Mass Transit
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Election Law – Early Voting Centers – Bus Stops [HB-65]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring that if any early voting center is located within one-half mile of a fixed local bus route and to the maximum extent practicable, buses operating on that route allow passengers to embark and disembark at the entrance of the early voting center during the times the center is open for voting.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/14/2022
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State Highways – Designated Shoulder Areas – Establishment and Use by Transit Buses [HB-64]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration, in consultation with the Maryland Transit Administration and the Department of State Police, to designate shoulder areas on State highways that may be used for travel, subject to day and time restrictions, by transit buses; and requiring the State Highway Administration to post certain signage to indicate the beginning and end of a designated shoulder area.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Conversion to Zero-Emission Buses (Zero-Emission Bus Transition Act Revisions) [HB-10]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide certain safety and workforce development training for its operations training workforce and its maintenance workforce; requiring the Administration's annual report on the implementation of the conversion of the State's transit bus fleet to zero-emission buses to include a plan that ensures certain employee protections and a certification that the Administration is adhering to the plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Report on the Public or Private Conversion of State Property to Affordable Housing [HB-39]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Department of Planning and the Department of General Services, in partnership with the Department of Housing and Community Development, to report to the Board of Public Works and certain committees of the General Assembly on strategies for the public or private development and use of surplus real property and excess real property retained for possible future use by the State as affordable housing on or before June 30, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
First Reading Appropriations on 01/12/2022
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Public Transportation. [SB-684]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requires a county to first seek revenue from alternative sources, including advertising, before imposing any new mass transit fare or fare increase. Requires prior approval of a new fare or fare increase from the department of transportation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Housing Density. [SB-734]
[Housing ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Prohibits each county from adopting ordinances that restrict housing density on state lands that are within 0.5 miles of an elevated mass transit station.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
Statewide Commuter Rail Study [HB-343]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Statewide Commuter Rail Study
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk
Passed 1st Reading on 03/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations [HB-1374]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amending certain prior authorizations of State Debt to alter the requirement that certain grantees provide certain matching funds; extending the termination date of certain grants; changing the locations of certain capital projects; altering the purposes of certain grants; changing the names of certain grantees; altering the authorized uses of certain grants; altering certain matching fund and expenditure requirements; repealing certain provisions that require grantees to provide and expend a certain matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 576 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Safety - Elevator Inspections - Transit Compact Authority [SB-935]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
I-495 and I-270 Public-Private Partnership - Partnership Agreement - Requirements (Maryland Department of Transportation Promises Act of 2021) [SB-843]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the Board of Public Works from approving a public-private partnership agreement for the I-495 and I-270 Public-Private Partnership Program unless the agreement includes that at least 10% of the toll revenue remaining after construction costs be deposited in a special fund to be used only for transit projects in accordance with a certain memoranda; authorizing the public-private partnership agreement to require a bidder to agree to initiate a community benefit agreement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) on 02/19/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Crimes - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2021) [SB-852]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a reentry kit that includes clothing, an identification card, contact information on reentry services, information on Medicaid and the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, and transportation; providing that a person who uses a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence is guilty of a felony and establishing certain penalties; prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Third Reading Passed (32-15) on 04/02/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Inmates - Intake and Release Requirements (Reentry Success Act of 2021) [HB-1233]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Division of Correction to provide screening for and access to private mediation between a certain inmate and an individual identified by the inmate as essential for the successful reentry of the inmate into society; requiring the Division of Correction at certain times to work with an inmate to ensure that an inmate has access to certain medication, social service programs, and public transportation at the time of the inmate's release; and requiring the Commissioner of Correction to adopt certain regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Hearing 3/09 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Equity in Transportation Sector – Guidelines and Analyses (Transportation Equity Analyses and Assurances Act of 2021) [HB-1204]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Plan to include achieving equity in the transportation sector in the State transportation goals; requiring the State Report on Transportation to include certain measurable transportation indicators; requiring the State Department of Transportation to evaluate the transportation indicators to identify any racial disparities; requiring the Department to evaluate certain indicators to identify any impact on persons with disabilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Hearing 3/11 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/25/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Mail–In Voting Enhancement Act [HB-1047]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to complete a comprehensive report analyzing the election after each statewide election; requiring the report to be posted on the State Board's website and submitted to the General Assembly; requiring that certain guidelines for absentee voting provide for the return of absentee ballots using ballot drop boxes and for voter access to information concerning the status of the voter's absentee ballot; requiring the State Board to ensure that ballot drop boxes are available during a certain period; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Senate Refuses Recede on 04/10/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Reduced Fare Program for Opioid Treatment Center Patients - Modifications [HB-946]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Altering requirements relating to participation in the Maryland Transit Administration's Disabled Reduced Fare Program by certain opioid treatment programs by requiring the Administration to allow opioid treatment programs to certify the eligibility of and issue identification cards and monthly transit passes to qualifying patients; requiring rather than authorizing participating opioid treatment programs to issue the identification cards and transit passes to patients on-site; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/01/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration – Disabled Reduced Fare Program for Opioid Treatment Program Patients – Modifications [HB-947]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Altering requirements relating to participation in the Maryland Transit Administration's Disabled Reduced Fare Program by certain opioid treatment program by requiring the Administration to allow opioid treatment programs to certify eligibility for and issue identification cards and monthly transit passes to qualifying patients; requiring rather than authorizing participating opioid treatment programs to issue the identification cards and transit passes to patients on-site; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/20/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Safety – Elevator Inspections – Transit Compact Authority [HB-886]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 2/18 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/02/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority – Metro Transit Police – Quotas and Metro Transit Police Complaints Board [HB-666]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact to require the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to prohibit the use of enforcement quotas to evaluate, incentivize, or discipline members of the Metro Transit Police, including with regard to the number of arrests made or citations or warnings issued; and providing for the establishment, composition, powers, and duties of a Police Complaints Board, subject to a certain concurrence in the Act by the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
First Reading Judiciary on 01/26/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Land Use – Magnetic Levitation Transportation System Siting (Maryland Stop the Maglev Act of 2021) [HB-704]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Prohibiting a person from constructing a magnetic levitation transportation system within 2 miles of certain property; prohibiting units of State and local government from taking certain actions related to the construction of a Maglev within 2 miles of certain property; establishing that the prohibitions under the Act do not apply if certain approvals have been obtained; authorizing counties to adopt local laws for the use of certain land under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julian Ivey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2021
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Hawaii 2021 Regular Session
Relating To Public Transportation. [SB-684]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requires a county to first seek revenue from alternative sources, including advertising, before imposing any new mass transit fare or fare increase. Requires prior approval of a new fare or fare increase from the department of transportation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Trs/psm, Wam. on 01/27/2021