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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Safe Access for All (SAFE) Roads Act of 2022 [SB-880]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, under certain circumstances, to recommend and implement certain design elements for pedestrian and bicycle safety when developing certain projects; requiring the Department to implement certain safety improvements for certain projects; requiring the State Highway Administration to conduct a certain analysis and study; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2022
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Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans – Use of Minority Business Enterprises [HB-909]
Requiring the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans to consider using minority business enterprises for investment advisor and fund manager services; requiring the Board to use the Office of State Procurement's website and the State's electronic procurement system to provide notice to potential providers; and requiring the Board, in consultation with a certain office, to identify entities that have been certified as minority business enterprises.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Lierman
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2022
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Economic Development - Sports Entertainment Facilities and Events, Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor Facilities, and Racing Facilities [HB-897]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue certain bonds to finance site acquisition, design, and construction of any portion of a certain sports entertainment facility, subject to certain limitations; authorizing the Authority to issue certain bonds to finance the planning, design, and construction of certain Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor facilities, subject to certain limitations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 61 on 04/12/2022
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Department of Transportation and Spending Affordability Committee – Reports [HB-891]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, on submission of the budget bill to the General Assembly, to provide certain committees of the General Assembly a certain report; extending, from December 1 to December 20, the date by which the Spending Affordability Committee must submit a certain report; requiring the Spending Affordability Committee to include certain information in a certain report; requiring the Consolidated Transportation Program to include certain tables; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 27 on 04/09/2022
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Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Office of Resilience [SB-630]
Establishing the Office of Resilience in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; requiring the Secretary of Emergency Management to appoint a Chief Resilience Officer to direct the Office of Resilience; and requiring the Office of Resilience to coordinate with appropriate State agencies and State entities to meet certain goals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 482 on 05/16/2022
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Primary and Secondary Schools - Bus Driver Wages - Study [HB-753]
Requiring the Governor's Workforce Development Board, on or before September 1, 2022, to evaluate, study, and identify certain issues relating to wages paid to certain bus drivers and report its findings to the governing body of each county and Baltimore City, each county board of education, including Baltimore City, the Governor, and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 662 on 05/29/2022
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Transportation of Persons With Disabilities - Transportation Network Companies - Employee Requirements and Study [SB-625]
Exempting certain employees of transportation network companies that provide transit service to persons with disabilities under contract with the Maryland Transit Administration from certain requirements relating to a certain criminal history records check and completion of a certain course; requiring transportation network companies that provide transit service to persons with disabilities under contract with the Administration to run certain annual background checks on certain employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2022
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Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service and State Parks - Alterations (Great Maryland Outdoors Act) [HB-727]
Addressing infrastructure, capacity, and accessibility needs within the Maryland Park Service and State parks, including establishing systems and processes for surveying infrastructure and critical maintenance needs, increasing the number of Maryland Park Service full-time employees, requiring the Department of Budget and Management to conduct certain staff reviews, and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to develop a certain capital improvement plan and a comprehensive long-range strategic plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/04/2022
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Montgomery County – Speed and School Bus Monitoring Systems MC 03–22 [HB-813]
Requiring Montgomery county to annually compile and make publicly available a report for the previous fiscal year on each school bus monitoring system operated by a local jurisdiction; requiring Montgomery County, in coordination with the Maryland Department of Transportation, to examine the data to determine the 10 school bus stop locations with the highest number of citations for passing a stopped school bus and implement operational alternatives for those stops; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 216 on 04/21/2022
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Department of Transportation and Spending Affordability Committee - Reports [SB-593]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, on submission of the budget bill to the General Assembly, to provide certain committees of the General Assembly a report on the estimated costs of certain projects; extending, from December 1 to December 20, the date by which the Spending Affordability Committee must submit a certain report; requiring the Spending Affordability Committee to include certain information in a certain report; requiring the Consolidated Transportation Program to include certain tables; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 563 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Office of Resilience [HB-706]
Establishing the Office of Resilience in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; requiring the Secretary of Emergency Management to appoint a Chief Resilience Officer to direct the Office of Resilience; and requiring the Office of Resilience to coordinate with appropriate State agencies and State entities to meet certain goals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Third Reading Passed (125-10) on 04/11/2022
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Conservation Finance Act [HB-653]
Providing that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain cost-sharing programs to participate in and receive compensation from greenhouse gas markets, carbon credits, or soil carbon programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 04/21/2022
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Baltimore East–West Corridor – Transit Study – Requirements [HB-632]
Requiring the State Department of Transportation, contingent on the receipt of federal funds, to promptly undertake all steps necessary to complete the design, engineering, and National Environmental Policy Act process and secure a record of decision for the Red Line transit project and a MARC rail extension to the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; requiring the Department to prepare a plan for the funding and financing of the construction and operation of the Red Line transit project and MARC rail extension; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/27/2022
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Safe Access for All (SAFE) Roads Act of 2022 [HB-656]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to recommend and implement certain design elements related to pedestrian and bicycle safety when developing certain projects; requiring the Governor, for fiscal year 2024, to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill for certain purposes; providing that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department maximize applications for and access to federal funding that is or may become available for infrastructure for pedestrian and bicycle safety; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/21/2022
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Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service and State Parks - Alterations (Great Maryland Outdoors Act) [SB-541]
Addressing infrastructure, capacity, and accessibility needs within the Maryland Park Service and State parks, including establishing systems and processes for surveying infrastructure and critical maintenance needs, increasing the number of Maryland Park Service full-time employees, requiring the Department of Budget and Management to conduct certain staff reviews, and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to develop a certain capital improvement plan and a comprehensive long-range strategic plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 39 on 04/09/2022
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Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 [SB-528]
Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions goals, establishing of a net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions goal, developing certain energy efficiency and emissions reduction requirements for certain buildings, requiring electric companies to increase their annual incremental gross energy savings, establishing certain zero-emission vehicle requirements for the State fleet, and establishing an electric school bus pilot program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 38 on 04/09/2022
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Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises - Revisions [SB-487]
Requiring a procurement officer, in an invitation for bids or a request for proposals, to include a certain summary of the factors used to determine the expected degree of minority business enterprise participation for the contract; requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, in collaboration with certain entities, to adopt by regulation criteria used to determine that a prime contractor has persistently failed to meet contract goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 156 on 04/21/2022
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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority – Funding Formulas – Alteration (WMATA Dedicated Funding Amendment Act of 2022) [SB-463]
Requiring the appropriation in the annual budget for the purpose of providing grants to pay the capital costs of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to equal at least the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2026; requiring, subject to a certain contingency, that a certain mandated appropriation be increased by 3% each year starting in fiscal year 2028; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 03/29/2022
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Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans - Use of Minority Business Enterprises [SB-458]
Requiring the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans to consider using minority business enterprises for investment advisor and fund manager services; requiring the Board to use the Office of State Procurement's website and the State's electronic procurement system to provide notice to potential providers; and requiring the Board, in consultation with a certain entity, to identify entities that have been certified as minority business enterprises under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 392 on 05/16/2022
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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Funding Formulas - Alteration (WMATA Dedicated Funding Amendment Act of 2022) [HB-438]
Requiring the appropriation in the annual budget for the purpose of providing grants to pay the capital costs of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to equal at least the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2026; requiring, subject to a certain contingency, that a certain mandated appropriation be increased by 3% each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
House Conference Committee Appointed (delegates Korman, J. Lewis And Metzgar) on 04/01/2022