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Transportation - Generally

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
SB-1027	State (Maryland)	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. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	State Government - Agencies, Offices, And Officials Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Airports General Assembly Governor Highways Mass Transit Motor Vehicle Administration Ports
HB-1236	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to engage in good-faith negotiations with certain jurisdictions and train companies to reach an agreement on a pilot program to establish Maryland Area Regional Commuter train service between Union Station in the District of Columbia and Alexandria Station, Virginia; requiring the Administration to engage in negotiations with Delaware and certain train companies to reach an agreement on a pilot program to establish train service between Perryville, Maryland and Newark, Delaware; etc. Democrat: 94% (32) Republican: 5% (2) 94% Democrat support 5% Republican support	Transportation - Generally Commuters District Of Columbia Interstate Affairs Railroads Reports Sunset Transportation, Department Of Unions Work, Labor And Employment
HB-1432	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration to study the feasibility of using the navigable waters of the Chesapeake Bay as a water transportation network to link waterfront communities along the Chesapeake Bay; requiring the Department and the Administration to prepare an inventory of certain facilities on the Chesapeake Bay and to estimate the cost of implementing a certain network; requiring a certain report be made to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 30, 2022; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Boats And Ships Chesapeake Bay Marinas Mass Transit Piers And Docks Ports Prices Reports Sunset
HB-1212	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting the Department of the Environment, the Department of Transportation, and the State Highway Administration from holding a certain public hearing on a certain permit or issuing a certain permit unless a certain public hearing is held; requiring the public hearing to be located within 10 miles of the site for which a permit is being sought; and requiring certain State agencies and local jurisdictions to attend the public hearing and be available to answer certain questions. Democrat: 83% (15) Republican: 16% (3) 83% Democrat support 16% Republican support	Environment Transportation - Highways Transportation - Generally Building Permits Environment, Department Of The Environmental Health Examinations Hearings State Highway Administration Noise
HB-1159	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration, on or before October 1, 2021, to prepare corridor studies for at least three corridors prioritized in the Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan as early opportunity corridors; requiring the Administration to publish a progress report on the implementation of the Plan; requiring the corridor studies and progress report to include certain information and be completed by certain dates; requiring the Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan Commission to meet at certain intervals; etc. Democrat: 100% (11) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Boundaries Committees And Commissions Communications Commuters Construction Data Examinations Investigations And Inquiries
HB-1440	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to make available to opioid treatment programs monthly transit passes that are for use by patients of opioid treatment programs who qualify for the administration's Disabled Reduced Fare Program and may be issued to patients on site at opioid treatment programs by staff; requiring the passes to be made available at a reduced price that reflects the price of a monthly pass issued under the Disabled Reduced Fare Program as of October 1, 2020; etc. Democrat: 85% (6) Republican: 14% (1) 85% Democrat support 14% Republican support	Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Commuters Controlled Dangerous Substances Disabilities Mass Transit Medical Treatments Opioids Patients Prices
HB-1367	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on extending Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) commuter rail service to western Maryland; requiring the Department to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters; requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2022; etc. Republican: 39% (9) Democrat: 60% (14) 39% Republican support 60% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Allegany County Commuters Hagerstown Mass Transit Natural Resources, Department Of Prices Railroads Reports Sunset
HB-1234	State (Maryland)	Authorizing a county board of education to provide transportation to and from school for certain students using a vehicle other than a Type I or Type II school vehicle when a school vehicle cannot reasonably be provided; and requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with county boards of education and the Motor Vehicle Administration, to adopt certain regulations. Unaffiliated: 14% (1) Republican: 71% (5) Democrat: 14% (1) 14% Unaffiliated support 71% Republican support 14% Democrat support	Primary And Secondary Education Transportation - Generally Age Calvert County Education Foster Care Indigent Persons Motor Vehicles Private Schools Public Schools
HB-1384	State (Maryland)	Limiting, to at a minimum from 6 a.m. to midnight, the hours during which a certain person in possession of a vehicle that has been towed or removed from a parking lot is required to provide an opportunity for the vehicle owner or the owner's agent to retake possession of the vehicle; and altering a certain signage requirement imposed on the owner or operator of a parking lot relating to hours during which a towed vehicle may be reclaimed. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Motor Vehicles Parking Signs And Billboards Storage Time Towing
HB-1526	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Transportation Carbon Reduction Fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; establishing the Transportation and Climate Initiative Workgroup; stating the purpose of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to perform certain studies, consult with certain stakeholders, develop certain recommendations, and implement certain processes; etc. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Operating Budget Bicycles Boundaries Budgets Buses Committees And Commissions Commuters Data Death
HB-1238	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting the construction of a certain transportation project involving a magnetic levitation propulsion system without a certain informed consent of a majority of the governing bodies of the affected counties; requiring a project owner to provide to each governing body of an affected county a bond that is subject to certain requirements; etc. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Renewable Energy Sources Bonds Communications Construction Counties Damages Liability Mass Transit Railroads
HB-1405	State (Maryland)	Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution authorizing the General Assembly to increase items relating to the construction and maintenance of an adequate highway system in the State or any other purpose related to transportation in the budget bill, subject to a certain limitation; providing for the veto of certain budget bill items; providing for the reversion to original appropriations of certain vetoed items in the budget bill; providing that certain vetoed items in the budget bill shall be void; etc. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Highways Transportation - Generally
HB-1184	State (Maryland)	Requiring the driver of a vehicle to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian; requiring the driver of a vehicle to maintain a passing distance of not less than 3 feet when overtaking pedestrians, unless a passing clearance of less than 3 feet is caused solely by the pedestrian, or unless the highway on which the vehicle is being driven is not wide enough to lawfully pass a pedestrian at a distance of at least 3 feet; prohibiting a person from throwing any object at or in the direction of any pedestrian; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Transportation - Generally Boundaries Highways Injury Motor Vehicles Motor Vehicle Operation Pedestrians Safety
HB-1525	State (Maryland)	Requiring the pay scale for a certain physician position in a certain facility to be the same as the pay scale for a certain psychiatrist position; requiring certain nursing positions to receive a certain upward adjustment in their pay scales when there is an upward adjustment to the pay scales for initial appointments to certain positions; requiring the pay scale for security attendants at a certain facility to be at least equal to the pay scale for correctional officers; etc. Democrat: 100% (5) 100% Democrat support	Public Health State Government - Personnel Transportation - Generally Correctional Officers Health Care Facilities Health, Department Of Hospitals Job Training Nurses Nursing Assistants
SB-755	State (Maryland)	Establishing that an entity operating a school bus under a contract with the Harford County Board of Education to provide student transportation services may not be held liable beyond the limits of the entity's insurance coverage under the contract with the Harford County Board of Education through the Maryland Association of Boards of Education in any suit that arises from a vehicular accident or an act or omission of an officer, a director, or an employee of the entity except under certain circumstances; etc. Republican: 50% (1) Unaffiliated: 50% (1) 50% Republican support 50% Unaffiliated support	Primary And Secondary Education Transportation - Generally Accidents Contracts Education, Boards Of Harford County Insurance Liability Negligence Safety
HB-876	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration, in partnership with certain stakeholders, to develop and implement a Purple Line marketing plan designed to generate early interest in and promote use of the Purple Line; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill $1,000,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund for the marketing plan in fiscal years 2021 through 2024; requiring the Administration, by December 31, 2020, 2021, and 2022, to submit a certain report to certain standing committees of the General Assembly; etc. Democrat: 100% (3) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Advertising Appropriations Bicycles Budgets Buses Committees And Commissions Communications Commuters
SB-705	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to make available to opioid treatment programs monthly transit passes that are for use by patients of opioid treatment programs who qualify for the administration's Disabled Reduced Fare Program and may be issued to patients on site at opioid treatment programs by staff; requiring the passes to be made available at a reduced price that reflects the price of a monthly pass issued under the Disabled Reduced Fare Program as of October 1, 2020; etc. Democrat: 50% (1) Republican: 50% (1) 50% Democrat support 50% Republican support	Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Commuters Controlled Dangerous Substances Disabilities Mass Transit Medical Treatments Opioids Patients Prices
SB-668	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration, in cooperation with certain stakeholders, to develop and implement a Purple Line marketing plan designed to generate early interest in and promote use of the Purple Line; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill $500,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund for the marketing plan in fiscal year 2021; requiring the Administration, by December 31, 2021, to submit a certain report to certain standing committees of the General Assembly; etc. Democrat: 100% (5) 100% Democrat support	Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Advertising Appropriations Bicycles Budgets Buses Committees And Commissions Communications Commuters
SB-639	State (Maryland)	Requiring the pay scale for certain physician positions in a certain facility to be the same as the pay scale for certain psychiatrist positions; requiring certain nursing positions to receive a certain upward adjustment in their pay scales when there is an upward adjustment to the pay scales for initial appointments to certain positions; requiring the pay scale for security attendants at a certain facility to be at least equal to the pay scale for correctional officers; etc. Democrat: 100% (16) 100% Democrat support	Public Health State Government - Personnel Transportation - Generally Health Health Care Facilities Health Occupations Medical Treatments Motor Vehicle Administration Nurses Physicians
HB-748	State (Maryland)	Codifying the Bikeways Network Program; specifying that the Program is to provide grant support for bicycle network development activities; requiring the Department of Transportation to establish application and eligibility criteria for the Program; and renaming the Program to be the Kim Lamphier Bikeways Network Program. Democrat: 88% (31) Republican: 11% (4) 88% Democrat support 11% Republican support	Transportation - Generally Administrative Agencies Appropriations Bicycles Bicycles Budgets Codes Committees And Commissions Communications Governor

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