HB 1630 Maryland House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Queen Anne's County - Speed Monitoring System - U.S. Route 301

This bill authorizes the installation and use of speed monitoring systems on U.S. Route 301 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, specifically at or between the intersections of Maryland Route 405 and Maryland Route 19. The legislation defines these systems as devices that capture images of vehicles traveling at least 12 miles per hour over the posted speed limit and requires local government approval through a public hearing before deployment. It expands existing state law that currently allows similar systems on Maryland Route 200 and certain high-risk roads in Montgomery County to include this specific stretch of Route 301. The law takes effect on October 1, 2026, and applies only to violations recorded by systems meeting the specified placement and operational requirements.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 25, 2026 Last action Apr 13, 2026

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First - Queen Anne's County - Speed Monitoring System - U.S. Route 301 → Third - Queen Anne's County - Speed Monitoring System - U.S. Route 301 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was re-referred to the Environment and Transportation committee and approved with amendments, shifting its focus from a purely local initiative to a state-managed program. The most significant change is the addition of the State Highway Administration as the authorized entity to operate speed monitoring systems on U.S. Route 301 in Queen Anne's County, alongside existing local jurisdictions. This change expands the scope of who can enforce these systems and clarifies that fines collected from these specific locations will be remitted to the State Comptroller to fund highway improvements and recovery costs.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include state-level administration of speed monitoring systems on U.S. Route 301, whereas the original version only authorized local jurisdictions to place and use such systems.

SCOPE

The State Highway Administration is now explicitly authorized to place and use speed monitoring systems on U.S. Route 301 in Queen Anne's County.

FISCAL

Fines collected from speed monitoring systems on U.S. Route 301 (along with I-695 and I-83) are now remitted to the State Comptroller for distribution to the State Highway Administration, rather than remaining with local entities.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'Agency' was updated to include the State Highway Administration for the specific speed monitoring locations on I-83, I-695, and U.S. Route 301.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for local law and public hearings to authorize systems was retained for local jurisdictions, but the state's authority to use systems on the specified routes was added without this local authorization step.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 10, 2026

How they voted

107–29

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 142

Mar 10, 2026

D Democratic103

99 Yea 1 Nay 3

96% Yea

R Republican39

8 Yea 28 Nay 3

71% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Committee

Referred Judicial Proceedings

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Mar 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

lower

Mar 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Rereferred to Environment and Transportation

lower

Mar 10, 2026

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (107-29-6)

house of delegates

Feb 25, 2026

Committee

First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors