Transportation - Generally
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Washington Suburban Transit Commission - Montgomery County and Prince George's County Commissioners - Repeal of Term Limit PG/MC 111-22 [HB-535]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Repealing the prohibition against a Commissioner of the Washington Suburban Transit Commission serving more than two consecutive terms as it applies to Commissioners appointed by the County Executive of Montgomery County or the County Executive of Prince George's County.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 740 on 05/29/2022
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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Funding Formulas - Alteration (WMATA Dedicated Funding Amendment Act of 2022) [HB-438]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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 Alan Korman
House Conference Committee Appointed (delegates Korman, J. Lewis And Metzgar) on 04/01/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Airports - Commercial Activity - Rental Vehicles and Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing [HB-393]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing certain standards and requirements governing the provision of services and the granting of privileges by the Maryland Aviation Administration with respect to commercial activity undertaken by rental vehicle companies and peer-to-peer car sharing programs at State airports; establishing that the Administration's authority over commercial activity at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport extends to a commercial zone that is within a 7-mile radius of the main terminal; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/30/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - E-ZPass - Disputes of Charges and Fees [HB-335]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the terms and conditions of the Maryland Transportation Authority for E-ZPass accounts to allow a person to dispute any charges or fees for the use of a Maryland toll facility to the person's E-ZPass account within at least 1 year after the charge or fee is posted to the account.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 555 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System [HB-326]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
Prohibiting the State and certain units and instrumentalities of the State from using any appropriation for a magnetic levitation transportation system in the State; and providing that the prohibition does not apply to certain expenditures for salaries.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System [SB-359]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Prohibiting the State and certain units and instrumentalities of the State from using any appropriation for a magnetic levitation transportation system in the State; and providing that the prohibition does not apply to certain expenditures for salaries.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul G Pinsky
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 01/26/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Transportation – Vehicle Litter Reporting Program [SB-266]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Crime ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Vehicle Litter Reporting Program in the Department of Transportation; requiring the Program to operate a hotline to receive complaints of littering from motor vehicles and to send a letter to the registered motor vehicle owners about which the complaints of littering were received; and requiring the letter to state the negative impacts and costs of littering and that it is a crime punishable by certain penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 2/02 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/18/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Tax Credits - Employer-Provided Commuter Benefits - Expansion and Administration [SB-210]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Expanding the types of commuter benefits for which a business entity may claim a tax credit to include a certain carpool program, telework program, active transportation program, and multimodal commuter program; requiring the Department of Transportation to administer an application process for the tax credit; and limiting the total amount of tax credits that may be authorized each year to $1,000,000.
Sponsored by: Sen. Budget and Taxation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 118 on 04/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Transportation – Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle Bonds [SB-187]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Infrastructure ]
Repealing a requirement that the Capital Debt Affordability Committee include certain debt that is secured by future federal aid within its review of State tax supported debt; altering the calculation of the maximum amount of debt secured by future federal aid that the Department of Transportation may issue; increasing, from 12 years to 15 years, the maximum term of certain bonds; repealing the pledge of certain taxes to the payment of certain bonds secured by a pledge of future federal aid; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Budget and Taxation
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses [SB-23]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that equity be considered when State transportation plans, reports, and goals are developed; altering the membership of the advisory committee on State transportation goals, benchmarks, and indicators; requiring the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maryland Transportation Administration, to conduct certain analyses and consult with certain communities before announcing any reduction or cancellation of a certain project in the construction program of the Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Tolls - Civil Penalties [SB-59]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to waive certain civil penalties assessed for certain toll violations under certain circumstances; and requiring the Authority to reimburse certain civil penalties paid in error and notify certain individuals eligible for a certain reimbursement.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 448 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Airports - Commercial Activity - Rental Vehicles and Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing [SB-142]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing certain standards and requirements governing the provision of services and the granting of privileges by the Maryland Aviation Administration with respect to commercial activity undertaken by rental vehicle companies and peer-to-peer car sharing programs at State airports; establishing that the Administration's authority over commercial activity at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport extends to a commercial zone that is within a 7-mile radius of the main terminal; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela G Beidle
Hearing Canceled on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Conversion to Zero-Emission Buses (Zero-Emission Bus Transition Act Revisions) [SB-61]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide certain safety and workforce development training for its operations training workforce and its maintenance workforce; requiring the Administration's annual report on the implementation of the conversion of the State's transit bus fleet to zero-emission buses to include a plan that ensures certain employee protections and a certification that the Administration is adhering to the plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 463 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City – Complete Streets and Safe Routes to School Programs – Funding [HB-73]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring Baltimore City to spend, after recovering costs, the remaining balance of fines collected as a result of violations enforced by certain traffic and vehicle monitoring systems on activities eligible for funding under the State Highway Administration's Safe Routes to School Program or public safety or transportation infrastructure improvements consistent with the purpose and goals of the Complete Streets Program and the Complete Streets Transportation System; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 171 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Conversion to Zero-Emission Buses (Zero-Emission Bus Transition Act Revisions) [HB-10]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide certain safety and workforce development training for its operations training workforce and its maintenance workforce; requiring the Administration's annual report on the implementation of the conversion of the State's transit bus fleet to zero-emission buses to include a plan that ensures certain employee protections and a certification that the Administration is adhering to the plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses [HB-141]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring that equity be considered when State transportation plans, reports, and goals are developed; altering the membership of the advisory committee on State transportation goals; requiring the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maryland Transportation Administration, to conduct a transit equity analysis and consult with certain communities before announcing any reduction or cancellation of a capital expansion project in the construction program of the Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Governance, Funding, and Reporting [HB-1340]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Repealing the authority of the Secretary of Transportation's designee to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors to attend certain meetings on behalf of the Secretary; excluding certain increases to transit services from a certain calculation of the increase in total operating assistance; altering certain information that the Authority is required to submit to the Department of Transportation before the Governor is required to include a certain appropriation in the budget; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Appropriations
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/11/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Statewide Transit Plan – Western Maryland MARC Rail Extension Study [SB-869]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct a study and make recommendations on extending Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) rail service to western Maryland; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to incorporate the recommendations of the study into the Statewide Transportation Plan; requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2023; defining "Statewide Transit Plan"; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Department of Transportation – Vehicle Litter Reporting Program [SB-847]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Vehicle Litter Reporting Program in the Department of Transportation with the intent of deterring littering from motor vehicles; requiring the Program to operate a hotline to receive certain complaints of littering and to send a certain letter to certain motor vehicle owners; and generally relating to the Vehicle Litter Reporting Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/09/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Economic Development - Broadband Providers - Joint Trenching and Fee (Building Out Broadband Act of 2021) [SB-824]
[Telecommunications ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing a county or municipal corporation to adopt certain policies to advance progress of infrastructure, equipment, and systems needed to extend certain broadband access to underserved areas; requiring the Department of Transportation and units of local government to allow joint trenching by broadband providers under certain circumstances; exempting counties and municipal corporations within the jurisdiction of the Washington Suburban Sanitary District from certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 633 on 05/30/2021