SB0227 • 2026

Motor Vehicles – Parking – Disabled Veteran Special Registration Plates

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Senator Ellis
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: In the Senate - Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m.
Effective date: 2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Motor Vehicles – Parking – Disabled Veteran Special Registration Plates

Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in an on-street parking space served by a meter if the vehicle has disabled veteran special registration plates; and prohibiting a State agency from adopting or enforcing a regulation or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in a parking lot owned or controlled by the agency if the vehicle has disabled veteran special registration plates.

What This Bill Does

Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in an on-street parking space served by a meter if the vehicle has disabled veteran special registration plates; and prohibiting a State agency from adopting or enforcing a regulation or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in a parking lot owned or controlled by the agency if the vehicle has disabled veteran special registration plates.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-01-14 Senate
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2026-01-13 Senate
Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m.
2025-10-30 Senate
Pre-filed
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Motor Vehicles – Parking – Disabled Veteran Special Registration Plates

Official Summary Text

Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in an on-street parking space served by a meter if the vehicle has disabled veteran special registration plates; and prohibiting a State agency from adopting or enforcing a regulation or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in a parking lot owned or controlled by the agency if the vehicle has disabled veteran special registration plates.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
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*sb0227*

SENATE BILL 227
R7 6lr1520
(PRE–FILED)
By: Senator Ellis
Requested: October 30, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Motor Vehicles – Parking – Disabled Veteran Special Registration Plates 2

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an 3
ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor 4
vehicle in a parking space served by a parking meter if the motor vehicle has disabled 5
veteran special registration plates; prohibiting a State agency from adopting or 6
enforcing a regulation or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor 7
vehicle in a parking lot owned or controlled by the State agency if the motor vehicle 8
has disabled veteran special registration plates; and generally relating to parking by 9
motor vehicles that have disabled veteran special registration plates. 10

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – Transportation 12
Section 26–301(b) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 15

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 16
Article – Transportation 17
Section 26–301(c) 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 20

BY adding to 21
Article – Transportation 22
Section 26–301(c–1) 23
Annotated Code of Maryland 24
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 25

2 SENATE BILL 227

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2

Article – Transportation 3

26–301. 4

(b) Subject to [subsection (c)] SUBSECTIONS (C) AND (C–1) of this section, any 5
State agency authorized by law and any political subdivision of this State may adopt 6
ordinances or regulations that: 7

(1) Regulate the parking of vehicles; 8

(2) Provide for the impounding of vehicles parked in violation of the 9
ordinances or regulations; 10

(3) Regulate the towing of vehicles from publicly owned and privately 11
owned parking lots; and 12

(4) Provide for the issuance of a citation by an officer for a violation of an 13
ordinance or regulation that is adopted under this section. 14

(c) A political subdivision may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or regulation 15
that prohibits the parking of more than one motorcycle within a space served by a single 16
parking meter. 17

(C–1) (1) A POLITICAL SUBDIVISIO N MAY NOT ADOPT OR E NFORCE AN 18
ORDINANCE, A REGULATION, OR A POLICY THAT REQUIRES PAYMENT OF A FEE FOR 19
PARKING A MOTOR VEHI CLE IN AN ON –STREET PARKING SPACE SERVED BY A 20
PARKING METER IF THE MOTOR VEHICLE HAS DI SABLED VETERAN SPECI AL 21
REGISTRATION PLATES ISSUED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. 22

(2) A STATE AGENCY MAY NOT ADOPT OR ENFORCE A R EGULATION 23
OR A POLICY THAT REQUIRES PAYMENT OF A FEE FOR PARKING A MOTOR VEHICLE 24
IN A PARKING LOT OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE STATE AGENCY IF THE MOTOR 25
VEHICLE HAS DISABLED VETERAN SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES ISSUED BY THE 26
ADMINISTRATION. 27

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 28
October 1, 2026. 29