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SENATE BILL 187
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(PRE–FILED) CF HB 189
By: Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request – Departmental –
Transportation)
Requested: October 9, 2024
Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: January 24, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Drunk Driving – Commercial Driver’s Licenses – Disqualification From Driving 2
FOR the purpose of requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to disqualify any individual 3
from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a certain period of time if the individual 4
drives or attempts to drive any vehicle with a certain alcohol concentration in the 5
person’s blood or breath; and generally relating to disqualification from driving 6
commercial motor vehicles. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Article – Transportation 9
Section 16–812(a) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 13
Article – Transportation 14
Section 16–812(b) and (c) 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
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Article – Transportation 1
16–812. 2
(a) The Administration shall disqualify any individual from driving a commercial 3
motor vehicle for a period of 1 year if: 4
(1) The individual is convicted of committing any of the following offenses 5
while driving a commercial motor vehicle: 6
(i) A violation of § 21–902 of this article; 7
(ii) A violation of a federal law or any other state’s law which is 8
substantially similar in nature to the provisions in § 21–902 of this article; 9
(iii) Leaving the scene of an accident which requires disqualification 10
as provided by the United States Secretary of Transportation; 11
(iv) A crime, other than a crime described in subsection (e) of this 12
section, that is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year; 13
(v) A violation of § 25–112 of this article; or 14
(vi) A violation of § 2–209, § 2–503, § 2–504, § 2–505, or § 2–506 of 15
the Criminal Law Article; 16
(2) The individual holds a commercial instructional permit or commercial 17
driver’s license and is convicted of committing any of the following offenses while driving a 18
noncommercial motor vehicle: 19
(i) A violation of § 21–902(a), (c), or (d) of this article; 20
(ii) A violation of a federal law or any other state’s law which is 21
substantially similar in nature to the provisions in § 21–902(a), (c), or (d) of this article; 22
(iii) Leaving the scene of an accident which requires disqualification 23
as provided by the United States Secretary of Transportation; or 24
(iv) A crime, other than a crime described in subsection (e) of this 25
section, that is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year; 26
(3) The individual, while driving a commercial motor vehicle or while 27
holding a commercial instructional permit or commercial driver’s license, refuses to 28
undergo testing as provided in § 16–205.1 of this title or as is required by any other state’s 29
law or by federal law in the enforcement of 49 C.F.R. § 383.51 Table 1, or 49 C.F.R. § 30
392.5(a)(2); 31
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(4) The individual drives or attempts to drive a commercial motor vehicle 1
while the alcohol concentration of the person’s blood or breath is 0.04 or greater; [or] 2
(5) THE INDIVIDUAL , WHILE HOLDING A COMMERCIAL 3
INSTRUCTIONAL PERMIT OR COMMERCIAL DRIVER ’S LICENSE, DRIVES OR 4
ATTEMPTS TO DRIVE AN Y MOTOR VEHICLE WHIL E THE ALCOHOL CONCEN TRATION 5
OF THE PERSON ’S BLOOD OR BREATH IS 0.08 OR GREATER; OR 6
[(5)] (6) The individual drives a commercial motor vehicle when, as a 7
result of prior violations committed while driving a commercial motor vehicle, the driver’s 8
commercial instructional permit or commercial driver’s license is revoked, suspended, or 9
canceled or the driver is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle. 10
(b) If any of the offenses in subsection (a) of this section occurred while 11
transporting a hazardous material required to be placarded, the Administration shall 12
disqualify the individual for a period of 3 years. 13
(c) The Administration shall disqualify any person from driving a commercial 14
motor vehicle for life for 2 or more violations of any of the offenses specified in subsection 15
(a) or (b) of this section, or any combination of those offenses, arising from 2 or more 16
separate incidents. 17
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18
October 1, 2025. 19
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.