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Chapter 50
(Senate Bill 187)
AN ACT concerning
Drunk Driving – Commercial Driver’s Licenses – Disqualification From Driving
FOR the purpose of requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to disqualify any individual
from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a certain period of time if the individual
drives or attempts to drive any vehicle with a certain alcohol concentration in the
person’s blood or breath; and generally relating to disqualification from driving
commercial motor vehicles.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – Transportation
Section 16–812(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article – Transportation
Section 16–812(b) and (c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article – Transportation
16–812.
(a) The Administration shall disqualify any individual from driving a commercial
motor vehicle for a period of 1 year if:
(1) The individual is convicted of committing any of the following offenses
while driving a commercial motor vehicle:
(i) A violation of § 21–902 of this article;
(ii) A violation of a federal law or any other state’s law which is
substantially similar in nature to the provisions in § 21–902 of this article;
(iii) Leaving the scene of an accident which requires disqualification
as provided by the United States Secretary of Transportation;
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(iv) A crime, other than a crime described in subsection (e) of this
section, that is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year;
(v) A violation of § 25–112 of this article; or
(vi) A violation of § 2–209, § 2–503, § 2–504, § 2–505, or § 2–506 of
the Criminal Law Article;
(2) The individual holds a commercial instructional permit or commercial
driver’s license and is convicted of committing any of the following offenses while driving a
noncommercial motor vehicle:
(i) A violation of § 21–902(a), (c), or (d) of this article;
(ii) A violation of a federal law or any other state’s law which is
substantially similar in nature to the provisions in § 21–902(a), (c), or (d) of this article;
(iii) Leaving the scene of an accident which requires disqualification
as provided by the United States Secretary of Transportation; or
(iv) A crime, other than a crime described in subsection (e) of this
section, that is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year;
(3) The individual, while driving a commercial motor vehicle or while
holding a commercial instructional permit or commercial driver’s license, refuses to
undergo testing as provided in § 16–205.1 of this title or as is required by any other state’s
law or by federal law in the enforcement of 49 C.F.R. § 383.51 Table 1, or 49 C.F.R. §
392.5(a)(2);
(4) The individual drives or attempts to drive a commercial motor vehicle
while the alcohol concentration of the person’s blood or breath is 0.04 or greater; [or]
(5) THE INDIVIDUAL , WHILE HOLDING A COMMERCIAL
INSTRUCTIONAL PERMIT OR COMMERCIAL D RIVER’S LICENSE, DRIVES OR
ATTEMPTS TO DRIVE AN Y MOTOR VEHICLE WHIL E THE ALCOHOL CONCEN TRATION
OF THE PERSON ’S BLOOD OR BREATH IS 0.08 OR GREATER; OR
[(5)] (6) The individual drives a commercial motor vehicle when, as a
result of prior violations committed while driving a commercial motor vehicle, the driver’s
commercial instructional permit or commercial driver’s license is revoked, suspended, or
canceled or the driver is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle.
(b) If any of the offenses in subsection (a) of this section occurred while
transporting a hazardous material required to be placarded, the Administration shall
disqualify the individual for a period of 3 years.
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(c) The Administration shall disqualify any person from driving a commercial
motor vehicle for life for 2 or more violations of any of the offenses specified in subsection
(a) or (b) of this section, or any combination of those offenses, arising from 2 or more
separate incidents.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2025.
Approved by the Governor, April 8, 2025.