---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel"
description: "Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Maryland SB 291 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-23"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0943e06a-6448-4d2d-a1ed-873cb8a35c9c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0291?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f0a712f6efae34a2f01b729dd9c02136d267a42b0984d297a9a98c0a327925a4"
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 291 (2021) — Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_118_sb0291t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0291f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0291t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/14 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-04** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-04** Hearing 1/14 at 11:30 a.m.
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-01-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-02** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 118 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0943e06a-6448-4d2d-a1ed-873cb8a35c9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).