MD HB780 | 2025 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Over of previous HB278
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 27 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-28 - Referred Judicial Proceedings
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on February 27 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-28 - Referred Judicial Proceedings
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to decrease the maximum speed limit by 5 miles per hour on certain urban State highways without an engineering and traffic investigation, subject to certain notice requirements; and prohibiting the use of speed monitoring systems on urban State highways under the Administration's jurisdiction for which the speed limit has been decreased without performing an engineering and traffic investigation for 6 months after the speed limit decrease.
Title
Urban State Highways - Speed Limits - Exemptions
Sponsors
| Del. Ken Kerr [D] | Del. Regina Boyce [D] | Del. Anne Healey [D] | Del. Mary Lehman [D] |
| Del. Natalie Ziegler [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-28 | Senate | Referred Judicial Proceedings |
| 2025-02-27 | House | Third Reading Passed (101-33) |
| 2025-02-25 | House | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2025-02-25 | House | Favorable with Amendments {543323/1 Adopted |
| 2025-02-24 | House | Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2025-01-29 | House | First Reading Environment and Transportation |
Same As/Similar To
HB278 (Carry Over) 2024-02-26 - Referred Judicial Proceedings
Subjects
Boundaries
Highways
internet
Investigations and Inquiries
Jurisdiction
Motor Vehicle Operation
News Media
Notices
Safety
State Highway Administration
Traffic Monitoring
Traffic Regulation
Urban Areas
Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road
Highways
internet
Investigations and Inquiries
Jurisdiction
Motor Vehicle Operation
News Media
Notices
Safety
State Highway Administration
Traffic Monitoring
Traffic Regulation
Urban Areas
Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation | 21 | 801.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Transportation | 21 | 802 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Transportation | 8 | 630 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
