MD HB294 | 2016 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-04 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Summary

Requiring that a driver of a vehicle on a highway use the vehicle's tail lamps when the driver continuously operates the vehicle's windshield wipers due to impaired visibility resulting from unfavorable atmospheric conditions; and repealing the authority of a driver to use a vehicle's fog lights instead of the vehicle's headlamps during the continuous operation of the vehicle's windshield wipers under specified circumstances.

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Title

Motor Vehicles - Lamps and Lights - Use When Windshield Wipers Operating

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2016-03-03 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (136-3) (Y: 136 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2016-03-04SenateFirst Reading Judicial Proceedings
2016-03-03HouseThird Reading Passed (136-3)
2016-03-01HouseSecond Reading Passed
2016-03-01HouseFavorable Report Adopted
2016-02-29HouseFavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
2016-02-11HouseHearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m.
2016-01-26HouseFirst Reading Environment and Transportation

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