# Maryland HB 0225: Vehicle Laws - Exceptional Hauling Permits for Farm Products

Maryland HB 0225, Vehicle Laws - Exceptional Hauling Permits for Farm Products, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-04-08 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 51) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0225-2025RS
- As of: 2026-10-17
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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 0225
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Vehicle Laws - Exceptional Hauling Permits for Farm Products
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-10-09
- Last action: 2025-04-08, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 51
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections, Farmers and Farming -see also- Agriculture; Farmland, Highways, Interstate Affairs, Milk Products, Motor Vehicle Inspection, Motor Vehicle Operation, Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty, Permits -see also- Building Permits, Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records, Reports, State Highway Administration, Storage, Transportation -see also- Aircraft; Airports; Boats; etc, Trucks, Weights and Measures
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (182 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Milk haulers gain interstate highway access: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, vehicles carrying fluid milk under Maryland exceptional hauling permits can use interstate highways. Federal law can still bar this access, and all other permit terms still apply. Other permitted farm-product vehicles remain barred from interstate highways.
- Farm haulers face inspection and record checks: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, drivers must carry an original or electronic permit and current inspection proof for each vehicle. Maryland vehicles need state-required periodic inspections; out-of-state vehicles used in interstate transport need federally required periodic inspections. Exempt vehicles,…
- Farm hauling permits set load limits: mixed, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Maryland can issue exceptional hauling permits for combinations carrying only qualifying farm products loaded off-highway. Loading sites include fields, farm milk tanks, and other off-highway locations. Eligible combinations need five or six axles, at least 50 feet betwee…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 46 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-03-13 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 136 | 0 | 4 |

## Actions (12)

- 2025-04-08: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 51
- 2025-04-02: Returned Passed (House)
- 2025-04-02: Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Referred Judicial Proceedings (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Third Reading Passed (136-0) (House)
- 2025-03-13: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House)
- 2025-03-12: Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation (House)
- 2025-01-15: Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-01-08: First Reading Environment and Transportation (House)
- 2024-10-09: Pre-filed (House)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-04-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_51_hb0225t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-03-13: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0225t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0225f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_51_hb0225t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0225t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0225f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0225-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).