---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Slow Moving Vehicles - Right-Hand Lane"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Slow Moving Vehicles - Right-Hand Lane"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 737"
citation: "Maryland HB 737 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crosby", "J. Long", "Patterson", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34e73d10-79cb-4979-a2e0-713c88a787b7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0737?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d76f59ecb207378522cca8795c9a2be76101c3bc4ec06f7241e9bde63bc2d632"
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 737 (2024) — Vehicle Laws - Slow Moving Vehicles - Right-Hand Lane

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Laws - Slow Moving Vehicles - Right-Hand Lane** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_577_hb0737t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Laws - Slow Moving Vehicles - Right-Hand Lane** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0737f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Laws - Slow Moving Vehicles - Right-Hand Lane** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0737t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crosby — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 577 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34e73d10-79cb-4979-a2e0-713c88a787b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).