---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems – Yellow Signal Compliance"
description: "Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems – Yellow Signal Compliance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 204"
citation: "Maryland HB 204 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Citations", "Equipment", "Highways", "Law Enforcement", "Traffic Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Korman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90d65450-b45c-4091-a86a-de6afee22277"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB204&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "78a54d8c50bac01e3a7d883a3d657c5251821546c619d03d103b8158df3c95b1"
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 204 (2018) — Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems – Yellow Signal Compliance

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0204f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Korman — primary (person)
- Anderton — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
- Folden — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Knotts — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- McMillan — cosponsor (person)
- Wivell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {430117/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90d65450-b45c-4091-a86a-de6afee22277`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).