Bill > HB1520

This bill modifies Maryland's transportation law to specifically allow up to five of the highest-ranking officers from Hatzalah of Baltimore, a nonprofit volunteer emergency medical services organization located in Baltimore County or Baltimore City, to have their privately owned vehicles equipped with red or red and white lights or signal devices. These special lights may only be used when the officers are en route to or present at an emergency scene. The bill involves some technical legal modifications, such as renumbering existing sections of the transportation code, and is set to take effect on October 1, 2025. The purpose appears to be providing a specific exemption to existing vehicle lighting regulations for a particular emergency medical services organization, allowing its top officers to have distinctive emergency vehicle lighting on their personal vehicles when responding to urgent situations.

Government Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1520?ys=2025RS