---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Passing to the Right - Use of Shoulder"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Passing to the Right - Use of Shoulder"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1456"
citation: "Maryland HB 1456 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Highways", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Operation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parrott"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/103b1c42-26d1-4f88-9506-3e008343978b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1456&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "4871f7f7ec076f46ef5bca7367a4b437c099202c734772da394fdddfffd5acf6"
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 1456 (2017) — Vehicle Laws - Passing to the Right - Use of Shoulder

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1456f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **138–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Parrott — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (138-1) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (45-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 759 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/103b1c42-26d1-4f88-9506-3e008343978b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).