---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Prohibition on Standing in Inherently Dangerous Highway"
description: "St. Mary's County - Prohibition on Standing in Inherently Dangerous Highway"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 668"
citation: "Maryland HB 668 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eb7953f-92d8-47fd-b2f7-99c4c427d8a5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0668?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "42fdf2211d4546e2378c0978b9f28125b3847fa62baa348f3100fbafb29a10a3"
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 668 (2026) — St. Mary's County - Prohibition on Standing in Inherently Dangerous Highway

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - St. Mary's County - Prohibition on Standing in Inherently Dangerous Highway** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_587_hb0668t.pdf)
2. **First - St. Mary's County - Prohibition on Standing in Inherently Dangerous Highway** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0668f.pdf)
3. **Third - St. Mary's County - Prohibition on Standing in Inherently Dangerous Highway** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0668t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 587 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9eb7953f-92d8-47fd-b2f7-99c4c427d8a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).