---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws – HOV Lanes – Hybrid Vehicles"
description: "Vehicle Laws – HOV Lanes – Hybrid Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "Maryland SB 70 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Buses", "Highways", "Motorcycles", "Mopeds and Motor Scooters", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Sunset", "Time", "Traffic Regulation", "Transportation", "Trucks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-10-04"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8cb7f9f-bb24-4fb6-8d78-96cb83d240ff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB70&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "19cad0acd63cfdf6b5e438db8884ec7791e9c3673fbba0154617d947f31317c7"
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 70 (2019) — Vehicle Laws – HOV Lanes – Hybrid Vehicles

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0070f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Hearing 1/23 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2019-01-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Favorable with Amendments {938572/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-01-31** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-01** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (136-2) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 139 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8cb7f9f-bb24-4fb6-8d78-96cb83d240ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).