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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Operation on Sidewalks and in Crosswalks"
description: "Vehicle Laws - Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Operation on Sidewalks and in Crosswalks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 997"
citation: "Maryland HB 997 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Bicycles", "Pedestrians", "Sidewalks", "Traffic Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fraser-Hidalgo and Kramer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/054cdb31-b876-4f4b-8364-0a5278f76c99"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB997&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "7e50f9aa8967481a0057e80eae53342ca2751c32ae06ee8fc10ce04a0a99d222"
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 997 (2017) — Vehicle Laws - Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Operation on Sidewalks and in Crosswalks
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0997f.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **470** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **1370** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Fraser-Hidalgo and Kramer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {320212/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 754 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/054cdb31-b876-4f4b-8364-0a5278f76c99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).