HB 1408

Did not advance

Motor Vehicles - Automated Traffic Enforcement Systems - Impoundment

Sponsor: Michele Guyton (District 42B)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Vehicle Laws - MiscellaneousStatus: Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a law enforcement agency to impound a motor vehicle for which three or more citations from an automated traffic enforcement system have been issued if the citations are unpaid and overdue by at least 30 days.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list

FAV 7FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Guyton, Michele	Delegate Michele Guyton	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sample, Sarah	Maryland Association of Counties	Written (PDF)
FAV	Seng, John	Maryland Coalition For Roadway Safety, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jorch, Bill	Maryland Municipal League	Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Guyton, Delegate Guytonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
UNF	Lefeve, Don	American Car Rental Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	DeRose, John	Enterprise Holdings Inc.	Oral
UNF	Benhoff, Jean	Individual	Position only
UNF	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
FWA	Ferguson, Meg	Baltimore County Police Department	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	McCullough, Robert	Baltimore County Police Department	Oral
FWA	Miller, Chad	Baltimore County Police Department	Oral
FWA	Jackson, Samiralobbyist	MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.	Written (PDF)
FWA	Dill, Jon	NPR Auto Group	Oral
FWA	DeLorenzo, Michael	NextCar All Vehicle Rentals	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Corasaniti, Nora	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

American Car Rental AssociationUNF 1

Baltimore County Police DepartmentFWA 3

Delegate Michele GuytonFAV 1

Enterprise Holdings Inc.UNF 1

Maryland Association of CountiesFAV 1

Maryland Coalition For Roadway Safety, Inc.FAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueFAV 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.FWA 1

NextCar All Vehicle RentalsFWA 1

NPR Auto GroupFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAJackson, SamiraMD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.Registered for: Critical Response Group; Dell Technologies Inc.; Empower; Forward Financing; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Maryland Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs…