Subject Highways | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | HB977 | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and make available a specially designed vintage reproduction registration plate; prescribing who may apply for and the classes of vehicles eligible for the registration plate; providing the manner... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB1257 | Clarifying specified provisions of law relating to zoning, planning, subdivision, and other land use laws of the State; altering the contents of a specified annual report to refer to approved rather than adopted plans; requiring specified charter cou... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 674 |
| MD | HB613 | Authorizing municipalities and specified counties to finance the cost of infrastructure improvements in a sustainable community in the same manner as a transit-oriented development; authorizing a political subdivision to use alternative local tax rev... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 624 |
| MD | HB1515 | Altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be increased on July 1 of each year based on the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index; limiting the increase in specified motor fuel tax rates... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 429 |
| MD | SB39 | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and make available a specially designed vintage reproduction registration plate; prescribing who may apply for and the classes of vehicles eligible for the registration plate; providing the manner... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 170 |
| 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 | 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 | SB715 | Authorizing the issuance, to new applicants, of identification cards, moped operators' permits, and drivers' licenses that are not acceptable by federal agencies for specified official purposes; requiring an applicant for an identification card, a mo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 309 |
| MD | HB467 | Requiring that a roadside solicitation permit issued under a roadside solicitation permit program in Allegany County be effective for a specified period of time. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 118 |
| 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 | 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 | HB789 | Authorizing the issuance, to new applicants, of identification cards, moped operators' permits, and drivers' licenses that are not acceptable by federal agencies for specified official purposes; requiring an applicant for an identification card, a mo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| 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 | HB1325 | Requiring the Department of Transportation to adopt regulations to establish a methodology for applying life cycle cost analysis to the evaluation of specified pavement projects; requiring that the methodology address specified matters; requiring the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-04 |
| MD | HB1179 | Authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer to apply to the Motor Vehicle Administration for the issuance of special dealer decals; authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer that attaches a special dealer decal to specified motor scooters or mopeds... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) |
| MD | SB472 | Authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer in Worcester County to apply to the Motor Vehicle Administration for the issuance of special dealer decals; authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer in Worcester County that attaches a special dealer dec... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 |
| 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 | SB298 | Establishing that the maximum speed limit on Interstate 68 may be up to 70 miles an hour. [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 | HB1346 | Increasing from 65 miles per hour to 70 miles per hour the maximum speed limit that may be established on specified highways in the State. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-27 |
| MD | SJ5 | Stating the actions the State will take regarding public-private partnerships. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 |
| 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 | HB1508 | Prohibiting the Department of Transportation from spending any funds for the construction of MD Route 410 through the City of Takoma Park in Montgomery County that will involve the addition of a new through lane for motor vehicles; and requiring the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| MD | SB842 | Requiring the State to reimburse a political subdivision for specified forward-funded expenditures made by the political subdivision to cover the State's share of costs on State highway or road construction projects. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| MD | SB1013 | Requiring that specified funds in the Transportation Trust Fund be allocated for highway expenditures, transit expenditures, and other transportation expenditures in a specified manner; establishing the Mass Transit Account in the Transportation Trus... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| MD | HB223 | Increasing from 65 to 70 miles per hour the maximum speed limit that may be established on specified highways in the State; and increasing to 70 miles per hour the maximum speed limit on the Intercounty Connector. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| 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 | HB593 | Establishing that the maximum speed limit on Interstate 68 may be up to 70 miles an hour. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB1046 | Providing that specified taxes, fees, charges, and revenues deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund may be used only for specified purposes; repealing obsolete provisions; and repealing provisions relating to the transfer of specified funds from... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| MD | HB1322 | Establishing the Transportation Infrastructure Bank as a special revolving loan fund in the Transportation Trust Fund to provide loans and other financial assistance for transportation projects; establishing the Bank as a special, nonlapsing fund; re... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) |
| MD | HB3 | Requiring an individual who is operating a moped or motor scooter on a highway in the State to possess a valid driver's license or a valid moped operator's permit issued to the individual. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB886 | Altering the requirements for placing warning devices for specified motor vehicles that are not disabled but are stopped on the shoulder of a roadway; providing that a violation of the Act is not a moving violation for the purpose of assessing points... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB805 | Authorizing the State Highway Administration to sell or lease to a private entity the naming rights for all or part of a State highway; prohibiting the sale or lease of highway naming rights unless the Administration makes specified determinations; r... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| MD | SB326 | Authorizing, subject to specified requirements, a person to place or maintain an advertising sign for specified agricultural businesses on a State highway; providing that specified provisions of law regulating the placement and maintenance of outdoor... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn |
| MD | SB1054 | Altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; reducing specified motor fuel tax rates on July 1, 2013; requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be increased on July 1 of each year based on the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 |
| MD | HB760 | Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to initiate the process to issue a request for proposals on or before December 31, 2013 to privatize the Intercounty Connector (ICC/MD 200) and the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | HB761 | Requiring the State Highway Administration to initiate the process to issue a request for proposals on or before a specified date to privatize the operation and maintenance of rest areas and welcome centers within State highway rights-of-way; providi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | HB762 | Requiring the State Highway Administration to initiate the process to issue a request for proposals on or before a specified date to sell the naming rights to State highways; providing that the request for proposals be issued in accordance with speci... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | HB176 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation with a specified exception; prohibiting the reversion or crediting of any part of the Transportation ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) |
| MD | HB304 | Authorizing, subject to specified requirements, a person to place or maintain an advertising sign for specified agricultural businesses on a State highway; providing that specified provisions of law regulating the placement and maintenance of outdoor... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1103 | Authorizing local jurisdictions to use speed monitoring systems to enforce specified speed laws on all highways in their jurisdictions under specified standards and procedures; requiring a Web site maintained or participated in under the Act to inclu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | SB132 | Creating a Cecil-Harford Highway Impact Revenue Account in the Transportation Authority Fund; specifying the purpose of the Account; establishing the composition of the Account; providing for the use of funds in the Account; and providing for the tra... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation |
| MD | SB389 | Authorizing specified persons to sign a statement that alleges, based on inspection of recorded images from a speed monitoring system, that a motor vehicle was being operated in violation of highway speed laws; authorizing specified persons to swear ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 |
