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SENATE BILL 322
R5 5lr1913
SB 10/24 – JPR CF 5lr1912
By: Senator Kagan
Introduced and read first time: January 15, 2025
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Vehicle Laws – Obscured or Modified Registration Plates 2
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from obscuring or modifying any vehicle 3
registration plate in a manner that may prevent identification; and generally 4
relating to obscured or modified vehicle registration plates. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Transportation 7
Section 21–1112.1 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
Article – Transportation 13
21–1112.1. 14
(a) A person may not obscure or modify any vehicle registration plate [with intent 15
to avoid] IN A MANNER THAT MAY PREVENT identification. 16
(b) A violation of this section is a moving violation for the purpose of the 17
assessment of points under § 16–402 of this article. 18
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 19
October 1, 2025. 20