Transportation - Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program - Equitable Distribution of Funds [HB-965]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2027, the Department of Transportation to establish a method to determine funding under the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program that will result in a fair and equitable distribution of Program funds for each county; requiring the Department to develop criteria for the distribution of Program funds; etc.
HB-965: Transportation - Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program - Equitable Distribution of Funds
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
Criminal Law - Weapon Crimes - Transporting Firearm in Checked Bag on Public Transportation [HB-916]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from transporting a firearm in a checked bag on
public transportation in the State unless the firearm is disabled from discharging by an external safety lock; and defining "external safety lock" as a device attached to a firearm with a key or combination lock and designed to prevent a firearm from being discharged unless the device has been deactivated.
HB-916: Criminal Law - Weapon Crimes - Transporting Firearm in Checked Bag on Public Transportation
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure [HB-860]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting certain common carriers from damaging certain public infrastructure necessitating the closure of the infrastructure; establishing that a violation of the Act is a public nuisance; authorizing the State or a local government to bring a civil action against a common carrier for a violation under the Act; and providing that a common carrier that commits a violation may be liable to the State or local government for civil penalties of $1,000 per day for each day the public nuisance continues.
HB-860: Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 454 on 05/13/2025
Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity - Membership and Purposes [SB-560]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
Altering the membership of the Maryland Commission on Health Equity; and altering the purposes of the Commission to include employing a health equity framework to examine the impact of access to transportation, transit programs, and transit services and proximity to health care facilities and primary care providers on the health of residents of the State.
SB-560: Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity - Membership and Purposes
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
Repair the Transportation Trust Fund Act [HB-695]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; requiring that the Maryland Transit Administration achieve a certain farebox recovery requirement for certain transit services; etc.
HB-695: Repair the Transportation Trust Fund Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/28/2025
Property Tax - Property Adjacent to Rail Stations - Subclasses and Special Rates [SB-472]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, certain subclasses of real property located within 1 mile of a rail station and to set a special property tax rate for each subclass of the property.
SB-472: Property Tax - Property Adjacent to Rail Stations - Subclasses and Special Rates
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/26 At 2:15 P.m. (ways And Means) on 03/26/2025
Maryland Transit Administration - Purple Line - Free Ridership and Promotional Materials and Services [HB-527]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to develop and implement a program providing for the first month after transit service begins on the Purple Line, free ridership on Purple Line transit vehicles to individuals residing within a one-quarter-mile radius of the Purple Line track; and requiring the Administration to include, beginning on October 1, 2025, for 3 months after service on the Purple Lines begins promotional materials and services at no cost to small businesses located within a one-quarter-mile radius of the Purple Line track.
HB-527: Maryland Transit Administration - Purple Line - Free Ridership and Promotional Materials and Services
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 494 on 05/13/2025
Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration [HB-517]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration to study reorganizing the Maryland Transit Administration; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025; and requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Legislative Services, to submit to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House draft legislation to effectuate the recommendations of the Workgroup.
HB-517: Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 462 on 05/13/2025
Housing Development Act [HB-503]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to periodically establish housing production targets for the State and certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish housing production targets on its website and notify certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish an annual report assessing the progress of the State and certain local jurisdictions with meeting specified housing targets; establishing the Housing Opportunities Made Equitable Commission; etc.
HB-503: Housing Development Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/03/2025
Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act) [SB-430]
[Housing ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning to calculate certain regional housing infrastructure gaps; providing for the apportionment of regional housing infrastructure gaps to counties and incorporated municipalities; authorizing local jurisdictions to reduce local housing infrastructure gaps in a certain manner; establishing that certain local jurisdictions have an affirmative obligation to expeditiously approve housing development project applications; etc.
SB-430: Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
Relating To Transportation Services. [HB-862]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
Authorizes the use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for school bus services if certain conditions are met. (CD1)
HB-862: Relating To Transportation Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Act 140, On 05/30/2025 (gov. Msg. No. 1240). on 05/30/2025
Transportation - Maryland Area Rail Commuter Rail Authority - Establishment (MARC Rail Authority Act of 2025) [SB-401]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) Rail Authority and the powers and duties of the MARC Rail Authority, acting on behalf of the Department of Transportation, with respect to the supervision, construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of MARC railroad facilities projects; authorizing the MARC Rail Authority to issue certain revenue bonds to finance the cost of MARC railroad facilities; establishing the MARC Rail Authority Fund; and requiring certain funds and revenues to be deposited in the Fund.
SB-401: Transportation - Maryland Area Rail Commuter Rail Authority - Establishment (MARC Rail Authority Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/07/2025
Metro Funding Modification Act of 2025 [HB-467]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the calculation of the amount that the Governor is required to include in the annual State budget each year to provide grants to the Washington Suburban Transit District to pay the capital costs of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; making the Act contingent on enactment of certain legislation by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia; etc.
HB-467: Metro Funding Modification Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Favorable Report By Appropriations on 03/17/2025
Relating To Transportation. [SB-1025]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Animals ]
Allows service and non-service pet animals on mass transit vehicles under certain conditions.
SB-1025: Relating To Transportation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
The Committee On Tca Deferred The Measure. on 02/06/2025
Metro Funding Modification Act of 2025 [SB-384]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the calculation of the amount that the Governor is required to include in the annual State budget each year to provide grants to the Washington Suburban Transit District to pay the capital costs of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; making the Act contingent on enactment of certain legislation by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia; etc.
SB-384: Metro Funding Modification Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/20/2025
Relating To Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole. [SB-624]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requires certain public buildings near mass transit projects and on Hawaiian home lands to display a portrait of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole. (SD1)
SB-624: Relating To Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino
Reported From Hwn (stand. Com. Rep. No. 205) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/11/2025
Relating To Climate Change. [SB-586]
[Climate Change ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
Requires the counties to upgrade to zero emission buses by 2045. Requires the state agencies to prioritize zero emission buses in the procurement policy for purchasing or leasing motor vehicles. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-586: Relating To Climate Change.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Reported From Tca/aen (stand. Com. Rep. No. 237) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Cpn/wam. on 02/11/2025
State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System [HB-400]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Prohibiting the State and certain units and instrumentalities of the State from using any appropriation for a magnetic levitation transportation system in the State; and providing that the prohibition does not apply to certain expenditures for salaries.
HB-400: State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 2/14 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/29/2025