republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2021/sb-291.md

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Bill	Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel	Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2021	SB 291	Maryland SB 291 (2021)	bill		enacted		3	16	2	2020-09-23	2021-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0943e06a-6448-4d2d-a1ed-873cb8a35c9c	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0291?ys=2021RS&search=True	f0a712f6efae34a2f01b729dd9c02136d267a42b0984d297a9a98c0a327925a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 291 (2021) — Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Motor Vehicle Offenses – Following Too Closely – Unified Truck Travel (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 131–1 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2020-09-23 Pre-filed introduction
• 2021-01-13 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2020-12-28 Hearing 1/14 at 11:00 a.m.
• 2021-01-04 Hearing canceled
• 2021-01-04 Hearing 1/14 at 11:30 a.m.
• 2021-01-26 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-26 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-26 Second Reading Passed
• 2021-01-29 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-02-02 Referred Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-03-12 Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-04-02 Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-02 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-02 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-04-05 Returned Passed
• 2021-04-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 118 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0943e06a-6448-4d2d-a1ed-873cb8a35c9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).