Subject Motor Vehicle Operation | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | HB150 | Requiring a police officer who detains a driver who was involved in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in the death of, or a life-threatening injury to another person, to require the driver to submit to specified drug and alcohol testing; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB319 | 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] | 2013-02-13 |
| MD | HB627 | Requiring a person involved in a motor vehicle accident that results in an injury to another person that requires the removal of the other person to a medical facility to submit to specified drug or alcohol testing if the person is detained by a poli... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| MD | HB198 | Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to submit a report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before January 1 of each year concerning electronic toll violations; requiring that the report include specified information; and... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB619 | Increasing to 60 miles an hour the maximum speed limit on the Intercounty Connector; and making the Act an emergency measure. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB393 | Altering provisions relating to driving a motor vehicle while a license or privilege to drive issued by the State or any other state is refused, suspended, canceled, or revoked; providing that in a prosecution specified records are prima facie eviden... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB445 | Prohibiting a driver of a vehicle from overtaking another vehicle going in the same direction unless a safe passing distance can be maintained while the other vehicle is being overtaken; repealing an exception to a requirement that a driver of a vehi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB759 | Prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle in an inattentive manner resulting in the unsafe operation of the motor vehicle when the inattention is caused by the driver engaging in specified preoccupying activities; providing that a violation o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 |
| MD | HB586 | Altering the standard of review for an appeal in a criminal case in which a defendant has been charged with a specified nonincarcerable traffic violation from being tried de novo to being heard on a specified record. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB1184 | 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] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB499 | Altering an exception to, and the maximum penalty for a violation of, the prohibition against driving a vehicle with specified materials placed on the vehicle's windshield or rear window. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| 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 | HB1415 | Authorizing that specified former school vehicles be equipped with and use specified safety equipment; applying specified rules of the road related to the use of specified safety lighting for school vehicles to specified former school vehicles; requi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1149 | Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in vehicle in a space that is marked for the use of plug-in vehicles and provides access to a plug-in vehicle recharging station. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB468 | Requiring a person placed on probation for a misdemeanor violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law to have unsupervised probation unless the violation was a specified offense relating to drunk or drugged driving or the person was placed on probation prev... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn |
| 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 | 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 | HB556 | Requiring a person placed on probation for a misdemeanor violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law to have unsupervised probation unless the violation was a specified offense relating to drunk or drugged driving or the person was placed on probation prev... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn |
| 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 | 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 |
| MD | HB1453 | Repealing specified criminal violations for the use, possession, and sale of marijuana; establishing specified exemptions from prosecution for specified persons for using, obtaining, purchasing, transporting, or possessing marijuana in specified circ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| 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 | SB850 | Requiring a person involved in a motor vehicle accident that results in an injury to another person that requires the removal of the other person to a medical facility to submit to specified drug or alcohol testing if the person is detained by a poli... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | SB87 | Repealing an exception to the requirement that a child under 16 years old riding in a vehicle be secured in a child safety seat or a seat belt that applies in instances where all passenger securing locations are in use by other children; prohibiting ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 179 |
| 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 | SB339 | Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified violations involving the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; altering the penalty imposed for a violation of a specified proh... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 638 |
| 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 | HB753 | Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified violations involving the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; altering the penalty imposed for a violation of a specified proh... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 |
| 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) |
