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*hb0375*
HOUSE BILL 375
R5 5lr2419
HB 111/24 – ENT CF SB 392
By: Delegates D. Jones, Addison, Allen, Boyce, Forbes, Ruth, and Stewart Stewart,
Behler, Foley, Guyton, Healey, Holmes, Jacobs, Lehman, R. Lewis, J. Long,
T. Morgan, Otto, Stein, Terrasa, and Ziegler
Introduced and read first time: January 16, 2025
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: February 22, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles – Authorizations and Requirements 2
(Jay’s Law) 3
FOR the purpose of authorizing a person to ride a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a 4
sidewalk or sidewalk area unless prohibited by local ordinance; requiring a person 5
riding a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area or in or 6
through a crosswalk to yield the right–of–way to a pedestrian or a person riding on 7
an electric personal assistive mobility device; and generally relating to riding 8
bicycles, play vehicles, and unicycles. 9
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 10
Article – Transportation 11
Section 21–1103(a) 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
Article – Transportation 16
Section 21–1103(b) and 21–1202(b) 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 19
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20 2 HOUSE BILL 375
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 1
Article – Transportation 2
21–1103. 3
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section, a person may 4
not drive any vehicle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area unless it is a permanent or authorized 5
temporary driveway. 6
(b) (1) For the purposes of this subsection, “bicycle” does not include “moped”, 7
as defined in § 11–134.1 of this article. 8
(2) [Where allowed] UNLESS PROHIBITED by local ordinance, a person 9
may ride a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area. 10
(3) In a place where a person may ride a bicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk 11
area, a person may also ride a bicycle from the curb or edge of the roadway in or through a 12
crosswalk to the opposite curb or edge of the roadway. 13
21–1202. 14
(b) (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) [and], (3), AND (4) of this subsection, a 15
person has the rights and is subject to the restrictions applicable to pedestrians under this 16
title while the person is lawfully operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle: 17
(i) On a sidewalk or sidewalk area; or 18
(ii) In or through a crosswalk. 19
(2) At an intersection, a person operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle 20
is subject to all traffic control signals, as provided in §§ 21–202 and 21–203 of this title. 21
(3) A PERSON OPERATING A B ICYCLE, PLAY VEHICLE, OR UNICYCLE 22
ON A SIDEWALK OR SID EWALK AREA OR IN OR THROUGH A CROSSWALK SHALL YIELD 23
THE RIGHT–OF–WAY TO A PEDESTRIAN OR A PERSON RIDING O N AN ELECTRIC 24
PERSONAL ASSISTIVE M OBILITY DEVICE. 25
[(3)] (4) Section 21–506 of this title does not apply to a person operating 26
a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle. 27
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 28
October 1, 2025. 29