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Mass Transit

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
SB-1027	State (Maryland)	Requiring that the Executive Directors of the Maryland Transportation Authority, Aviation Administration, and Port Administration, the Maryland Transit Administrator, the State Highway Administrator, and the Motor Vehicle Administrator be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate; and requiring that the Executive Directors of the Maryland Transportation Authority, Aviation Administration, and Port Administration be appointed by the Secretary of Transportation with the approval of the Governor. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	State Government - Agencies, Offices, And Officials Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Airports General Assembly Governor Highways Mass Transit Motor Vehicle Administration Ports
HB-1590	State (Maryland)	Altering certain penalties for intentionally causing physical injury to a bus operator, a train operator, a light rail operator, or any operator of a vehicle providing transportation services; requiring State and local transportation authorities to annually report certain information to the Attorney General; requiring the Attorney General to report annually, beginning December 31, 2021, to the Governor and the presiding officers of the General Assembly on the incidence of assault against certain individuals providing transportation services; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Assault Attorney General Injury Mass Transit Penalties And Sentences Reports Rules And Regulations
HB-1543	State (Maryland)	Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution fees; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and benefit functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels for certain purposes; etc. Democrat: 98% (68) Republican: 1% (1) 98% Democrat support 1% Republican support	Energy Utility Regulation Education - Miscellaneous Administrative Agencies Age Of Majority Agriculture Renewable Energy Sources Ambulances Animals Appropriations
HB-1432	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration to study the feasibility of using the navigable waters of the Chesapeake Bay as a water transportation network to link waterfront communities along the Chesapeake Bay; requiring the Department and the Administration to prepare an inventory of certain facilities on the Chesapeake Bay and to estimate the cost of implementing a certain network; requiring a certain report be made to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 30, 2022; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Boats And Ships Chesapeake Bay Marinas Mass Transit Piers And Docks Ports Prices Reports Sunset
HB-1159	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration, on or before October 1, 2021, to prepare corridor studies for at least three corridors prioritized in the Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan as early opportunity corridors; requiring the Administration to publish a progress report on the implementation of the Plan; requiring the corridor studies and progress report to include certain information and be completed by certain dates; requiring the Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan Commission to meet at certain intervals; etc. Democrat: 100% (11) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Boundaries Committees And Commissions Communications Commuters Construction Data Examinations Investigations And Inquiries
HB-1440	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to make available to opioid treatment programs monthly transit passes that are for use by patients of opioid treatment programs who qualify for the administration's Disabled Reduced Fare Program and may be issued to patients on site at opioid treatment programs by staff; requiring the passes to be made available at a reduced price that reflects the price of a monthly pass issued under the Disabled Reduced Fare Program as of October 1, 2020; etc. Democrat: 85% (6) Republican: 14% (1) 85% Democrat support 14% Republican support	Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Commuters Controlled Dangerous Substances Disabilities Mass Transit Medical Treatments Opioids Patients Prices
HB-1367	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on extending Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) commuter rail service to western Maryland; requiring the Department to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters; requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2022; etc. Republican: 39% (9) Democrat: 60% (14) 39% Republican support 60% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Allegany County Commuters Hagerstown Mass Transit Natural Resources, Department Of Prices Railroads Reports Sunset
HB-1237	State (Maryland)	Establishing that certain provisions of law relating to the inspections of elevators do not apply to elevators installed in a building or structure that is owned, operated, or controlled by a transit compact authority with oversight provided by a State Safety Oversight agency that is certified by the Federal Transit Administration. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Public Safety Elevators Inspections Mass Transit Safety
HB-1528	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Maryland Council on Health in All Policies to employ a Health in All Policies framework, a public health framework through which public and private policymakers and stakeholders use a collaborative approach to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequities in the State; providing, to the extent practicable, Council members are to reflect the geographic, racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity of the State; requiring the Council to submit a report by December 1 each year on the Council's activities; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Public Health Administrative Agencies Agriculture, Department Of Art, Music And Cultural Affairs Boundaries Committees And Commissions Communications Consumer Protection Correction, Division Of Demographics
HB-1526	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Transportation Carbon Reduction Fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; establishing the Transportation and Climate Initiative Workgroup; stating the purpose of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to perform certain studies, consult with certain stakeholders, develop certain recommendations, and implement certain processes; etc. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Operating Budget Bicycles Boundaries Budgets Buses Committees And Commissions Commuters Data Death
HB-1238	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting the construction of a certain transportation project involving a magnetic levitation propulsion system without a certain informed consent of a majority of the governing bodies of the affected counties; requiring a project owner to provide to each governing body of an affected county a bond that is subject to certain requirements; etc. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Renewable Energy Sources Bonds Communications Construction Counties Damages Liability Mass Transit Railroads
HB-1388	State (Maryland)	Providing that a certain Prince George's County public safety surcharge amount is for certain residential housing constructed in an area included in a certain plan or an area that abuts an existing or planned mass transit rail station operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority or the Maryland Transit Administration, instead of requiring the surcharge to be for both areas. Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Counties - Local Laws Fees Housing Mass Transit Prince George's County Railroads Residential Property Safety Transportation, Department Of
HB-1406	State (Maryland)	Requiring a local jurisdiction to address middle housing as a component of the housing element of a certain plan; and requiring the housing element of a certain plan to state the number of additional housing units the local jurisdiction will need by a certain point in time based on certain forecasts. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Local Government - Generally Agriculture Buses Census Counties Flood Control Housing And Community Development, Department Of Housing Industry And Technology Mass Transit
SB-912	State (Maryland)	Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution fees; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and benefit functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels for certain purposes; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Energy Utility Regulation Education - Miscellaneous Administrative Agencies Age Of Majority Agriculture Renewable Energy Sources Ambulances Animals Appropriations
SB-716	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Maryland Council on Health in All Policies to employ a health in all policies framework, a public health framework through which public and private policy makers and stakeholders use a collaborative approach to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequities in the State; providing, to the extent practicable, Council members are to reflect the geographic, racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity of the State; requiring the Council to submit a report by December 1 each year on the Council's activities; etc. Democrat: 100% (8) 100% Democrat support	Public Health Administrative Agencies Agriculture, Department Of Art, Music And Cultural Affairs Boundaries Committees And Commissions Communications Consumer Protection Correction, Division Of Demographics
SB-645	State (Maryland)	Allowing certain qualified businesses impacted by the construction of the Purple Line light rail project in Montgomery County and Prince George's County a credit against the State income tax and State property tax; requiring the Department of Transportation to determine the eligible amount of the income tax credit; making the income tax credit refundable; requiring the Department to administer the income tax credit; requiring the Department to make determinations and implement processes relevant to certifying qualified businesses; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Income Commerce And Business Comptroller Income Tax Mass Transit Montgomery County Prince George's County Property Tax Railroads Records
HB-876	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration, in partnership with certain stakeholders, to develop and implement a Purple Line marketing plan designed to generate early interest in and promote use of the Purple Line; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill $1,000,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund for the marketing plan in fiscal years 2021 through 2024; requiring the Administration, by December 31, 2020, 2021, and 2022, to submit a certain report to certain standing committees of the General Assembly; etc. Democrat: 100% (3) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Advertising Appropriations Bicycles Budgets Buses Committees And Commissions Communications Commuters
SB-705	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to make available to opioid treatment programs monthly transit passes that are for use by patients of opioid treatment programs who qualify for the administration's Disabled Reduced Fare Program and may be issued to patients on site at opioid treatment programs by staff; requiring the passes to be made available at a reduced price that reflects the price of a monthly pass issued under the Disabled Reduced Fare Program as of October 1, 2020; etc. Democrat: 50% (1) Republican: 50% (1) 50% Democrat support 50% Republican support	Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Commuters Controlled Dangerous Substances Disabilities Mass Transit Medical Treatments Opioids Patients Prices
SB-668	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration, in cooperation with certain stakeholders, to develop and implement a Purple Line marketing plan designed to generate early interest in and promote use of the Purple Line; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill $500,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund for the marketing plan in fiscal year 2021; requiring the Administration, by December 31, 2021, to submit a certain report to certain standing committees of the General Assembly; etc. Democrat: 100% (5) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Advertising Appropriations Bicycles Budgets Buses Committees And Commissions Communications Commuters
SB-548	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of Transportation to study and make recommendations on the feasibility of establishing a point-to-point commuter bus route that serves certain population centers along the I-270 corridor and provides service to and from job centers in Northern Virginia; requiring the Department, in conducting the study, to consult with certain governments, stakeholders, and entities and to make certain recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2021; etc. Democrat: 100% (5) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Agents And Brokers Agents And Brokers Buses Committees And Commissions Communications Commuters Examinations Examinations Frederick County

Title: Department of Transportation - Heads of Business Units - Appointment and Senate Confirmation