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HB 439

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Vehicle Laws – Fully Autonomous Vehicles – Human Safety Operators and Reporting Requirements

Sponsor: Vaughn Stewart (District 19)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Vehicle Laws - MiscellaneousStatus: Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a human safety operator to be present in certain fully autonomous vehicles operating on highways in the State; requiring a manufacturer of a fully autonomous vehicle to submit to the Motor Vehicle Administration an incident report on any vehicle collision, certain citations for traffic violations, any disengagement event, or any assault or harassment of a passenger or human safety operator that occurs in the State and involves a fully autonomous vehicle under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 16FavorableUNF 11UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGold, Steve160 Driving AcademyOral
FAVMcMillan, MichaelAmalgamated Transit Union Local 1300Written (PDF)
FAVGirardi, MatthewlobbyistAmalgamated Transit Union Local 689Written (PDF)
FAVSchneiderman, FranzlobbyistConsumer AutoOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDoyle, ThomasInternational Brotherhood of TeamstersOral
FAVYork, AlMember, Teamsters Local 639Oral
FAVLuedtke, DawnMontgomery County Council District 7Written (PDF)
FAVWolfe, LawrenceTeamsters Joint Council 62Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVCahalan, ZacharyTruck Safety CoalitionOral
FAVMcNair, LeeUnitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryPosition only
FAVDelegate Stewart, Delegate StewartlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVHarris, Mrs.IndividualPosition only
FAVLangenkamp, DanielIndividualOral
FAVMauer, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FAVStewart, VaughnIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWalker, KendallIndividualOral
UNFFarrah, JeffAutonomous Vehicle Industry AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
UNFHizkias, AdenChamber of ProgressOral
UNFJanuary, BriannalobbyistChamber of ProgressWritten (PDF)
UNFSganga, GabeForterraOral
UNFRoss, PaulaGaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
UNFKress, WilliamlobbyistKress HammenOral + Written (PDF)
UNFRiccobono, MarkPres NFBMDWritten (PDF)
UNFOthman, RonzaPres., NFBMDWritten (PDF)
UNFSonalker, ANUJASTEER TECH LLCWritten (PDF)
UNFTabuteau, RichardlobbyistTabuteau, LLCWritten (PDF)
UNFdurkin, margaretlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOWestervelt, PatriciaMaryland Department of TransportationWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGirardi, MatthewAmalgamated Transit Union Local 689Registered for: Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689
FAVSchneiderman, FranzConsumer AutoRegistered for: Auto Consumer Alliance; Consumer Auto
UNFJanuary, BriannaChamber of ProgressRegistered for: Chamber of Progress
UNFKress, WilliamKress HammenRegistered for: Alliance for Automotive Innovation; Amazon.com Services, LLC; Apple Inc.; Boyd Gaming Corporation; Centers for Better Insurance, LLC; Coalition of Maryland Title Insurers
UNFTabuteau, RichardTabuteau, LLCRegistered for: Bolt Technology OÜ dba Hopp; Boyd Gaming Corporation; ChargePoint; Chevy Chase Village; Elev8 Baltimore, Inc.; Fortinet
UNFdurkin, margaretRegistered for: TechNet