Prince George's County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Indian Head Highway PG 306-24 [HB-974]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Increasing civil penalties for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County that are second or subsequent violations or that involve exceeding the maximum speed limit by certain amounts.
HB-974: Prince George's County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Indian Head Highway PG 306-24
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2024
Public-Private Partnership (P3) Oversight and Accountability Act [HB-956]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Public-Private Partnership Oversight Review Board to review public-private partnership presolicitation reports and make certain recommendations; requiring a certain reporting agency to include in presolicitation reports for public-private partnerships with a total value that exceeds $500,000,000 presolicitation reports of certain contracts; requiring a reporting agency to submit a separate presolicitation report for each phase of a project that will develop in phases; etc.
HB-956: Public-Private Partnership (P3) Oversight and Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/09/2024
City of Frederick - Assignment of Offenders to Road Work - Repeal [HB-960]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing a provision of law requring a District Court judge to assign, if practicable, an offender to work the public roads of Frederick County or the City of Frederick as a penalty for a violation of a municipal law or ordinance of the City of Frederick.
HB-960: City of Frederick - Assignment of Offenders to Road Work - Repeal
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 983 on 05/16/2024
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Operation at Intersections [SB-826]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing a person operating a bicycle that is approaching a stop sign at an intersection on a highway with two or fewer lanes for moving traffic to cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping if the person reduces the speed of the bicycle to a reasonable rate and yields the right-of-way to certain vehicles under certain circumstances.
SB-826: Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Operation at Intersections
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/02/2024
Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure [SB-785]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting certain common carriers from damaging certain public infrastructure, a bridge or highway owned, controlled, or maintained by the State or a county or municipality, necessitating the closure of the infrastructure; establishing that a violation of the Act is a public nuisance; and authorizing the Attorney General or a State's Attorney to bring a civil action against a common carrier for a violation under the Act.
SB-785: Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 04/02/2024
Vehicle Laws - Lanes of Travel - Slower Traffic and Overtaking and Passing (Highway Left Lane Safety Act) [SB-768]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding to every roadway in the State the requirement that the driver of a vehicle traveling slower than the general speed of traffic drive the vehicle in the right-hand lanes if practicable as determined by the driver; and providing that, on a roadway that has three or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction with a posted maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour or more, the far left lane may be used only for overtaking and passing another vehicle in a certain manner and under certain circumstances.
SB-768: Vehicle Laws - Lanes of Travel - Slower Traffic and Overtaking and Passing (Highway Left Lane Safety Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/01/2024
Local Government - Annual Audit Reporting Requirements - Alterations [SB-747]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring 20% of State aid for the current fiscal year for highway user revenues and disparity grants to be discontinued if a county, municipality, or special taxing district does not submit a certain audit report within 2 calendar years after the deadline for the report, subject to a certain condition; and applying the Act beginning with the fiscal year 2024 audits that are required to be submitted under a certain provision of law.
SB-747: Local Government - Annual Audit Reporting Requirements - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 499 on 05/09/2024
Approp: Supplemental; Reapprop; Amending [SB-216]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
An Act making supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; amending appropriations; capitalizing funds; and providing for an effective date.
SB-216: Approp: Supplemental; Reapprop; Amending
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/31/2024
Approp: Supplemental; Reapprop; Amending [HB-299]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
An Act making supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; amending appropriations; capitalizing funds; and providing for an effective date.
HB-299: Approp: Supplemental; Reapprop; Amending
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/31/2024
Montgomery County - School Bus Stops MC 6-24 [HB-761]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting, beginning December 31, 2026, the location of a school bus stop on any highway with five or more undivided traffic lanes in Montgomery County unless a school crossing guard is posted or a certain traffic control device is placed at the school bus stop.
HB-761: Montgomery County - School Bus Stops MC 6-24
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 676 on 05/09/2024
Transportation – State Highways – Rubber Modified Asphalt [HB-781]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to use rubber modified asphalt in the construction, reconstruction, and repair of State highways; and requiring the Administration to consider different types of rubber modified asphalt, including those produced by the wet process and the dry process, when planning for the construction, reconstruction, and repair of State highways.
HB-781: Transportation – State Highways – Rubber Modified Asphalt
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024
Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Workgroup (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) [HB-836]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; establishing the Workgroup to Study Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects to make certain recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, related to certain impact assessments and mitigation plans; etc.
HB-836: Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Workgroup (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Favorable With Amendments {593127/1 Adopted on 04/08/2024
You have voted HB-836: Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Workgroup (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024).
Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Mitigation Plans (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) [SB-681]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to use the impact assessment to determine whether a project meets certain requirements; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to develop a certain mitigation plan under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-681: Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Mitigation Plans (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/05/2024
You have voted SB-681: Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Mitigation Plans (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024).
Vehicle Laws - Slow Moving Vehicles - Right-Hand Lane [HB-737]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Repealing a certain provision of law that applies the requirement that slow moving vehicles drive in the right-hand lane or lanes only to certain highways in certain geographic areas; and altering the standards under which the State Highway Administration is required to inform drivers of the requirement.
HB-737: Vehicle Laws - Slow Moving Vehicles - Right-Hand Lane
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 577 on 05/09/2024
You have voted HB-7296: Authorizes and empowers the department of transportation to plant pollinator-friendly species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants..
Transportation - Maryland Transportation Authority - Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Accessibility [SB-593]
[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.
SB-593: Transportation - Maryland Transportation Authority - Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Accessibility
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
Consolidated Transportation Program - Indian Head Highway - Conversion Into Limited Access Highway [HB-711]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Secretary of Transportation to include sufficient funds in the Consolidated Transportation Program for fiscal year 2025 and beyond for the planning, design, and reconstruction necessary for the conversion of Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County into a limited access highway; and requiring, by December 31, 2024, a report to the General Assembly on a timeline and the estimated costs for the conversion of Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) into a limited access highway.
HB-711: Consolidated Transportation Program - Indian Head Highway - Conversion Into Limited Access Highway
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
First Reading Appropriations on 01/26/2024
Montgomery County - Highways - Maximum Speed Limits MC 10-24 [HB-612]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing the requirement that a local authority in Montgomery County perform an engineering and traffic investigation before decreasing the maximum speed limit on a highway; and authorizing a local authority in Montgomery County to implement new speed monitoring systems on a portion of highway for which the speed limit has been decreased only after a certain period of time after the decrease in the speed limit is implemented.
HB-612: Montgomery County - Highways - Maximum Speed Limits MC 10-24
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (133-0) on 03/18/2024
Montgomery County - Speed Monitoring Systems - High-Risk Highways MC 15-24 [HB-665]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on highways in Montgomery County that are at high risk for certain motor vehicle crashes; prohibiting the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on certain highways in Montgomery County; requiring the fines collected by Montgomery County or by a municipal government in Montgomery County as a result of violations enforced by a speed monitoring system to be used to fund the study, design, and construction of certain safety-related projects; etc.
HB-665: Montgomery County - Speed Monitoring Systems - High-Risk Highways MC 15-24
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (106-26) on 03/18/2024