---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe Access for All (SAFE) Roads Act of 2023"
description: "Safe Access for All (SAFE) Roads Act of 2023"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Maryland HB 70 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-09-19"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62e5a8d9-0066-4532-9ad9-29d83d764b52"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0070?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b4029a1971979d7351e88f6e5c42072d749b5eb38241f8d7e3ba403ccae88998"
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 70 (2023) — Safe Access for All (SAFE) Roads Act of 2023

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Safe Access for All (SAFE) Roads Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_571_hb0070t.pdf)
2. **First - Safe Access for All (SAFE) Roads Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0070f.pdf)
3. **Third - Safe Access for All (SAFE) Roads Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0070t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Charkoudian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-09-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2023-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Love, Addison and T. Morgan)
- **2023-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2023-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Love, Addison and T. Morgan)
- **2023-04-10** Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Motion Reconsider Favorable Report as Amended (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Motion to Reconsider Committee Amendment (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Motion to Withdraw Committee Amendments (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Recede
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 571 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62e5a8d9-0066-4532-9ad9-29d83d764b52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).