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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Trust Fund - Revenue and Distribution (Maryland Mobility Act of 2025) [SB-1043]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
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 C. 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]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
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 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Revisions [HB-1427]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
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
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation-Related Tolls - Installment Payment Plans [HB-1465]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to establish programs to offer installment payment plans for the payment of certain tolls, in excess of $300.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 527 on 05/13/2025
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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]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
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 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) [HB-1036]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 624 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Tolls - Collection and Use (Maryland Toll Rate Reform Act of 2025) [HB-1068]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
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]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Strategic Energy Planning Office; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Wholesale Energy Markets and Bulk Power System Risk Report and examine certain scenarios to support the development of the Risk Report; requiring the Risk Report to assess wholesale energy market financial resource adequacy and reliability risks and to identify any necessary cost-effective solutions that ensure electric system reliability while meeting the State's energy policy goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian M. Crosby
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Public Transit Service and Stations - Exclusion for Assault and Bodily Injury [HB-1144]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a person alleged by a public transit operator to have committed an assault or other intentional act causing bodily injury may be prohibited from using a State public transit service or entering a State public transit service station; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to create a rider code of conduct and implement a comprehensive internal safety program to strengthen protection for operators and passengers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 542 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - Definition of First Responders [SB-805]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
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 T. 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]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to public-private partnerships, offshore wind projects, video lottery terminals, and sports wagering licenses; and altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 621 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Aviation Oversight - BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Master Plan [SB-973]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Air Quality ]
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 K. Lam
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation-Related Tolls - Installment Payment Plans [SB-941]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to establish programs to offer installment payment plans for the payment of unpaid video tolls and civil penalties in excess of $300.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [SB-909]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Strategic Energy Planning Office; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Wholesale Energy Markets and Bulk Power System Risk Report and examine certain scenarios to support the development of the Risk Report; requiring the Risk Report to assess wholesale energy market financial resource adequacy and reliability risks and to identify any necessary cost-effective solutions that ensure electric system reliability while meeting the State's energy policy goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) [SB-931]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 623 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M 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]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to public-private partnerships, offshore wind projects, video lottery terminals, and sports wagering licenses; and altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 620 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Transportation - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Expansion - Plans and Programs [HB-897]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
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 H. 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]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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 C. Benson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Property Tax - Transportation Funding (Transportation Funding Act of 2025) [HB-641]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
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