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SB0751 • 2026

Vehicle Laws – Required Security – Exemption of Farm Area Motor Vehicles

Vehicle Laws – Required Security – Exemption of Farm Area Motor Vehicles

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Senator Mautz
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
In the Senate - Hearing 3/10 at 1:15 p.m.
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Vehicle Laws – Required Security – Exemption of Farm Area Motor Vehicles

Exempting farm area motor vehicles from the requirement for a motor vehicle to carry required security.

What This Bill Does

  • Exempting farm area motor vehicles from the requirement for a motor vehicle to carry required security.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 Senate

    Hearing canceled

  2. 2026-03-09 Senate

    Hearing 3/10 at 1:15 p.m.

  3. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.

  4. 2026-02-06 Senate

    First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  5. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Vehicle Laws – Required Security – Exemption of Farm Area Motor Vehicles

Official Summary Text

Exempting farm area motor vehicles from the requirement for a motor vehicle to carry required security.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*sb0751*

SENATE BILL 751
C4, R4 6lr3513

By: Senator Mautz
Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2026
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Vehicle Laws – Required Security – Exemption of Farm Area Motor Vehicles 2

FOR the purpose of exempting farm area motor vehicles from the requirement for a motor 3
vehicle to carry required security; and generally relating to farm area motor vehicles. 4

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 5
Article – Transportation 6
Section 13–935(a)(1) and (2) 7
Annotated Code of Maryland 8
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 9

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – Transportation 11
Section 17–102 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

13–935. 18

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 19

(2) “Farm area motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle owned by a farmer 20
and operated only on a farm or on a highway within a 25–mile radius of the farm. 21

17–102. 22

2 SENATE BILL 751

This subtitle does not apply to the following vehicles and their drivers: 1

(1) Except for a vehicle registered under § 13 –935(d) of this article, farm 2
equipment or special mobile equipment incidentally operated on a highway or on other 3
property open to the public; [or] 4

(2) A vehicle operated on a highway only to cross the highway from one 5
property to another; OR 6

(3) A FARM AREA MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED UNDER § 13–935 OF 7
THIS ARTICLE. 8

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 9
October 1, 2026. 10