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SENATE BILL 884
R4 5lr3276
By: Senator Ready
Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Commercial Driver’s Licenses – Out–of–State Residents – School Buses or 2
Passenger Vehicles 3
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a Class B 4
commercial driver’s license with a school bus or passenger vehicle endorsement to 5
certain nonresidents of the State; and generally relating to commercial driver’s 6
licenses. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
Article – Transportation 9
Section 16–815(e) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
Article – Transportation 14
Section 16–817 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
Article – Transportation 20
16–815. 21
(e) (1) In addition to the requirements contained in subsections (a), (b), and (c) 22
of this section, an operator must obtain State–issued endorsements of an operator’s 23
commercial driver’s license to operate commercial motor vehicles which are: 24
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(i) Double/triple trailers; 1
(ii) Vehicles designed to transport 16 or more passengers including 2
the driver (passenger vehicles); 3
(iii) School buses; or 4
(iv) Tank vehicles. 5
(2) A school bus endorsement authorized under this subsection is also an 6
endorsement for vehicles designed to transport 16 or more passengers including the driver 7
(passenger vehicles). 8
16–817. 9
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) [and], (c), AND (D) of this section, the 10
Administration may not issue a commercial driver’s license or a commercial driver’s 11
instructional permit to any individual: 12
(1) Who is not a resident of Maryland; and 13
(2) Who is not at least 21 years of age. 14
(b) The Administration may issue a Class A, B, or C commercial driver’s license 15
or a commercial driver’s instructional permit to an individual under the age of 21, if the 16
individual is at least 18 years of age. The license: 17
(1) May not include a hazardous materials endorsement; 18
(2) May not be valid for commercial interstate operation except as 19
permitted by 49 C.F.R. Parts 390 to 399; and 20
(3) Shall be valid for commercial intrastate and all noncommercial 21
operation. 22
(c) Consistent with the Code of Federal Regulations, the Administration may 23
issue a commercial driver’s license to an applicant domiciled in a foreign country. 24
(D) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY IS SUE A CLASS B COMMERCIAL DRIVER ’S 25
LICENSE WITH ADDITIONAL STATE–ISSUED ENDORSEMENTS TO OPERATE SCHOOL 26
BUSES OR PASSENGER VEHICLES T O AN INDIVIDUAL WHO: 27
(1) IS NOT A RESIDENT OF MARYLAND; AND 28
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(2) HOLDS THE EQUIVALENT OF A CLASS B COMMERCIAL DRIVER ’S 1
LICENSE, AND THE APPROPRIATE EQUIVALENT ENDORSEME NTS, FROM THE 2
DRIVER’S LICENSING AUTHORITY OF A NEIGHBORING STATE. 3
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 4
October 1, 2025. 5