MD SB232 | 2016 | Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill 232 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-10 - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [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.

Title

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

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-10	Senate	Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-01-22	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Subjects

Crimes and Punishments
Fines
Law Enforcement
Motor Vehicle Equipment
Motor Vehicles
Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections

Maryland State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0232?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0232f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0002/sb0232.pdf