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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council – Membership [SB-950]
Altering the composition of the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council to include a representative of a light-duty plug-in electric drive vehicle manufacturer and a heavy-duty plug-in electric drive vehicle manufacturer and the Secretary of General Services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/10/2023
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Transit - Grant Funding for Local Service - Alterations [SB-939]
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]
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
Maryland Department of Transportation - Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [HB-1053]
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
Workgroup to Study School Bus Safety (Maryland School Bus Safety Act of 2023) [HB-1137]
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, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation – Consolidated Transportation Program – Scoring [HB-1052]
Requiring that certain goals and measures used to score certain transportation projects be within certain parameters; altering the goals and measures of the Consolidated Transportation Program; requiring that certain calculations used to score transportation projects be posted on the Department's website and the appendix of the Consolidated Transportation Program; establishing the Workgroup on the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings by September 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System - Purchase of Service [SB-633]
Allowing certain former members of the Employees' Pension System to purchase credit for eligibility service for certain employment with the State for which the former members are not entitled to credit; and providing for the manner in which to purchase the service credit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 3/02 At 8:30 A.m. on 02/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Transportation – Heads of Business Units – Appointment and Senate Confirmation [SB-630]
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
Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Prohibition on Trailers in Contraflow Lanes - Study [HB-659]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the implications and feasibility of prohibiting vehicles with a semitrailer, pole trailer, or trailer from using a contraflow lane on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge; and requiring the Department to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation – Commission to Study Establishing a Baltimore Regional Transit Authority [SB-465]
Establishing a Commission to Study Establishing a Baltimore Regional Transit Authority; requiring the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of establishing a Baltimore Regional Transit Authority; and requiring the Commission to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 31, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Third Reading Passed (41-5) on 04/04/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Procurement - Small Procurement - Definition [HB-543]
Increasing certain dollar thresholds of spending for the purposes of defining "small procurement" for State procurement contracts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 161 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation - Citizens Committee for the Enhancement of Communities Surrounding BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport - Modification [SB-356]
Altering the membership and duties of the Citizens Committee for the Enhancement of Communities Surrounding Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to include the development and advancement of additional categories of projects; and increasing the amount in the annual budget for the State Department of Transportation designated by the State Secretary of Transportation for certain grants from $1 to $2 for every takeoff and landing of an aircraft that occurs at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport for the most recent calendar year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation – Commission to Study Establishing a Baltimore Regional Transit Authority [HB-491]
Establishing a Commission to Study Establishing a Baltimore Regional Transit Authority; requiring the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of establishing a Baltimore Regional Transit Authority; and requiring the Commission to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 31, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) And Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Transportation – Heads of Business Units – Appointment and Senate Confirmation [HB-485]
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: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation - Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs and Transportation Improvement Programs - Equity Impacts [HB-341]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to include in the statewide transportation improvement program analyses of how the transportation improvement program my impact low-income communities and minority communities; and requiring a metropolitan planning organization to include in a transportation improvement program analyses of how the transportation improvement program my impact low-income communities and minority communities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Transportation – Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response [SB-203]
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 suspected child exploitation and human trafficking; requiring transportation-sector employers to certify that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring certain transportation-sector employers to establish procedures for reporting suspected child exploitation and human trafficking to certain entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2023
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Highway finances. [SB-448]
Highway finances. Reduces the required percentage amount of the motor vehicle highway account distributions that counties, cities, and towns must use for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of highways from 50% in current law to 40% in calendar years beginning January 1, 2024, and ending December 31, 2025. Provides that, for a period in which the reduction applies, the term "preservation" includes both snow removal and expenditures for deicing road salt or similar deicing agents. Requires counties, cities, and towns that apply the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Blake Doriot
Authored By Senator Doriot on 01/19/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act [SB-151]
Repealing the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to designate a transit-oriented development; establishing the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund to promote the equitable and inclusive development of transit-oriented developments; authorizing the Department of Transportation to use the Fund to provide certain financial assistance to local jurisdictions; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2025 an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Third Reading Passed (36-11) on 04/06/2023
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Construction of certain intersections. [SB-352]
Construction of certain intersections. Provides that the Indiana department of transportation (department) may not engage in planning or perform construction to install a roundabout or a reduced conflict intersection until the department has received input and approval from the legislative body of the unit that has control over the intersection or junction where the roundabout or reduced conflict intersection would be located.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Byrne
Authored By Senator Byrne on 01/12/2023
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
INDOT InCORS funding. [SB-249]
INDOT InCORS funding. Appropriates $900,000 to the Indiana department of transportation (INDOT) for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, to be used by the land survey department of INDOT's land and aerial survey office to upgrade Indiana continuously operating reference stations (InCORS) that provide global navigation satellite system carrier phase and code range measurements in support of three-dimensional positioning activities throughout Indiana.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Buck
Senator Crider Added As Coauthor on 02/02/2023