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Maryland House Bill HB320

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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33 EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
44 [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5- Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6- Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
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107 HOUSE BILL 320
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129 HB 1312/24 – ENT CF SB 101
1310 By: Delegates Beauchamp, Adams, Hartman, Hutchinson, Otto, and
1411 Sample–Hughes
1512 Introduced and read first time: January 10, 2025
1613 Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
17-Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
18-House action: Adopted
19-Read second time: March 21, 2025
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21-CHAPTER ______
15+A BILL ENTITLED
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2317 AN ACT concerning 1
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2519 Wicomico County – Vehicle Laws – Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations 2
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2721 FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, 3
28-median divider, or intersection to solicit in an aggressive manner money or donations 4
29-from the occupant of a vehicle; and generally relating to roadway solicitations in 5
30-Wicomico County. 6
22+median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a 4
23+vehicle; and generally relating to roadway solicitations in Wicomico County. 5
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32-BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, adding to 7
33- Article – Transportation 8
34- Section 21–507(c) 21–507.1 9
35- Annotated Code of Maryland 10
36- (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
25+BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
26+ Article – Transportation 7
27+ Section 21–507(c) 8
28+ Annotated Code of Maryland 9
29+ (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10
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38- SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
39-That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
31+ SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
32+That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
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41-Article – Transportation 14
34+Article – Transportation 13
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43-21–507. 15
36+21–507. 14
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45- (c) In Calvert County, Carroll County, Charles County, Harford County, [and] 16
46-Washington County, AND WICOMICO COUNTY, a person may not stand in a roadway, 17
47-median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations of any kind from the occupant 18
48-of a vehicle. 19 2 HOUSE BILL 320
38+ (c) In Calvert County, Carroll County, Charles County, Harford County, [and] 15
39+Washington County, AND WICOMICO COUNTY, a person may not stand in a roadway, 16
40+median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations of any kind from the occupant 17
41+of a vehicle. 18
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43+ SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 19
44+October 1, 2025. 20
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52-21–507.1. 1
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54- (A) IN THIS SECTION, “AGGRESSIVE MANNER ” MEANS: 2
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56- (1) INTENTIONALLY BLOCKIN G OR INTERFERING WIT H THE SAFE OR 3
57-FREE PASSAGE OF A PEDESTR IAN OR VEHICLE BY AN Y MEANS, INCLUDING BY 4
58-UNREASONABLY CAUSING A PEDESTRIAN OR DRIV ER TO TAKE EVASIVE A CTION TO 5
59-AVOID PHYSICAL CONTA CT; OR 6
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61- (2) USING VIOLENT OR THRE ATENING GESTURES TOW ARD AN 7
62-INDIVIDUAL. 8
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64- (B) IN WICOMICO COUNTY, A PERSON MAY NOT STAND IN A ROADWAY , 9
65-MEDIAN DIVIDER , OR INTERSECTION TO S OLICIT IN AN AGGRESS IVE MANNER 10
66-MONEY OR DONATIONS O F ANY KIND FROM AN O CCUPANT OF A VEHICLE . 11
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68- SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 12
69-October June 1, 2025. 13
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74-Approved:
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76- Governor.
77-________________________________________________________________________________
78- Speaker of the House of Delegates.
79-________________________________________________________________________________
80- President of the Senate.