Mass Transit
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [HB-352]
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Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; increasing the cap on the percentage that may be deducted from all open purses and paid to a certain organization; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 604 on 05/20/2025
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Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [SB-321]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; requiring certain groups of corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all members of the group; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Disability Reduced Fare Program - Renewal for Permanently Disabled Individuals [HB-450]
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[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to automatically renew the Disability Reduced Fare Program certification of an enrollee who is permanently disabled.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 560 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
United States of America - National Infrastructure Bank [SJR-2]
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[Economic Development ]
Urging the U.S. Congress to pass H.R. 4052 to establish a national infrastructure bank to finance urgently needed infrastructure projects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Buildings and State Highways - Collection and Disposal of Yard Waste [HB-338]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting a person from disposing of yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or State highway in a single-use plastic container; requiring a person to collect yard waste on the grounds of a State building or State highway in a container that will not be discarded with the yard waste or is a compostable paper bag; and requiring all yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or State highway to be disposed of in a certain manner under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax - Improvements to Property Adjacent to Rail Stations - Subclass, Special Rate, and Penalty [HB-330]
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[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, a subclass of real property consisting of improvements to real property located within 1 mile of a rail station and to set a special property tax rate for the property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to set, by law, a tax penalty against the total tax liability on the property for which a special tax rate has been set; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Locally Operated Transit Systems - Mandatory Funding - Inflation Adjustment (Local Transit Sustainability Act) [SB-20]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Inflation ]
Requiring that the amount that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill for the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program be adjusted for future fiscal years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [HB-1]
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[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop or identify and implement a training program for transportation sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking victims; requiring transportation sector employers to certify by January 1, 2027, and each year thereafter that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring new employees to receive training within 90 days of hiring; removing civil and criminal liability for reporting of suspected trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 437 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations [SB-190]
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Authorizing the Maryland Department of Transportation to establish transit-oriented development (TOD) corridor funds financed by revenue from county special taxing districts to benefit transit-oriented development; altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on certain land that is located within 0.5 miles of, or under certain circumstances, adjacent to, certain transit stations; exempting certain special taxes for the benefit of transit-oriented development from any county tax limitation or bond cap; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Transportation - Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle Bonds - Light Rail Replacement Vehicles [HB-105]
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Authorizing the Department of Transportation to use proceeds from the issuance of certain debt that is secured by future federal aid for replacing light rail transit vehicles and costs related to the replacement of the vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System [SB-55]
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[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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. (budget And Taxation) on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations [HB-80]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on certain land that is located within 0.25 miles of a rail transit station that receives at least hourly service on average from 8:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday; exempting certain transit-oriented development from certain provisions of State procurement law; and adding the use of project labor agreements as a scoring preference for projects financed by the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Transportation – Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [SB-7]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop or identify and implement a certain training program for transportation sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking victims; requiring transportation sector employers to certify by January 1, 2026, and each year thereafter that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring new employees to receive training within 90 days of hiring; removing civil and criminal liability for reporting of suspected trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
United States of America - National Infrastructure Bank [HJR-1]
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[Economic Development ]
Urging the U.S. Congress to pass H.R. 4052 to establish a national infrastructure bank to finance urgently needed infrastructure projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/26/2025
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Statewide Commuter Rail Study [HB-969]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Statewide Commuter Rail Study
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk
Passed 1st Reading on 05/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Major Change in Bus Service - Publication on Website [HB-1507]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Altering the information that the Maryland Transit Administration is required to publish on its website before holding a public hearing on a major service change to include certain demographic information, a summary of any publicly available minutes, records, or documents related to the service change, and a brief statement explaining the reason for the service change; and requiring the Administration to distribute the report to certain officials and entities, including each member of the General Assembly whose district would be impacted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 649 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Locally Operated Transit Systems - Mandatory Funding [SB-1125]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation from the Transportation Trust Fund of $80,533,314 for the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County - School Facilities and Public Safety Surcharges and Report - Sunset Extension [SB-1123]
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[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Property Tax ]
Extending the termination date for certain provisions of law that reduce the school facilities surcharge for certain multifamily housing, exempt certain dwelling units from the school facilities surcharge, authorize the governing body of Prince George's County to reduce the school facilities surcharge up to 50% for certain dwelling units, and require Prince George's County to conduct a certain review of certain surcharges and report its findings to certain persons in Prince George's County and the General Assembly by a certain date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Lottery Fund - Bus Rapid Transit Fund Distribution - Alterations [SB-1116]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Repealing a certain limitation on the distribution of up to a certain amount of money from the State Lottery Fund to the Bus Rapid Transit Fund for certain bus rapid transit system grants; and altering the circumstances for distributions from the Bus Rapid Transit Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - MobilityLink Paratransit Service Improvements - Study [HB-1199]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Institute at the University of Maryland to conduct a study to identify methods to improve the Maryland Transit Administration's ADA MobilityLink paratransit service; requiring the Institute to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and certain officials by July 1, 2025; and authorizing the Governor in fiscal year 2026 to include in the annual budget bill at least $150,000 for the study.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 646 on 05/09/2024