---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Driving in Right-Hand Lanes - Interstate Highways in Rural Areas"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Driving in Right-Hand Lanes - Interstate Highways in Rural Areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 222"
citation: "Maryland HB 222 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parrott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c34e3c63-f2e2-4127-a58a-24db2ed5357e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0222?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8f05a46d84ed4b9be6e5565a9d3834e27ae799c8364a486a7a48204c04722f37"
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 222 (2022) — Vehicle Laws - Driving in Right-Hand Lanes - Interstate Highways in Rural Areas

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Driving in Right-Hand Lanes - Interstate Highways in Rural Areas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_565_hb0222t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Driving in Right-Hand Lanes - Interstate Highways in Rural Areas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0222f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Driving in Right-Hand Lanes - Interstate Highways in Rural Areas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0222t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **124–5** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parrott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 565 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c34e3c63-f2e2-4127-a58a-24db2ed5357e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).