---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - Speed Limits - Establishment and Enforcement"
description: "Motor Vehicles - Speed Limits - Establishment and Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 520"
citation: "Maryland SB 520 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/790ea499-28b3-4a77-bfba-09eb44bf97e3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0520?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "55f54aee7c51b9ddd9a794a7eba80651bfd21377eddd51cac3a8f7adbc3867b7"
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 520 (2022) — Motor Vehicles - Speed Limits - Establishment and Enforcement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Vehicles - Speed Limits - Establishment and Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_583_sb0520t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Vehicles - Speed Limits - Establishment and Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0520f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Vehicles - Speed Limits - Establishment and Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0520t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **124–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 583 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/790ea499-28b3-4a77-bfba-09eb44bf97e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).