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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0133* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 133 |
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| 8 | 8 | | R5 5lr1616 |
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| 9 | 9 | | (PRE–FILED) CF HB 178 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Muse |
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| 11 | 11 | | Requested: November 1, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Vehicle Laws – Stopping, Standing, or Parking in a Bike Lane or Bicycle Path – 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Prohibition 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle in a 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | bike lane or bicycle path; and generally relating to stopping, standing, or parking a 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | vehicle in a bike lane or bicycle path. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Transportation 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 21–101(a), (c), and (e) and 21–1003(a) 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | BY adding to 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Transportation 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 21–1003(gg) 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Article – Transportation 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 21–101. 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (a) In this title and Title 25 of this article the following words have the meanings 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | indicated. 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 SENATE BILL 133 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) “Bicycle path” means any travelway designed and designated by signing or 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | signing and marking for bicycle use, located within its own right–of–way or in a shared 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | right–of–way, and physically separated from motor vehicle traffic by berm, shoulder, curb, 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | or other similar device. 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (e) “Bike lane” means any portion of a roadway or shoulder designated for single 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | directional bicycle flow. 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 21–1003. 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (a) The provisions of this section apply except as necessary to avoid conflict with 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control 9 |
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| 62 | 62 | | device. 10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (GG) A PERSON MAY NOT STOP , STAND, OR PARK A VEHICLE IN A BIKE LANE 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | OR BICYCLE PATH . 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall tak e effect 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | October 1, 2025. 14 |
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