Mass Transit
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure [HB-1126]
[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; and authorizing the State or a local government to bring a civil action against a common carrier for a violation under the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/13/2024
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Public Utilities - Transportation Network Service - Assessment Cap Increase [HB-1133]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Increasing the cap on the assessment a county or municipal corporation may impose on each transportation network service from 25 cents per trip to 50 cents per trip.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Emergency Services - Automated External Defibrillator and Naloxone Co-Location Initiative - Requirements for Public Buildings [SB-1099]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-located with each automated external defibrillator placed in a public building; establishing a certain immunity from liability for individuals who administer naloxone made available under the initiative in response to a known or suspected drug overdose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 764 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Motor Fuel Tax Rates, Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax, and Farebox Recovery Requirement (Transportation Equity, Fairness, and Privacy Act of 2024) [HB-1025]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bus Lane Obstruction - Monitoring Systems Expansion and Workgroup (Better Bus Service Act of 2024) [SB-943]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from parking or standing certain vehicles in a dedicated bus lane; making statewide the authority of a local jurisdiction to use, in accordance with certain standards and procedures, a bus lane monitoring system to enforce the prohibition against driving, standing, or parking a motor vehicle in a designated bus lane; and establishing the Workgroup on Curb Space Management.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 751 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - MobilityLink Paratransit Service Improvements - Study [SB-891]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
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; authorizing the Governor in fiscal year 2026 to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $150,000 for the study; and requiring the Institute to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and certain officials on or before July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 647 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Locally Operated Transit Systems - Mandatory Funding [HB-950]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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: Rep. Jared Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 652 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Motor Fuel Tax Rates, Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax, and Farebox Recovery Requirements (Transportation Equity, Fairness, and Privacy Act of 2024) [SB-841]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Favorable With Amendments {593127/1 Adopted on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Lottery Fund - Bus Rapid Transit Fund Distribution and Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor Facility Fund - Alterations [HB-764]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Repealing a certain limitation on the State Lottery Fund distribution and allocating an amount equal to $27,000,000 each fiscal year to the Bus Rapid Transit Fund for bus rapid transit system grants; adding an authorized use for the Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor Facility Fund; requiring the Maryland Stadium Authority, by December 15, 2024, to submit to certain committees of the General Assembly a report on all public and private development activities currently under construction in the Blue Line Corridor; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 483 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Monetary Relief [SB-666]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
Altering certain maximum amounts of monetary relief the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is authorized to award if the Commission finds that a respondent has engaged in a discriminatory act under provisions of law regarding public accommodations and persons licensed or regulated by the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring, by July 1, 2025, and by each July 1 for the next 4 years, the Commission to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the impact of the Act on persons against whom complaints have been filed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 344 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission [HB-685]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Aerospace ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Manufacturing ]
Establishing the Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission in the Department of Commerce to promote innovation in the fields of space exploration and commercial aerospace opportunities, including the integration of space, aeronautics, and aviation industries into the economy of the State; requiring the Commission to develop a strategic plan; requiring the Commission to designate aerospace and technology zones in the State; requiring the Commission to submit a certain report by October 1 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 622 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission [SB-516]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Aerospace ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Science ]
Establishing the Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission in the Department of Commerce to promote innovation in the fields of space exploration and commercial aerospace opportunities, including the integration of space, aeronautics, and aviation industries into the economy of the State; requiring the Commission to develop and annually update a certain strategic plan; and requiring the Commission, by October 1 each year, to submit a certain report to the Governor, the Maryland Economic Development Commission, and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 623 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Transportation Network Service - Assessment Cap Increase [SB-505]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Increasing the cap on the assessment a county or municipal corporation may impose on each transportation network service from 25 cents per trip to 50 cents per trip.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024) [HB-538]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Historic Property Revitalization Director as a position in the Department of Housing and Community Development; prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of certain manufactured homes or modular dwellings in a zoning district that allows single-family residential uses under certain circumstances; requiring local jurisdictions to allow an increase in density of certain qualified projects in certain districts or zones for certain properties; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 122 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Land Use - Affordable Housing - Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024) [SB-484]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of a certain manufactured home in certain residential zoning districts under certain circumstances; prohibiting a local jurisdiction from using an element of an adequate public facilities law to deny certain permits for certain State-funded affordable housing projects or other qualified projects or to restrict or limit the development of the projects in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Climate Change. [SB-2769]
[Climate Change ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Requires the state and counties to upgrade to zero emission buses by 2045. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Reported From Tca/aen (stand. Com. Rep. No. 2590) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Cpn/wam. on 02/16/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Housing Density. [SB-332]
[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. Henry Aquino
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023