Transportation - Generally
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program - Equitable Distribution of Funds [HB-965]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2027, the Department of Transportation to establish a method to determine funding under the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program that will result in a fair and equitable distribution of Program funds for each county; requiring the Department to develop criteria for the distribution of Program funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Civil Actions - Maryland Transit Administration - Limitation of Tort Liability [SB-743]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Limiting the liability of the Maryland Transit Administration as to a tort action to $400,000 to a single claimant for injuries arising from a single incident or occurrence.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Access and Revenue Act [HB-846]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain transportation-related services; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue attributable to the sales and use tax on certain transportation-related services to the Transportation Trust Fund; and providing that revenue the Comptroller distributes may not be credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account in the Transportation Trust Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Transportation - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Expansion - Plans and Programs [HB-897]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to make certain estimations and determinations regarding electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to develop plans and implement programs to increase the electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Toll Facilities - Study on Image Capture of License Plates [HB-692]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to conduct a study on the feasibility of capturing the image of only the rear license plate of a vehicle at video toll facilities in the State; and requiring the Authority to report its findings and recommendation to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary A. Lehman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Repair the Transportation Trust Fund Act [HB-695]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; requiring that the Maryland Transit Administration achieve a certain farebox recovery requirement for certain transit services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Property Tax - Transportation Funding (Transportation Funding Act of 2025) [HB-641]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Governor, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to submit each year to the Board of Public Works and the General Assembly a proposal for a State property tax to support transportation projects and programs; requiring, on or before February 15 each year, the Board of Public Works to approve, reject, or modify the proposed State property tax; imposing a State property tax at the rates and on the classes and subclasses of property that the Board of Public Works approves; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement - Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority Contracts - Board of Public Works Authority [HB-578]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Authorizing the Board of Public Works to control certain procurement contracts by the Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority valued at or above $500,000.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Jerry Patterson
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maryland Route 210 [SB-485]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Increasing civil penalties for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Piscataway Highway) in Prince George's County that involve exceeding the maximum speed limit by certain amounts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Estate Development and Highway Rights-of-Way - Installation of Broadband Micro Conduits and Microducts [HB-626]
[Real Estate ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the installation of micro conduits in any utility easement and building power or telecommunication rooms during the new construction or major improvement of certain commercial and residential premises; requiring that buried fiber optic cable installed in a highway right-of-way include conduit containing at least seven microducts; requiring the Department of Transportation or a unit of local government to ensure a broadband service provider has access to the conduit on a neutral and nondiscriminatory basis; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Purple Line - Free Ridership and Promotional Materials and Services [HB-527]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to develop and implement a program providing for the first month after transit service begins on the Purple Line, free ridership on Purple Line transit vehicles to individuals residing within a one-quarter-mile radius of the Purple Line track; and requiring the Administration to include, beginning on October 1, 2025, for 3 months after service on the Purple Lines begins promotional materials and services at no cost to small businesses located within a one-quarter-mile radius of the Purple Line track.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 494 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration [HB-517]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration to study reorganizing the Maryland Transit Administration; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025; and requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Legislative Services, to submit to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House draft legislation to effectuate the recommendations of the Workgroup.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 462 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Maryland Area Rail Commuter Rail Authority - Establishment (MARC Rail Authority Act of 2025) [SB-401]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) Rail Authority and the powers and duties of the MARC Rail Authority, acting on behalf of the Department of Transportation, with respect to the supervision, construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of MARC railroad facilities projects; authorizing the MARC Rail Authority to issue certain revenue bonds to finance the cost of MARC railroad facilities; establishing the MARC Rail Authority Fund; and requiring certain funds and revenues to be deposited in the Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Metro Funding Modification Act of 2025 [HB-467]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the calculation of the amount that the Governor is required to include in the annual State budget each year to provide grants to the Washington Suburban Transit District to pay the capital costs of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; making the Act contingent on enactment of certain legislation by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman
Favorable Report By Appropriations on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Metro Funding Modification Act of 2025 [SB-384]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the calculation of the amount that the Governor is required to include in the annual State budget each year to provide grants to the Washington Suburban Transit District to pay the capital costs of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; making the Act contingent on enactment of certain legislation by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Toll Facilities - Study on Image Capture of License Plates [SB-339]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to conduct a study on the feasibility of capturing the image of only the rear license plate of a vehicle at video toll facilities in the State; and requiring the Authority to report its findings on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Locally Operated Transit Systems - Mandatory Funding - Inflation Adjustment (Local Transit Sustainability Act) [HB-432]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Inflation ]
Requiring that the amount that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill for the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program be adjusted for future fiscal years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System [HB-400]
[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: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 2/14 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Disability Reduced Fare Program - Renewal for Permanently Disabled Individuals [HB-450]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to automatically renew the Disability Reduced Fare Program certification of an enrollee who is permanently disabled.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Jerry Patterson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 560 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maryland Route 210 PG 306-25 [HB-349]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Increasing the maximum civil penalties for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Piscataway Highway) in Prince George's County that involve exceeding the maximum speed limit by certain amounts.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 596 on 05/13/2025