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Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024)

Sponsor: PresidentCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the RoadStatus: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems to include certain distributions for highway and work zone safety purposes; clarifying that a work zone speed control system may be manned or unmanned and a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of a recorded image produced by a work zone speed control system; etc.

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Testimony (41)

MGA witness list
FAV 23FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 15UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVAli, RaginalobbyistAAA Mid-AtlanticWritten (PDF)
FAVMay, DavidATSSA Chesapeake ChapterWritten (PDF)
FAVShertzer, ChristopherAllan Myers, Inc.Oral
FAVJennings, DebbieChesapeake Region Safety CouncilOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHiggins, MichaelConcrete General, Inc.Oral
FAVMonteiro, PaulDepartment of Service and Civic InnovationOral
FAVDeriu, JamesKCI Technologies, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVBrown, MarshallLECETOral + Written (PDF)
FAVNizer, ChristineMDOT MVAOral
FAVSakata, MichaelMTBMAOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSmith, TimMaryland Asphalt AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVWestervelt, PatriciaMaryland Department of TransportationWritten (PDF)
FAVEdwards, DonnaMaryland State & DC AFL-CIOWritten (PDF)
FAVSweeney, BrianMaryland/Metropolitan Transportation Builders & Materials AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMiller, Lt. Gov ArunaMoore-Miller AdministrationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBritt, AdienaN/APosition only
FAVMcNelis, JamesS&B USA ConstructionWritten (PDF)
FAVBostick, HowardState Highway AdministrationOral
FAVGross, MirandaSunrise Safety ServicesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGroncki, JanetSunrise Safety Services, IncOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBuckler, LaurenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVPresident, PresidentIndividualOral
FAVWise, SteveIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFArshavsky, SvetlanaIndividualPosition only
UNFDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
UNFDitraglia, FrankIndividualPosition only
UNFD’Orazio , DanielaIndividualPosition only
UNFElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
UNFGiannetti, JohnlobbyistIndividualOral
UNFHopkins, BarbaraIndividualPosition only
UNFKatz, JanetIndividualPosition only
UNFLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
UNFPedersen, StacyIndividualPosition only
UNFSirkel, RobinIndividualPosition only
UNFVolkmar, LeslieIndividualPosition only
UNFWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
UNFsirkel, jessIndividualPosition only
FWAJanuary, BriannalobbyistMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FWACollins, CarvillelobbyistMaryland Employers for Civil Justice Reform CoalitionWritten (PDF)
INFORyan, DavidMaryland State PoliceOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVAli, RaginaAAA Mid-AtlanticRegistered for: AAA Club Alliance/AAA Mid-Atlantic
UNFGiannetti, JohnRegistered for: Stellar IT Maryland; Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association
FWAJanuary, BriannaMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Registered for: Chamber of Progress
FWACollins, CarvilleMaryland Employers for Civil Justice Reform CoalitionRegistered for: Artesian Resources Corporation; Columbia Gas of Maryland; Maryland Employers for Civil Justice Reform Coalition; Pepco Holdings, LLC.; Health Facilities Association of Maryland; General Motors LLC