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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Trust Fund - Revenue and Distribution (Maryland Mobility Act of 2025) [SB-1043]
Imposing a 1% transportation trust fund surcharge on certain sales or uses in the State; providing that a certain annual budget request for certain modal units may not exceed a certain amount; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations for certain modal units of the Department of Transportation and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; altering the definition of "transportation facilities project" to include projects included in the Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/03/2025
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Alternative Fuel, Fuel-Efficient, and Electric Vehicles - Highway Use Fees [HB-1457]
Repealing the annual surcharge required to register a zero-emission vehicle or plug-in electric drive vehicle; requiring the owners of certain alternative fuel vehicles, fuel-efficient vehicles, and plug-in electric drive vehicles to pay an annual highway use fee for each vehicle registered; establishing a voluntary annual Mileage-Based User Fee Program within the Department of Transportation; allowing the owners of certain vehicles to participate in the Program in lieu of paying the annual highway use fee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 02/14/2025
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Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Revisions [HB-1427]
Altering the membership of the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council to include the Secretary of State Police or the Secretary's designee; requiring the Council to study and make recommendations on safety design elements and the reliability of charging stations and submit a final report of its work to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 30, 2026; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Favorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation-Related Tolls - Installment Payment Plans [HB-1465]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority and the Department of Transportation to establish programs to offer income-based installment payment plans for the payment of certain tolls, penalties, and fines in excess of $250.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Silver Spring Purple Line Construction Zone Parking Improvement Grant Program MC 16-25 [HB-1206]
Establishing the Silver Spring Purple Line Construction Zone Parking Improvement Grant Program; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, to include an appropriation of $50,000 in the annual budget bill for the Grant Program; requiring the Department of Transportation to distribute funds appropriated for the Grant Program to Montgomery County; requiring Montgomery County to implement a process to award grants to business associations to be used to improve parking in Downtown Silver Spring; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland Transportation Authority - Tolls - Collection and Use (Maryland Toll Rate Reform Act of 2025) [HB-1068]
Establishing the Transportation Facilities Overage Account in the Transportation Trust Fund; requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to fix, revise, charge, and collect fees, tolls, and other charges for the use of transportation facilities under its control to maximize revenues above certain amounts and to distribute the additional revenues to the Transportation Facilities Overage Account for certain purposes; and establishing certain standards under which the Authority is required to set certain toll rates.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [HB-1037]
Establishing the Integrated Resource Planning Office in the Public Service Commission; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Energy Forecast and conduct a certain study to support the development of the Forecast; requiring the Office, in consultation with the Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration, to complete certain energy modeling; and requiring the Commission, in consultation with the Office, to adopt regulations requiring each electric company to develop a certain integrated resource plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Hearing 2/28 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Public Transit Service and Stations - Exclusion for Assault and Bodily Injury [HB-1144]
Providing that a person alleged to have committed an assault or other intentional act causing bodily injury may not board a State public transit service or enter a State public transit service station for a certain period of time and under certain circumstances; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is subject to prosecution for trespassing etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - Definition of First Responders [SB-805]
Altering the definition of the term "first responder" as it relates to the 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System to include emergency response technicians, facility maintenance technicians, and vehicle services and recovery technicians employed by the Department of Transportation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Extension and Reports [SB-829]
Altering the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to offshore wind projects and video lottery terminals; and altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Referred Health And Government Operations on 03/13/2025
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Aviation Oversight - BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Master Plan [SB-973]
Requiring the Maryland Aviation Commission to adopt, rather than approve for adoption by the Executive Director of the Maryland Aviation Administration, regulations for the operation of the State-owned airports; altering requirements for meetings and a quorum of the Commission; altering certain powers and duties of the Administration and the Commission; requiring certain contracts to be approved by the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Transportation-Related Fines and Tolls - Income-Based Installment Payment Plans [SB-941]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority and the Department of Transportation to establish programs to offer income-based installment payment plans for the payment of certain tolls, penalties, and fines in excess of $250.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [SB-909]
Establishing the Integrated Resource Planning Office in the Public Service Commission; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Energy Forecast and conduct a certain study to support the development of the Forecast; requiring the Office, in consultation with the Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration, to complete certain energy modeling; and requiring the Commission, in consultation with the Office, to adopt regulations requiring each electric company to develop a certain integrated resource plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/28 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Transportation - Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program - Equitable Distribution of Funds [HB-965]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Extension and Reports [HB-991]
Altering the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to offshore wind projects and video lottery terminals; and altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (130-8) on 03/13/2025
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Maryland Department of Transportation - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Expansion - Plans and Programs [HB-897]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to make certain estimations and determinations regarding electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to develop plans and implement programs to increase the electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Study on Speed Limits - Interstate 495 and Connected Highways [SB-559]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the implications of requiring the speed limit to deviate by only 5 miles per hour at locations where a highway in the State connects to Interstate 495; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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State Property Tax - Transportation Funding (Transportation Funding Act of 2025) [HB-641]
Requiring the Governor, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to submit each year to the Board of Public Works and the General Assembly a proposal for a State property tax to support transportation projects and programs; requiring, on or before February 15 each year, the Board of Public Works to approve, reject, or modify the proposed State property tax; imposing a State property tax at the rates and on the classes and subclasses of property that the Board of Public Works approves; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/28/2025
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Procurement - Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority Contracts - Board of Public Works Authority [HB-578]
Authorizing the Board of Public Works to control certain procurement contracts by the Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority valued at or above $500,000.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/21/2025
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Real Estate Development and Highway Rights-of-Way - Installation of Broadband Micro Conduits and Microducts [HB-626]
Requiring the installation of micro conduits in any utility easement and building power or telecommunication rooms during the new construction or major improvement of certain commercial and residential premises; requiring that buried fiber optic cable installed in a highway right-of-way include conduit containing at least seven microducts; requiring the Department of Transportation or a unit of local government to ensure a broadband service provider has access to the conduit on a neutral and nondiscriminatory basis; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025