---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Law - Waste and Recycling Collection Vehicles - Use of Yellow and Amber Lights (The Senator Bob Hooper Sanitation Safety Act)"
description: "Vehicle Law - Waste and Recycling Collection Vehicles - Use of Yellow and Amber Lights (The Senator Bob Hooper Sanitation Safety Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "Maryland SB 707 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Equipment", "Recycling", "Refuse Disposal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norman and Cassilly"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb1b5415-c72f-4b6f-9069-e0a209e4c733"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB707&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "4bf4c6ba064b78cced42e49adb09dd5c678f0c467ebefef7b94f060d017183b2"
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 SB 707 (2017) — Vehicle Law - Waste and Recycling Collection Vehicles - Use of Yellow and Amber Lights (The Senator Bob Hooper Sanitation Safety Act)

## 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/sb/sb0707f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Norman and Cassilly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {688377/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-09** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb1b5415-c72f-4b6f-9069-e0a209e4c733`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).