---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Maryland SB 199 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dad43d2-9fee-4a0c-9036-5042ae1fc27d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0199?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4791bd07c7507f2ba191dc209279f594c64a826355ebd06bbc96ebefe489182b"
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 199 (2020) — Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_115_sb0199t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0199f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0199t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **38–8** (pass) · upper
- Question is on the adoption of the favorable report — **34–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-20** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Motion Special Order until 2/24 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2020-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 115 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dad43d2-9fee-4a0c-9036-5042ae1fc27d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).