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Dorchester County legislators briefed on 2026 priorities: passing on shoulders, juvenile crime, legal publication rules and workers’ comp for volunteers
Summary
County delegates met with the council to review proposed bills and priorities ahead of the 2026 Maryland General Assembly session, focusing on a change to the 'passing on the shoulder' statute, rising juvenile crime, publication requirements for county notices and workers' compensation classifications for volunteer fire company members.
Dorchester County’s elected delegates and state senators met with the County Council Sept. 16 to hear local requests for the 2026 Maryland General Assembly session and to give feedback on issues the delegation may pursue.
Del. Sample Hughes and other delegation members discussed a range of proposals. Topics the county wants to raise in Annapolis include reversing or amending a change to the transportation article that allows passing on shoulders in certain circumstances, legislative responses to rising juvenile crime and auto theft, relief from statewide legal publication requirements for low‑value leases and transactions, and a proposal to allow different workers’ compensation classifications for…
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