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Delegation hears bill to clarify emergency lighting for volunteer responders in Baltimore area
Summary
Sen. Attar and community witnesses told the Baltimore County delegation that Hatzalah of Baltimore volunteers respond rapidly to medical emergencies and need statutory clarity to allow a small number of privately owned vehicles to use emergency lighting; Baltimore County requested a drafting amendment to name the organization explicitly.
Sen. Attar presented Senate Bill 1030 during a March 21 hearing of the Baltimore County House Delegation seeking to clarify state law so that trained volunteer emergency responders with Hatzalah of Baltimore can use emergency lighting on a limited number of privately owned vehicles.
What the bill would do: The sponsor said the bill would mirror existing statutory language that permits up to five privately owned vehicles for volunteer rescue squads to be equipped with emergency lighting; the measure would extend the same clarifying language to trained Hatzalah volunteers who use personal vehicles to respond to priority‑one…
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