Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses [HB-311]
Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances.
HB-311: Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Simpson
Favorable With Amendments {933723/1 Adopted on 04/08/2024
Confined Aquatic Disposal Task Force [SB-353]
Establishing the Confined Aquatic Disposal Task Force to study and review the overall concept, viability, and available options associated with confined aquatic disposal programs to meet the long-term dredged material placement needs of the State and the financial, economic, and environmental impacts of confined aquatic disposal; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations on or before July 1, 2025, to a certain executive committee and certain committees of the General Assembly.
SB-353: Confined Aquatic Disposal Task Force
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
Task Force to Study Paratransit in Maryland [SB-331]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Paratransit in Maryland; requiring the Task Force to study paratransit in the State, including current, needed, and expected funding for paratransit, reasons for current funding and spending gaps, and the role public-private partnerships could play in meeting funding and service gaps; and requiring the Task Force to report, on or before June 30, 2025, its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.
SB-331: Task Force to Study Paratransit in Maryland
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/15/2024
Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions [SB-96]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the State to opt in to text, phone, e-mail, or regular mail notifications regarding any facility with a pending or final permit approval in or adjacent to the resident's census tract; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; etc.
SB-96: Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
Driver's Licenses - Suspension for Child Support Arrearages - Exception [SB-139]
Establishing a certain exception to the authority of the Child Support Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive if the obligor's income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines; and authorizing the Child Support Administration to consider certain information in determining the income of an obligor under the Act.
SB-139: Driver's Licenses - Suspension for Child Support Arrearages - Exception
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Favorable Report By Judiciary on 04/05/2024
Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024) [HB-198]
Repealing, for certain fiscal years, the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation withhold 35% of the State's share of annual operating grants for the Washington Suburban Transit District if the State's operating assistance provided in the approved Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority budget increases by more than 3% over the total operating assistance provided in the prior fiscal year.
HB-198: Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 534 on 05/09/2024
Workgroup to Study School Bus Safety (Maryland School Bus Safety Act of 2024) [HB-95]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study School Bus Safety; requiring the Workgroup to identify issues related to safety for and behavior of students and bus drivers on buses driven to or from a primary or secondary school in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the governing body of each county and Baltimore City, each county board of education, including Baltimore City, the Governor, and the General Assembly by June 30, 2025.
HB-95: Workgroup to Study School Bus Safety (Maryland School Bus Safety Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) And Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2024
Vehicle Laws - Bus Lane Obstruction - Monitoring Systems Expansion (Better Bus Service Act of 2024) [HB-107]
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; etc.
HB-107: Vehicle Laws - Bus Lane Obstruction - Monitoring Systems Expansion (Better Bus Service Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/08/2024
Maryland Department of Transportation - Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response [SB-153]
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.
SB-153: Maryland Department of Transportation - Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024) [SB-126]
Repealing, for certain fiscal years, the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation withhold 35% of the State's share of annual operating grants for the Washington Suburban Transit District if the State's operating assistance provided in the approved Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority budget increases by more than 3% over the total operating assistance provided in the prior fiscal year; and requiring the Secretary to withhold 35% of the State's share of grants for the District under certain circumstances.
SB-126: Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 533 on 05/09/2024
Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications [HB-24]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to perform a certain environmental justice evaluation of certain environmental permit applications under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to take certain actions on certain environmental permit applications based on certain findings to address environmental concerns; requiring the Department to maintain a publicly accessible website, part of a website, or application that identifies pending permit applications with specific census tracts; etc.
HB-24: Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (103-36) on 03/18/2024
Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [HB-148]
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.
HB-148: Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Reassigned To Judicial Proceedings on 03/25/2024
Consolidated Transportation Program - Indian Head Highway - Conversion Into Limited Access Highway [SB-173]
Requiring the Secretary of Transportation to include sufficient funds in the Consolidated Transportation Program for fiscal year 2025 and beyond for the planning, design, and reconstruction necessary for the conversion of Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County into a limited access highway; and requiring, by December 31, 2024, a report to the General Assembly on a timeline and the estimated costs for the conversion of Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) into a limited access highway.
SB-173: Consolidated Transportation Program - Indian Head Highway - Conversion Into Limited Access Highway
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/10/2024
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses [SB-174]
Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances.
SB-174: Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Third Reading Passed (104-30) on 04/08/2024
Transportation - Maryland Transportation Authority - Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Accessibility [HB-135]
Repealing a prohibition on pedestrians using a highway of the Maryland Transportation Authority; altering a prohibition on bicycles using an Authority highway; requiring the Authority to construct separated or buffered bicycle ways and pedestrian walkways in certain locations under certain circumstances; providing for a waiver from requirements under the Act; requiring the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee to review waiver requests under the Act and provide recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation; etc.
HB-135: Transportation - Maryland Transportation Authority - Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Accessibility
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/01/2024
Transportation - Study on Speed Limits - Interstate 495 and Connected Highways [SB-963]
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, 2023.
SB-963: Transportation - Study on Speed Limits - Interstate 495 and Connected Highways
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2023