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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)"
+description: "Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 474"
+citation: "Maryland HB 474 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behler", "Foley", "Harrison", "Korman", "Lewis", "Odom", "Patterson", "Stein", "T. Morgan", "Turner", "Ziegler"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15c8bf4b-1af0-417a-85bf-64fc612a6f9e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0474?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "1927cb02b87ee1cc1b62d642a64de275eec48a7d91e9dfdd054a96e8bfbad0d7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 474 (2026) — Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_668_hb0474t.pdf)
+2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0474f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0474t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Harrison — primary (person)
+- Korman — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- Ziegler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 668 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15c8bf4b-1af0-417a-85bf-64fc612a6f9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+