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*hb0668*
HOUSE BILL 668
R5 6lr1347
By: St. Mary’s County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2026
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 3, 2026
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
St. Mary’s County – Prohibition on Standing in Inherently Dangerous Highway 2
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person in St. Mary’s County from standing in a roadway, 3
a shoulder, a median divide, or an intersection determined by the county or a 4
municipal corporation in the county in certain manners to be inherently dangerous; 5
prohibiting a police officer from issuing a citation for a violation of this Act unless 6
certain conditions are met; and generally relating to prohibiting standing in 7
inherently dangerous roadways, shoulders, median divides, or intersections in St. 8
Mary’s County. 9
BY adding to 10
Article – Transportation 11
Section 21–507.1 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – Transportation 17
21–507.1. 18
(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN ST. MARY’S COUNTY. 19
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(B) IN THIS SECTION , “INHERENTLY DANGEROUS ” MEANS POSING A 1
SERIOUS RISK OF INJURY TO A PEDESTRIAN, A DRIVER OR PASSENGER IN A VEHICLE, 2
OR OTHER PERSONS THA T CANNOT BE MITIGATED WITH THE E XERCISE OF 3
ORDINARY CARE. 4
(C) (1) A SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, A PERSON 5
MAY NOT STAND IN A R OADWAY, A SHOULDER , A MEDIAN DIVIDER , OR AN 6
INTERSECTION DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY OR A MUNICIPAL CORPORAT ION IN 7
THE COUNTY TO BE INHERENTLY DANGEROUS. 8
(2) THE COUNTY OR A MUNIC IPAL CORPORATION IN THE COUNTY 9
SHALL MAKE A DETERMI NATION ON WHETHER A STATE ROADWAY , SHOULDER, 10
MEDIAN DIVIDER , OR INTERSECTION IS I NHERENTLY DANGEROUS IN 11
CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. 12
(D) (1) A POLICE OFFICER MAY NOT ISSUE A CITATION FOR A VIOLATION 13
OF THIS SECTION UNLESS: 14
(1) (I) THE INHERENTLY DANGER OUS ROADWAY , SHOULDER, 15
MEDIAN DIVIDER, OR INTERSECTION HAS APPROPRIATE SIGNS INSTALLED BY THE 16
COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THAT NOTIFY THE PUBL IC THAT A PERSON 17
MAY NOT STAND IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION; AND 18
(2) (II) THE SIGNS ARE INSTALL ED IN ACCORDANCE WIT H THE 19
MANUAL AND SPECIFICA TIONS FOR A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CO NTROL 20
DEVICES ADOPTED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION UNDER § 25–104 OF 21
THIS ARTICLE. 22
(2) ON A STATE HIGHWAY , THE COUNTY OR A MUNI CIPAL 23
CORPORATION IN THE C OUNTY MAY INSTALL TH E SIGNS REQUIRED UND ER 24
PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION O NLY WITH THE APPROVA L OF THE STATE 25
HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. 26
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 27
October 1, 2026. 28