohibiting the transfer of funds in the Transportation Trust Fund... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 422 |
| MD | HB1127 | Altering specified notice procedures required to enforce a lien on specified property stored in a leased space at a self-service storage facility; providing that a specified sale held on an online auction Web site to enforce a specified lien shall be... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 303 |
| MD | SB73 | Altering the exemptions from length and overhang limits for vehicles carrying piling, poles, or mill logs; establishing length and overhang limits at which a hauling permit from the State Highway Administration would be required for vehicles carrying... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 18 |
| MD | SB64 | Repealing the requirement that a hauler, while transporting a controlled hazardous substance, display a vehicle certificate on the outside of the left door of the cab of the controlled hazardous substance vehicle. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 15 |
| MD | HB420 | Altering procedures of the Maryland Transportation Authority for the collection of unpaid tolls through a specified notice and a citation for toll violations; altering the contents of a specified citation; altering procedures for paying or contesting... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 113 |
| MD | SB600 | Altering and harmonizing variations of the defined term "plug-in electric drive vehicle" as that term applies to planning by a utility for the availability and reliability of electric supply, excise tax credits, and exemptions allowing the use of hig... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 64 |
| MD | SB621 | Authorizing the driver of specified emergency vehicles to exercise specified privileges while performing motorcade or escort duties; authorizing specified emergency vehicles to travel through any jurisdiction in the State as necessary to perform and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 66 |
| MD | HB836 | Altering and harmonizing variations of the defined term "plug-in electric drive vehicle" as that term applies to planning by a utility for the availability and reliability of electric supply, excise tax credits, and exemptions allowing the use of hig... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 65 |
| MD | SB207 | Requiring that specified time-stamped images of a motor vehicle taken by a speed monitoring or speed control system provide sufficient information to show the progression of the motor vehicle; limiting the placement of speed monitoring systems in sch... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Special Order until 11:30 (Senator Pipkin) Adopted |
| MD | HB524 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation except under specified circumstances; prohibiting the transfer of funds in the Transportation Trust F... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | HB1089 | Establishing that the owner of a rental vehicle may satisfy a specified insurance requirement by maintaining a specified security that is secondary to any other valid and collectible coverage; requiring the owner of a rental vehicle to provide a spec... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Referred to interim study by Finance |
| MD | SB919 | Establishing that a rental vehicle company has a specified right of indemnification against specified persons, including a person who rents a motor vehicle, for specified property damage, personal injury, and wrongful death claims paid by the rental ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Referred to interim study by Finance |
| MD | SB566 | Providing that the Maryland Vehicle Law does not preclude a local authority from authorizing an emergency vehicle not subject to registration to operate on a highway under its jurisdiction while performing an emergency service. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-05 |
| MD | HB1139 | Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch from requiring, attempting to require, coercing, or attempting to coerce a dealer to purchase specified goods or services from specified vendors under s... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-05 |
| MD | SB886 | Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch from requiring, attempting to require, coercing, or attempting to coerce a dealer to purchase specified goods or services from specified vendors; requir... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-05 Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1382 | Requiring, in a sentencing or disposition hearing, a juvenile court to allow a victim or the victim's representative to address the court under oath before the imposition of sentence or other disposition under specified circumstances. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 |
| MD | HB1480 | Prohibiting a person who is charged with the care of a child under the age of 3 years from allowing the child to be locked or confined in a dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle out of sight unless the person charged with care provides a re... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 Unfavorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB249 | Prohibiting a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch from retaliating against a specified vehicle dealer because of legislation enacted by the General Assembly that regulates the franchise relationship. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-01 Third Reading Failed (20-25) |
| MD | SB30 | Prohibiting the driver of a motor vehicle in which a person who is under the age of 8 years is a passenger from smoking a tobacco product or allowing a passenger to smoke in the motor vehicle; establishing a fine of up to $50 for a violation of the A... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-29 |
| MD | SB205 | Prohibiting a driver who has been given a visual or audible signal to stop by a police officer in a vehicle that is not an appropriately marked police vehicle but is displaying an activated flashing blue or red and blue light from attempting to elude... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-29 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB206 | Increasing to 60 miles an hour the maximum speed limit on the Intercounty Connector; and making the Act an emergency measure. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB785 | Repealing the authority of counties and municipalities in the State to use speed monitoring systems to enforce highway speed laws; repealing the authority to use work zone speed control systems to enforce highway speed laws within work zones; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB847 | Repealing a requirement that, to be convicted of a specified offense of manslaughter, a person's failure to perceive a specified risk must constitute a gross deviation from a specified standard of care; altering the name of a violation of the Act to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn |
| MD | HB565 | Prohibiting, in Baltimore City, a person from selling or offering for sale any vehicle, the use of which is prohibited in Baltimore City under any State or local law; and establishing a penalty. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB1339 | Repealing specified payment alternatives that under specified circumstances allow a person that provides vehicle towing, recovery, or storage services to avoid having to accept payment by at least two major, nationally recognized credit cards; requir... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB943 | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Maryland Department of the Environment jointly to study the feasibility and desirability of establishing, in whole or in part, a specified decentralized emissions inspection and testing program to im... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| MD | HB173 | Providing that the Maryland Vehicle Law does not preclude Charles County from designating golf cart zones on county highways or from administering the operation and maintenance of golf cart zones. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB251 | Repealing the authority of counties and municipalities in the State to use speed monitoring systems to enforce highway speed laws; repealing the authority to use work zone speed control systems to enforce highway speed laws within work zones; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB429 | Authorizing, under specified circumstances, the operation of all-terrain and utility-terrain vehicles on highways in Frederick County without the vehicle being registered under the Maryland Vehicle Law; requiring a person operating a vehicle under th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB421 | Requiring that specified time-stamped images of a motor vehicle provide sufficient information to allow for the calculation of a specified speed of the motor vehicle; altering a requirement relating to the issuance of warnings; requiring a court to i... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB780 | Authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to issue a limited lines license as a self-service storage agent to an owner or operator of a self-service storage facility who meets specified requirements; providing for the scope of the license; prov... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Finance Withdrawn |
| MD | HB987 | Authorizing a finder of fact to determine that a person with a specified alcohol concentration in the blood or breath who causes personal injury or wrongful death while driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle was acting with malice, and to awa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1225 | Prohibiting a person, while in or having just exited a motor vehicle, from recklessly discharging a firearm at or toward another motor vehicle or building or at or toward another person or an occupied building or motor vehicle; and requiring the forf... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB1006 | Prohibiting the State from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; and prohibiting the State from requiring the installation of a device in or on a privately owned vehicle or using an odometer reading ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| MD | SB193 | Establishing that a specified prohibition on the use of a handheld telephone while operating a motor vehicle may be enforced as a primary action if a child under the age of 8 years is a passenger in the motor vehicle; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB192 | Increasing the fine from $25 to $75 for failing to secure a child under a specified age in a child safety seat or seat belt while transporting the child in a motor vehicle or operating a motor vehicle; and repealing a requirement that court costs are... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB378 | Requiring drivers approaching a tow truck that is stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using specified visual signals, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device, to make a lane change into an available lane not ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB732 | Creating an exception to the prohibition against attempting to elude a police officer under specified circumstances to allow a driver who has been given a visual or an audible signal to stop by a police officer in a vehicle that is not an appropriate... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
