SB0367 • 2026

Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Senators Carozza and Mautz
Last action: 2026-01-28
Official status: In the Senate - Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m.
Effective date: 2026-06-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act

Prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, shoulder, median divide, or intersection determined by the county or a municipal corporation in the county to be inherently dangerous; and prohibiting a police officer from issuing a citation for a violation of the Act unless appropriate signs have been installed.

What This Bill Does

Prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, shoulder, median divide, or intersection determined by the county or a municipal corporation in the county to be inherently dangerous; and prohibiting a police officer from issuing a citation for a violation of the Act unless appropriate signs have been installed.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-01-28 Senate
Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m.
2026-01-23 Senate
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act

Official Summary Text

Prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, shoulder, median divide, or intersection determined by the county or a municipal corporation in the county to be inherently dangerous; and prohibiting a police officer from issuing a citation for a violation of the Act unless appropriate signs have been installed.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
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SENATE BILL 367
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By: Senators Carozza and Mautz
Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2026
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Wicomico County – Highway Pedestrian Safety Act 2

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, 3
shoulder, median divide, or intersection determined by the county or a municipal 4
corporation in the county to be inherently dangerous; prohibiting a police officer from 5
issuing a citation for a violation of this Act unless certain conditions are met; and 6
generally relating to prohibiting standing in inherently dangerous roadways, 7
shoulders, median dividers, or intersections in Wicomico County. 8

BY adding to 9
Article – Transportation 10
Section 21–507.1 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 13

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15

Article – Transportation 16

21–507.1. 17

(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN WICOMICO COUNTY. 18

(B) IN THIS SECTION , “INHERENTLY DANGEROUS ” MEANS POSING A 19
SERIOUS RISK OF INJURY TO A PEDESTRIAN, A DRIVER OR PASSENGER IN A VEHICLE, 20
OR OTHER PERSONS THAT CANNOT BE MIT IGATED WITH THE EXER CISE OF 21
ORDINARY CARE. 22

2 SENATE BILL 367

(C) A PERSON MAY NOT STAND IN A ROADWAY , SHOULDER, MEDIAN 1
DIVIDER, OR INTERSECTION DETE RMINED BY THE COUNTY OR A MUNICIPAL 2
CORPORATION IN THE COUNTY TO BE INHERENTLY DANGEROUS. 3

(D) A POLICE OFFICER MAY N OT ISSUE A CITATION FOR A VIOLATION OF 4
THIS SECTION UNLESS: 5

(1) THE INHERENTLY DANGER OUS ROADWAY, SHOULDER, MEDIAN 6
DIVIDER, OR INTERSECTION HAS APPROPRIATE SIGNS INSTALLED THAT NOTIFY THE 7
PUBLIC THAT A PERSON MAY NOT STAND IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION; AND 8

(2) THE SIGNS ARE INSTALL ED IN ACCORDANCE WIT H THE MANUAL 9
AND SPECIFICATIONS F OR A UN IFORM SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL D EVICES 10
ADOPTED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION UNDER § 25–104 OF THIS 11
ARTICLE. 12

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 13
1, 2026. 14