2004 Regular Session
DRIVERS' LICENSES
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 70
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bronrott, Mandel, and Holmes
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicles - Learners' Permits and Provisional Licenses - Restriction on Use of a Wireless Communication Device While Driving
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Owings
- Entitled
- Drunk and Drugged Driving - Young Drivers - License Suspension and Revocation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Owings
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Penalties - Motorcycle Safety Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Impallaria and McDonough
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicles - Prohibition against Permitting Person Not Lawfully Present in United States to Drive
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McMillan, Parker, Burns, Sossi, Impallaria, Kach, McConkey, Boschert, Dwyer, Cluster, Boteler, Leopold, Shank, Miller, Krebs, Parrott, Gilleland, McDonough, Edwards, and Kelly
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licensing of Illegal Aliens - Prohibition
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation)
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicle Administration - Miscellaneous Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation)
- Entitled
- Commercial Drivers' Licenses - Standards, Requirements, and Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters and Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Menes, Barkley, Bobo, Boutin, Conroy, Goldwater, Hubbard, Mandel, McHale, Nathan-Pulliam, Rudolph, Hennessy, Petzold, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Homicide by Aggressive Driving
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Holmes, Cryor, Feldman, King, Lee, and Murray
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicles - Learner's Instructional Permit and Provisional Driver's License - Restriction on Use of Communication Device While Driving
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Amedori, Anderson, Barkley, Bronrott, Cryor, Feldman, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Hennessy, Kaiser, King, Lee, McComas, Menes, Murray, O'Donnell, Petzold, Quinter, Simmons, Sophocleus, F. Turner, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Alcohol- or Drug-Related Crimes - Prohibitions Against Causing Serious Physical Injury
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Menes (Chairman, Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse) and Delegates Bronrott, Boschert, Burns, Eckardt, Kelley, and Petzold
- Entitled
- Crimes - Driving or Boating While Impaired by a Controlled Dangerous Substance Per Se - Penalties
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Menes (Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse) and Delegates Hennessy, Anderson, Barkley, Boschert, Bronrott, Burns, Dumais, Eckardt, Kelley, Nathan-Pulliam, and Petzold
- Entitled
- Evidence - Tests for Drug or Controlled Dangerous Substance Content of Urine
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Menes (Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse) and Delegates Anderson and Barkley
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Driving While Impaired by Controlled Dangerous Substance - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Menes (Chairman, Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse) and Delegates Petzold, Anderson, Boschert, Bronrott, Burns, Eckardt, and Kelley
- Entitled
- Drunk and Drugged Driving - Evidence - Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support Arrearage - Driver's License Suspensions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann, Kelley, McConkey, Parker, V. Turner, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Drivers' Licenses - Certain Manslaughter and Alcohol- or Drug-Related Driving Offenses
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mandel, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Bronrott, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Holmes, Hubbard, Hurson, Jones, Kach, King, Madaleno, McHale, Menes, Minnick, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Parker, Patterson, Petzold, Ramirez, Simmons, Sossi, Taylor, F. Turner, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Provisional Driver's License Restriction for a Minor - Prohibition against Minors as Passengers
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim , Boutin, Hurson, Hammen, Oaks, Murray, Benson, Mandel, Goldwater, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Rosenberg, Pendergrass, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Advance Directive Information Availability Act
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Child Support - Driver's License Suspension - Grounds for Requesting an Investigation and Appealing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Anne Arundel County Delegation
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Commercial Motor Vehicles - Stopping, Standing, or Parking
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Drunk and Drugged Driving Offenses - Criminal Penalties, Testing, and Evidence
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Police and Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Commercial Driver's License - Hazardous Materials Endorsement - Criminal History Records Checks
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Charles County Delegation
- Entitled
- Alcoholic Beverages - Suspension of Driver's License - Program Reimbursement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gordon, Healey, Hixson, Howard, and Marriott
- Entitled
- Regulatory Units - Fee-Setting Authority
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Weldon, Bartlett, G. Clagett, Elliott, Hogan, and Stull
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Approaching Emergency Vehicles Parked on Highway - Driver's Duties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Owings and O'Donnell
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Unsafe Drivers - License Renewal Fee
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
HB 990
Status as of April 8, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelley, Vallario, Ramirez, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Drunk and Drugged Driving - Administrative Per Se Offenses - Hearings
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Glassman
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Driver's License Renewal - Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann, Hennessy, and Kelley
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Driving While License Refused, Suspended, Canceled, or Revoked - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Petzold
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Antitheft Laws - Key Duplication and Possession
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas and Boutin
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Boteler, Cluster, Aumann, Boutin, Bromwell, DeBoy, Frank, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, McDonough, Montgomery, Parker, Trueschler, V. Turner, and Weir
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Pedestrians' Right-of-Way in Crosswalks - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Mandel
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Medical Advisory Board - Safe Operation of Motor Vehicles
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Owings and O'Donnell
- Entitled
- Sex Offenders - In-Person Registration, Driver's License Notation, and Suspension for Noncompliance
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery and Bronrott
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Failing to Stop for a School Vehicle with Activated Flashing Lights - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hurson, Barve, Benson, Brown, Burns, Conroy, Donoghue, Franchot, Goldwater, Hammen, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Howard, Hubbard, King, Lee, Madaleno, Marriott, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Parker, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Ross, Rudolph, Sophocleus, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Mandel
- Entitled
- Community Health Care Access and Safety Net Act of 2004
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hurson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Cardin, V. Clagett, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Goldwater, Gordon, Gutierrez, Heller, Hixson, Jones, Kaiser, Lee, Leopold, Madaleno, Mandel, McIntosh, Montgomery, Niemann, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Taylor, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Election Law - Public Campaign Funding Act for Candidates for the General Assembly
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway, Bozman, Cane, Eckardt, Elmore, and Haddaway
- Entitled
- Juvenile Causes - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker and the Minority Leader (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Transportation Trust Fund - Transportation Financing - Increased Revenues
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means and Environmental Matters
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Harris , Giannetti, Astle, Britt, Forehand, Hafer, Jacobs, Jimeno, Middleton, Munson, Ruben, Teitelbaum, and Green
- Entitled
- Alcohol- or Drug-Related Crimes - Definition of Life-Threatening Injury
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation)
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicle Administration - Provisional Licenses - Issuance of Drivers' Licenses and License Sanctions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation)
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicle Administration - Driver's License Renewals - Vision Test Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled
- Election Law - Miscellaneous Technical and Clarifying Corrections
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senator Green
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicle Law - Driving without Authorization - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation)
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicle Administration - Driver Licensing - Examination of Applicants
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Haines
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicle Administration - Driver's License Provisions - Safe Driving Credit System
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Grosfeld and Gladden
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support Arrearage - Driver's License Suspensions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Grosfeld, Giannetti, Astle, Britt, Forehand, Jacobs, Jimeno, Jones, and Ruben
- Entitled
- Homicide by Aggressive Driving
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs, Harris, and Hooper
- Entitled
- Harford County and Cecil County - Bookstores and Entertainment Venues - Minors
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Dyson, Middleton, Forehand, Lawlah, Schrader, Ruben, Kelley, Frosh, Hooper, Della, and DeGrange
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Provisional Driver's License Restriction for a Minor - Prohibition against Minors as Passengers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hafer, Astle, Colburn, Conway, DeGrange, Dyson, Hogan, Hollinger, Hooper, Lawlah, Munson, Schrader, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Failing to Stop for a School Vehicle with Activated Flashing Lights - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Homicide by Motor Vehicle or Vessel While Fatigued
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Child Support - Driver's License Suspension - Grounds for Requesting an Investigation and Appealing
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Conway, Currie, Exum, Forehand, Giannetti, Gladden, Hughes, Kelley, and McFadden
- Entitled
- Public Service Companies - Customer Accounts
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jimeno
- Entitled
- Commercial Drivers' Licenses - Standards, Requirements, and Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters and Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley and Mooney
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Approaching Emergency Vehicles Parked on Highway - Driver's Duties
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Drivers' Licenses - Certain Manslaughter and Alcohol- or Drug-Related Driving Offenses
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Drunk and Drugged Driving - Evidence - Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Alcoholic Beverages - Suspension of Driver's License - Program Reimbursement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jimeno, Astle, Forehand, Giannetti, Grosfeld, Lawlah, and Ruben
- Entitled
- Drunk and Drugged Driving Offenses - Driver's License and Driving Privilege Suspension
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hollinger and Middleton
- Entitled
- Access to Health Care and Community Health Care Safety Net Act of 2004
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Antitheft Laws - Key Duplication and Possession
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Giannetti, Astle, Grosfeld, Jimeno, Lawlah, and Ruben
- Entitled
- Drunk and Drugged Driving - Evidence - Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 725
Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Brochin, Conway, Exum, Frosh, and Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Election Law - Public Campaign Funding Act for Candidates for the General Assembly
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Giannetti
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Failure to Yield the Right-of-Way - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Munson
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Licenses - Vision Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Transportation Trust Fund - Transportation Financing - Increased Revenues
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Currie, DeGrange, Forehand, Hogan, Hooper, Kramer, McFadden, Mooney, and Munson
- Entitled
- Driver Responsibility Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Driver's License Offenses - Statute of Limitations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Giannetti
- Entitled
- Federal Funds and Use of Ignition Interlock Systems
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
