---
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: "HB 434"
citation: "Maryland HB 434 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wells"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f21f8a4-e116-4dd6-8485-f6f3b6036193"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0434?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "58f38d572e69808a2766610f175a034199e2318d6ce2c58df26a5f8307537759"
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 434 (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_582_hb0434e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Motor Vehicles - Speed Limits - Establishment and Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0434e.pdf)
3. **First - Motor Vehicles - Speed Limits - Establishment and Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0434f.pdf)
4. **Third - Motor Vehicles - Speed Limits - Establishment and Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0434t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **107–25** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **109–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2022-04-05** Motion Special Order until 4/8 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 582 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f21f8a4-e116-4dd6-8485-f6f3b6036193`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).