Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB965: Motor Vehicles - Out-of-State Drivers - Automated Enforcement (Out-of-State Driver Accountability Act)
Status: In committee, April 13, 2026
Requiring each county and municipal automated traffic enforcement program to submit to the Vision Zero coordinator a quarterly report containing certain information regarding each citation issued under the program during the quarter to a motor vehicle registered in another state.
What the bill says
A bill ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Motor Vehicles - Out-of-State Drivers - Automated Enforcement (Out-of-State Driver Accountability Act) FOR the purpose of requiring each county and municipal automated traffic enforcement program to submit to the Vision Zero coordinator a quarterly report containing certain information regarding each citation issued under the program during the quarter to a motor vehicle registered in another state; and generally relating to automated enforcement of the Maryland Vehicle Law against out-of-state drivers…
From the introduced text, February 18, 2026:
A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Motor Vehicles - Out-of-State Drivers - Automated Enforcement (Out-of-State Driver Accountability Act) FOR the purpose of requiring each county and municipal automated traffic enforcement program to submit to the Vision Zero coordinator a quarterly report containing certain information regarding each citation issued under the program during the quarter to a motor vehicle registered in another state; and generally relating to automated enforcement of the Maryland Vehicle Law against out-of-state drivers. BY renumbering Article - Transportation Section 8-1006 and 8-1007 to be Section 8-1007 and 8-1008, respectively Annotated Code of Maryland (2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Transportation Section 8-1001 through 8-1003 Annotated Code of Maryland (2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Transportation Section 8-1006 Annotated Code of Maryland (2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That Section(s) 8-1006 and 8-1007 of Article - Transportation of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 8-1007 and 8-1008, respectively. EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from exist in g l aw . *sb0965* SENATE BILL SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Transportation 8-1001. (a) …