---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Stopped, Standing, or Parked Vehicles"
description: "Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Stopped, Standing, or Parked Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Maryland SB 147 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-29"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/563da981-5af1-46e4-ae95-4405ae7db352"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0147?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "46c92380a337983a90dbe09f946dabec6bb9f027fae6d0d161da72a4800f3f33"
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 147 (2022) — Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Stopped, Standing, or Parked Vehicles

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Stopped, Standing, or Parked Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_382_sb0147t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Disabled Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0147f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Stopped, Standing, or Parked Vehicles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0147t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **111–20** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-10** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/563da981-5af1-46e4-ae95-4405ae7db352`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).