---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - Use of Fog Lights When Windshield Wipers Operating - Repeal"
description: "Motor Vehicles - Use of Fog Lights When Windshield Wipers Operating - Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 494"
citation: "Maryland HB 494 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections", "Crimes and Punishments", "Fines", "Law Enforcement", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Equipment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8309c1a-24de-4207-946b-1bb055180beb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB494&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "bf0f5907a7adea5e3577a2095a47ab719b4cc3ce678fb20e694995459f97ec26"
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 494 (2017) — Motor Vehicles - Use of Fog Lights When Windshield Wipers Operating - Repeal

## 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/hb0494f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)
- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
- Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Otto — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Hearing 2/23 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`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8309c1a-24de-4207-946b-1bb055180beb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).