---
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: "SB 86"
citation: "Maryland SB 86 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections", "Crimes and Punishments", "Fines", "Law Enforcement", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Equipment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-11-07"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e96848a7-bce3-48b7-a905-56808a86286b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB86&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "8d9052b96dec4361d1c4598231c656710da411f301200d90966ca758006fdaea"
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 86 (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/sb/sb0086f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Norman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-07** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Hearing 1/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-13** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 750 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e96848a7-bce3-48b7-a905-56808a86286b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).