---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "Maryland HB 474 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behler", "Foley", "Harrison", "Korman", "Lewis", "Odom", "Patterson", "Stein", "T. Morgan", "Turner", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15c8bf4b-1af0-417a-85bf-64fc612a6f9e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0474?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1927cb02b87ee1cc1b62d642a64de275eec48a7d91e9dfdd054a96e8bfbad0d7"
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 HB 474 (2026) — Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_668_hb0474t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0474f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0474t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 668 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15c8bf4b-1af0-417a-85bf-64fc612a6f9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).