Electric Power-Assisted Bicycle Rebate Program; created. [HB-748]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
E-bike rebate program. Creates the Electric Power-Assisted Bicycle Rebate Program for the purchase of new electric power-assisted bicycles, as defined in the bill, to be administered by the Department of Energy. Under the bill, a purchaser of a new electric power-assisted bicycle would receive a $500 rebate applied toward payment for the purchase, and a purchaser with an annual household income that does not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty level would be entitled to an additional $600 rebate for a new electric power-assisted bicycle. The
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HB-748: Electric Power-Assisted Bicycle Rebate Program; created.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Turner Willett
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
Bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, etc.; exception to stopping requirement. [HB-1077]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Exception to stopping requirement; bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or motorized skateboard or scooter. Authorizes the person operating a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or motorized skateboard or scooter to yield instead of stop at an intersection controlled by a stop sign if (i) each intersecting highway has no more than three motor vehicle travel lanes; (ii) the person is at least 15 years of age or accompanied by an adult; (iii) the person
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HB-1077: Bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, etc.; exception to stopping requirement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy B. Carr
Failed To Report (defeated) In Transportation (5-y 9-n) on 02/29/2024
Pedestrian control signals; applicability to persons riding bicycles and other devices. [HB-657]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Pedestrian control signals; applicability to persons riding bicycles and other devices. Allows persons riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter to, while remaining in the travel lane, follow the pedestrian control signal corresponding to the person's direction of travel, provided that they travel straight or turn right and yield to pedestrians lawfully in the crosswalk and any vehicle approaching the intersection from the right. Pedestrian control signals;
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HB-657: Pedestrian control signals; applicability to persons riding bicycles and other devices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard C. Sullivan
Failed To Report (defeated) In Transportation (7-y 7-n) on 02/29/2024
Natural Resources - Maryland State Parks - Funds and Plan Alterations [HB-228]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Recreation ]
Extending the date by which the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund must be expended to before July 1, 2029; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to expend up to $400,000 from the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund under certain circumstances; authorizing the Park System Capital Improvements and Acquisition Fund to be used for State projects on lands managed by the Department for public purposes; authorizing the Great Maryland Outdoors Fund to be used for promoting outdoor environmental education in the State; etc.
HB-228: Natural Resources - Maryland State Parks - Funds and Plan Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 402 on 04/25/2024
Common Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024) [HB-159]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering certain requirements for procedures relating to electric vehicle recharging equipment; establishing requirements and procedures relating to an application to the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation to install or use electric vehicle recharging equipment; and requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to publish information on its common ownership community website regarding requirements, contractor information, certain points of contact, and resources on dispute resolutions.
HB-159: Common Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 268 on 04/25/2024
Natural Resources - Maryland State Parks - Funds and Plan Alterations [SB-259]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Recreation ]
Extending the date by which the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund must be expended to July 1, 2029; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to expend up to $400,000 from the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund for a project that addresses critical maintenance concerns without prior approval of the Department of General Services; authorizing the Park System Capital Improvements and Acquisition Fund to be used for State projects on lands managed by the Department of Natural Resources for public purposes; etc.
SB-259: Natural Resources - Maryland State Parks - Funds and Plan Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Budget and Taxation
Favorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/05/2024
Counties - Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks - Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools [SB-200]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a county board of education each year to prepare and post to the county's website a report that identifies pathways that public school students may use to travel to school using only safe alternative routes under certain circumstances; requiring the governing body of a county each year to review a certain report and construct any sidewalks and crosswalks necessary to create safe alternative routes for public school students under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-200: Counties - Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks - Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing Canceled on 01/25/2024
Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements [HB-111]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person to ride a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area unless prohibited by local ordinance; and requiring a person riding a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area or in or through a crosswalk to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian or a person using an electric personal assistive mobility device.
HB-111: Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Jones
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/14/2024
Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements [SB-77]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person to ride a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area unless prohibited by local ordinance; and requiring a person riding a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area or in or through a crosswalk to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian or a person using an electric personal assistive mobility device.
SB-77: Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
Transportation - Maryland Transportation Authority - Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Accessibility [HB-135]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing a prohibition on pedestrians using a highway of the Maryland Transportation Authority; altering a prohibition on bicycles using an Authority highway; requiring the Authority to construct separated or buffered bicycle ways and pedestrian walkways in certain locations under certain circumstances; providing for a waiver from requirements under the Act; requiring the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee to review waiver requests under the Act and provide recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation; etc.
HB-135: Transportation - Maryland Transportation Authority - Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Accessibility
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/01/2024