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MDHB107PassRequiring the establishment of the Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program by October 1, 2027; requiring individuals whose driver's licenses are subject to certain suspension or revocation to participate in the Program; requiring the Motor ...
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2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 870
MDSB366PassEstablishing the Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program; requiring individuals whose driver's licenses are subject to certain suspension or revocation to participate in the Program; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue to pa...
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2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 869
MDHB306PassProviding that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch may not take an adverse action against a dealer for disclosing on its website that the advertised price of a vehicle is the manufacturer's minimum allowable advertised price and that the d...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 770
MDSB68PassRequiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to draw from a pool of at least five questions related to motorcycle safety awareness for a certain examination, and include at least one of those questions on the driver skills examination required for the ...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539
MDSB111PassAuthorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration and agents and employees of State agencies and political subdivisions to take possession of certain vehicle registration plates under certain circumstances; authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administrator to e...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 487
MDSB345PassAuthorizing a vehicle dealer association and a vehicle manufacturer association to request an administrative hearing to resolve a dispute between entities or seek clarification or interpretation of any provision of applicable law, subject to certain ...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 463
MDSB480PassEstablishing the Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle Recreation Oversight Board to advise the Secretary of Natural Resources on the operation, acquisition, regulation, and general oversight of off-highway recreational vehicle trails and recreation in th...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 180
MDSB87PassRepealing the requirement that the photograph included on an identification card, a driver's license, or a moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration be in color; etc.
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 117
MDSB125PassRepealing the requirement that a notarized bill of sale be submitted to the Motor Vehicle Administration when transferring ownership of a certain used vehicle.
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 119
MDHB248PassRepealing the requirement that the photograph included on an identification card, a driver's license, or a moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration be in color.
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 116
MDHB174PassAuthorizing an individual who is the sole owner of a marine vessel or multiple individuals who jointly co-own a marine vessel to apply to the Department of Natural Resources to designate a beneficiary to take ownership of the marine vessel on the dea...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72
MDHB251PassRepealing the requirement that a notarized bill of sale be submitted to the Motor Vehicle Administration when transferring ownership of a certain used vehicle.
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 118
MDSB145PassAuthorizing an individual who is the sole owner of a marine vessel or multiple individuals who jointly co-own a marine vessel to apply to the Department of Natural Resources to designate a beneficiary to take ownership of the marine vessel on the dea...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 73
MDSB626Engross

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Requiring the Secretary of Health to keep and maintain a birth information history for each individual for whom a certificate of birth is issued under a certain provision of law; requiring the Secretary to maintain a database of birth information his...
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2026-04-13
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Lam, A. Washington and Ready)
MDHB1214Engross

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Authorizing a vehicle dealer association and a vehicle manufacturer association to request an administrative hearing on certain matters, subject to certain requirements.
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2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB1353Engross

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Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from collecting a fee for a copy of a vital record issued to a homeless individual; altering the period of time after which a homeless youth who holds a learner's instructional permit and is under a certa...
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2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB297Engross

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Providing that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch may not take an adverse action against a dealer for disclosing on its website that the advertised price of a vehicle is the manufacturer's minimum allowable advertised price and that the d...
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2026-04-08
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
MDSB789Engross

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Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to study and report on the repair and training requirements of advanced driver assistance systems; and requiring the Administration to reports its findings and recommendations to the Senate Judicial Proceedi...
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2026-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB352Engross

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Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and make available an Old Line Plate with a certain numeric-only registration number for certain motor vehicles; and requiring the Administration to ensure that an Old Line Plate issued to an elig...
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2026-03-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1166Engross

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Prohibiting a motor vehicle dealer from delivering a motor vehicle for which two registration plates are required to a buyer or lessee unless the motor vehicle has a certain front registration plate display mechanism or the buyer or lessee signs a wr...
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2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB646Engross

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Requiring that a medical provider report or physician referral be the primary factor in the Motor Vehicle Administration's decision on whether to issue, refuse, or suspend a driver's license for driver's license holders or applicants who self-report ...
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2026-03-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB844Engross

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Establishing that not more than one vehicle owned by, or leased to, an unemployable disabled veteran is exempt from vehicle registration fees.
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2026-03-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB441Intro

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Authorizing under certain circumstances and requiring under certain circumstances the Motor Vehicle Administration to suspend the registration of motor vehicles involved in violations recorded by a speed monitoring system placed on Maryland Route 210...
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2026-03-18
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB212Engross

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Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to take possession of certain motor vehicle registration cards and registration plates that were issued by another jurisdiction but is being used or displayed on a motor vehicle by a person who has been a ...
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2026-03-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB751Intro

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Exempting farm area motor vehicles from the requirement for a motor vehicle to carry required security.
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2026-03-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1495Intro

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Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a single registration plate to all classes of vehicles; and prohibiting persons who are issued a Class L (historic) registration plate from violating the terms of issuance.
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2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB824Intro

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Altering certain requirements for vehicle manufacturers or distributors to be licensed as vehicle dealers.
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2026-03-02
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB125Intro

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Requiring that a motor vehicle be at least 25 years old in order to be eligible for registration as a historic motor vehicle.
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2026-02-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB4Intro

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Requiring that a motor vehicle be at least 25 years old in order to be eligible for registration as a historic motor vehicle; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to reinstate, under certain circumstances, the historic motor vehicle registr...
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2026-02-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB773Intro

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Requiring a motor vehicle to be at least 30 years old to be eligible for registration as a historic vehicle and at least 40 years old to be eligible for registration as a street rod vehicle.
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2026-02-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1432Intro

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Authorizing motor vehicles that are registered in the State and were previously registered as Class L (historic) vehicles to be insured by certain specialty insurance policies; exempting motor vehicles that are registered in the State and were previo...
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2026-02-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1589Intro

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Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificat...
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2026-02-15
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1338Intro

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Altering the eligibility standards and requirements for the issuance of provisional driver's licenses and original driver's licenses.
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2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1446Intro

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Authorizing certain school vehicle driver trainers to administer the commercial driver's instructional permit knowledge test to applicants for a commercial driver's license - school bus endorsement.
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2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1447Intro

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Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to implement a certain system for collecting certain information and determining certain addresses; authorizing the Administration to conduct certain investigations and assess certain penalties; requiring th...
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2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1379Intro

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Reducing vehicle registration fees for certain Class A, D, and E motor vehicles owned by a resident of and registered to an address in the Sixth Legislative District until a replacement bridge for the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge opens to gener...
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2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1374Intro

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Repealing the annual surcharge required to register a zero-emission vehicle or plug-in electric drive vehicle; requiring the owners of certain vehicles to pay an annual highway use fee for each vehicle registered; establishing a Highway Use Fee Accou...
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2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB896Intro

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Altering certain motor vehicle registration fees for certain classes of motor vehicles.
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2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB856Intro

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Altering the eligibility standards and requirements for the issuance of provisional driver's licenses and original driver's licenses.
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2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB452Intro

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Requiring that a motor vehicle be at least 25 years old in order to be eligible for registration as a historic motor vehicle.
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2026-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB566Intro

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Requiring that a motor vehicle be at least 25 years old in order to be eligible for registration as a historic motor vehicle; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to reinstate certain historic motor vehicle registrations.
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2026-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB673Intro

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Prohibiting a local government or unit of State government from restricting the sale, purchase, or use of a certain consumer good solely on the basis of the energy source used to power the consumer good; repealing provisions of law requiring the Depa...
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2026-02-04
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB869Intro

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Increasing from four to five the number of dealer licenses available for certain manufacturers or distributors that deal only in electric or nonfossil-fuel burning vehicles; and providing that one of the licenses may be issued only for the operation ...
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2026-02-04
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB374Intro

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Providing an exemption for certain rental vehicles from the vehicle excise tax.
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2026-02-03
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDHB567Intro

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Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a single registration plate to all classes of vehicles; providing for the method of attachment of the registration plate to the rear of certain vehicles; and requiring the publisher of the Annotated...
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2026-02-02
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB585Intro

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Providing an exemption for certain rental vehicles from the vehicle excise tax; etc.
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2026-01-29
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB425Intro

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Prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from requiring a licensee or an applicant for a driver's license to notify the Administration if the licensee or applicant is diagnosed as having sleep apnea.
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2026-01-28
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB275Intro

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Increasing from four to five the number of dealer licenses available for certain manufacturers or distributors that deal only in electric or nonfossil-fuel burning vehicles; and providing that one of the licenses may be issued only for the operation ...
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2026-01-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB68Intro

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Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and make available an Old Line Plate with a certain numeric-only registration number for certain motor vehicles.
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2026-01-19
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB206Intro

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Authorizing under certain circumstances and requiring under certain circumstances the Motor Vehicle Administration to suspend the registration of motor vehicles involved in violations recorded by a speed monitoring system placed on Maryland Route 210...
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2026-01-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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