Maryland House Bill 527 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-14 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing a person to ride a bicycle in or through a crosswalk in a place where a person may not lawfully ride a bicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area; providing that a person riding a bicycle in or through a crosswalk is subject to specified traffic control signals; prohibiting a person riding a bicycle in or through a crosswalk from suddenly leaving the curb or other place of safety and moving into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield; etc.

Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Use of Crosswalks

Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. Charles Barkley [D]	Del. Mark Chang [D]
Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. Ana Gutierrez [D]	Del. Carolyn Howard [D]
Sen. Michael Jackson [D]	Del. Marc Korman [D]	Del. Carol Krimm [D]	Del. Marice Morales [D]
Del. Dan Morhaim [D]	Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-14	House	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
2017-02-23	House	Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-01-30	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0527?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0527f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0007/hb0527.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/hb0527_env.pdf