SENATE BILL 152

File Code: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 127

Sponsored By:

Senators Middleton, Stone, and Dyson (Task Force on Driver's Education in Maryland)

Entitled:

Drivers' Licenses - Graduated Licensing System - Provisional Licenses - Occupant Restrictions Applicable to Minors

Synopsis:

Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to impose license restrictions on provisional licensees under the age of 18 that restrict the number of passengers under the age of 21 to two and that require each passenger to wear a seat belt while the provisional licensee is driving; and extending sanctions applicable to provisional licenses to include violations of hour and occupant restrictions resulting in convictions.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action

1/19

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

2/2

Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m.

3/23

Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

House Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28

Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29

Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

DRIVERS' LICENSES

MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH

MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION

MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT

PENALTIES

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Transportation

( 16-113 , 16-113 , 16-213 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered