---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Vehicle With Visual Signals"
description: "Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Vehicle With Visual Signals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "Maryland SB 445 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Highways", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Safety", "Towing", "Traffic Regulation", "Trucks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92147593-7674-45a1-92aa-6e9f5c02b5a0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB445&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "9e3d13840a9a1bef555f46a2ae4a78c94a5b99164965e7851104f1ef611260cb"
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 445 (2018) — Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Vehicle With Visual Signals

## 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/sb/sb0445f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Norman — primary (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Favorable with Amendments {988671/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-19** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 545 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92147593-7674-45a1-92aa-6e9f5c02b5a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).