Mass Transit
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [HB-148]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop and implement a certain training program for certain transportation-sector employees on the identification and reporting of human trafficking victims; requiring, by January 1, 2025, and each January 1 thereafter, employers to certify that all their employees have completed the training; requiring employers to provide a new employee with the required training within 90 days after the date of hire; requiring employers to establish certain reporting procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Reassigned To Judicial Proceedings on 03/25/2024
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State Buildings and State Highways - Collection of Yard Waste [HB-173]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from disposing of yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or a State highway in a single-use plastic container; requiring a person to collect yard waste on the grounds of a State building or a State highway in a container that will not be discarded with the yard waste or is a compostable paper bag; and providing that the Act does not apply to a person disposing of noxious weeds, as designated by the Department of Agriculture, or invasive species.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Passenger Rail Capital and Service Grant Fund [HB-643]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Passenger Rail Capital and Service Grant Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Becky Carney
Passed 1st Reading on 04/18/2023
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Transportation for the Future Act [HB-582]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Transportation for the Future Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk
Passed 1st Reading on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transit - Grant Funding for Local Service - Alterations [SB-939]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Inflation ]
Establishing the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program; authorizing program funds to be sourced from federal and State public transportation programs; requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2025, the total grants for locally operated transit service to exceed the total for fiscal year 2019, adjusted for inflation; requiring the Department of Transportation to make a certain adjustment in a subsequent fiscal year to reflect the actual inflation rate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/17/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transit - Grant Funding for Local Service - Alterations [HB-1125]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program in the Department of Transportation; and authorizing program funds to be sourced from federal and State public transportation programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 508 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore East-West Corridor - Property Acquisition - Prohibiting Involuntary Residential Displacement [HB-1221]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Transit Administration, in conducting the Red Line transit project, from acquiring any real property for planning, construction, operation, or maintenance of the Red Line if the acquisition would result in involuntary residential displacement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Transportation - Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [HB-1053]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop and implement a certain training program for certain transportation-sector employees, taxicab drivers, and transportation network operators on the identification and reporting of suspected child exploitation and human trafficking; requiring certain transportation-sector employers to establish procedures for reporting suspected child exploitation and human trafficking to certain entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Maryland RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act [HB-1138]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the statute of limitations for a certain civil action for damages resulting from a certain pattern of racketeering activity; prohibiting a person from participating in certain racketeering activity; authorizing the filing of and establishing procedures for civil actions for injunctive relief and damages arising out of certain racketeering activity; and establishing procedures for the forfeiture of property connected to certain racketeering activity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation – Assaults on Public Transit Operators – Report [HB-1049]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to submit a report by December 1, 2023, and each year thereafter on assaults on public transit operators to each local executive authority, the State's Attorney for each county, and certain committees of the General Assembly; and requiring the report to include information on the nature of each assault, the mode of transit involved, the location of the assault, whether the police were involved, and the outcome of any investigation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 502 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Land Use - Development of Neglected Property PG 406-23 [HB-1026]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing Prince George's County to exercise powers of eminent domain to acquire and develop or redevelop, for a public purpose, certain neglected property located in the county that has been designated as a transit-oriented development and is located within a business improvement district; and prohibiting land or property taken by the county through the use of eminent domain under the provisions of the Act to be taken without just compensation, as agreed on between the parties, or awarded by a jury.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 424 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Service Near Regional Transit Districts and Neighborhood Centers in Prince George's County - Contracts MC/PG 111-23 [HB-872]
[Water ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to enter into contracts with the District of Columbia or the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a water supply, sewer, or drainage system for certain property located within a certain distance of a certain mass transit rail station and a regional transit district or neighborhood center in Prince George's County; and requiring that a contract entered into under the Act include and address certain items.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 241 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Prince George’s County – Commercial Property – Right of Purchase PG 405–23 [HB-850]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring the District Council of Prince George's County to notify and consider comments of the governing body of the municipality in which certain property is located before the sale of certain commercial property; and providing that a certain governing body has the preemptive right to the purchase of certain commercial property under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program and Climate Impact Health Coverage Program – Establishment [HB-915]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for certain climate change adaptive or mitigation infrastructure projects and efforts to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individuals - Intake and Release (Reentry Success Act) [HB-877]
[Crime ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Division of Correction to provide screening for and access to certain mediation for an incarcerated individual; requiring the Division to work with an incarcerated individual to ensure access to medication, social service programs, and public transportation at the time of the incarcerated individual's release; and requiring a State transit system or transit system partially funded by the State to provide the Division with transit passes for use by released incarcerated individuals at no cost to the Division.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
First Reading Judiciary on 02/09/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Off-Street Parking Requirements Near Mass Transit Stations MC/PG 106-23 [HB-819]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting the Montgomery County district council from adopting or enforcing a local law that requires the creation of new off-street parking for a residential development that is located within a 0.25-mile radius of a present or planned Metro or Purple Line station.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore Regional Transit Commission - Establishment [HB-794]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Baltimore Regional Transit Commission to review and comment on annual budget requests of the Maryland Transit Administration, updates to the Central Maryland Transportation Plan, and certain annual reports and to perform other oversight and advocacy duties related to Baltimore region transit services; and requiring the Commission, by December 1 each year, to report its findings and recommendations on the Baltimore region transit systems to the Administration, the Governor, and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 504 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program and Climate Impact Health Coverage Program – Establishment [SB-843]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for certain climate change adaptive or mitigation infrastructure projects and efforts to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) And Hearing Canceled (finance) on 03/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Transportation – Heads of Business Units – Appointment and Senate Confirmation [SB-630]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
First Reading Executive Nominations on 02/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration – Fare Price Requirements – Alterations [SB-617]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Repealing certain requirements that the Maryland Transit Administration increase fares for certain transit services according to the Consumer Price Index; and repealing certain provisions prohibiting the Administration from increasing fares under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 483 on 05/08/2023