Transportation - Generally
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Locally Operated Transit Systems - Mandatory Funding - Inflation Adjustment (Local Transit Sustainability Act) [SB-20]
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[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: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/15/2025
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Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [HB-1]
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[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop or identify and implement a training program for transportation sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking victims; requiring transportation sector employers to certify by January 1, 2027, and each year thereafter that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring new employees to receive training within 90 days of hiring; removing civil and criminal liability for reporting of suspected trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 437 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations [SB-190]
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[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Maryland Department of Transportation to establish transit-oriented development (TOD) corridor funds financed by revenue from county special taxing districts to benefit transit-oriented development; altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on certain land that is located within 0.5 miles of, or under certain circumstances, adjacent to, certain transit stations; exempting certain special taxes for the benefit of transit-oriented development from any county tax limitation or bond cap; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Budget and Taxation
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Transportation - Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle Bonds - Light Rail Replacement Vehicles [HB-105]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing the Department of Transportation to use proceeds from the issuance of certain debt that is secured by future federal aid for replacing light rail transit vehicles and costs related to the replacement of the vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System [SB-55]
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[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. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. (budget And Taxation) on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations [HB-80]
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[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on certain land that is located within 0.25 miles of a rail transit station that receives at least hourly service on average from 8:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday; exempting certain transit-oriented development from certain provisions of State procurement law; and adding the use of project labor agreements as a scoring preference for projects financed by the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Transportation – Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [SB-7]
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[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop or identify and implement a certain training program for transportation sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking victims; requiring transportation sector employers to certify by January 1, 2026, and each year thereafter that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring new employees to receive training within 90 days of hiring; removing civil and criminal liability for reporting of suspected trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Major Change in Bus Service - Publication on Website [HB-1507]
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Altering the information that the Maryland Transit Administration is required to publish on its website before holding a public hearing on a major service change to include certain demographic information, a summary of any publicly available minutes, records, or documents related to the service change, and a brief statement explaining the reason for the service change; and requiring the Administration to distribute the report to certain officials and entities, including each member of the General Assembly whose district would be impacted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 649 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Locally Operated Transit Systems - Mandatory Funding [SB-1125]
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Requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation from the Transportation Trust Fund of $80,533,314 for the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation – Regional Transportation Authorities [SB-1126]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain congestion relief plans; establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region congestion relief funds as special, nonlapsing funds; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to study and report on the feasibility of creating local-option transportation revenues to fund the regional transportation authorities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Lottery Fund - Bus Rapid Transit Fund Distribution - Alterations [SB-1116]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Repealing a certain limitation on the distribution of up to a certain amount of money from the State Lottery Fund to the Bus Rapid Transit Fund for certain bus rapid transit system grants; and altering the circumstances for distributions from the Bus Rapid Transit Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Emergency Services - Funding [HB-1439]
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[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Taxes ]
Increasing the motor vehicle registration emergency medical system surcharge for certain motor vehicles; providing for the distribution of revenues derived from the surcharge; altering certain provisions of law related to the Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund; increasing the fines for certain violations related to driving while impaired; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include an annual appropriation to the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund of at least $16,500,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 718 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
School Bus Transition - Propane-Powered School Buses - Grant Program, Fund, and Purchase [HB-1360]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain provisions of law relating to funding and grants to transition to zero-emission vehicle school buses to include propane-powered school buses; and authorizing a county board of education, beginning in fiscal year 2030, to enter into a new contract for the purchase of school buses that are propane-powered.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth A. Howard
Hearing Canceled on 03/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation Financing - Retail Delivery Fee and Transportation Network Company Impact Fee (Transportation Funding Act of 2024) [HB-1215]
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Pledging certain revenues from a retail delivery fee and a transportation network company impact fee to paying the principal of and interest on consolidated transportation bonds issued by the Department of Transportation; establishing a Retail Delivery Fee and Transportation Network Company Impact Fee Account in the Transportation Trust Fund; requiring the Department to allocate the funds in the Retail Delivery Fee and Transportation Network Company Impact Fee Account for certain transportation purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Aviation Administration - Martin State Airport - Study on Commercial Air Travel [HB-1249]
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[Air Quality ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Aviation Administration to conduct a study on increasing commercial air travel at the Martin State Airport; and requiring the Administration to report its finding and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie S. Ciliberti
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Sales and Use Tax – Electricity to Charge Electric Vehicles – Transportation Trust Fund [HB-1280]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute to the Transportation Trust Fund revenue from the sales and use tax that is attributable to the sale of electricity used to charge an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle charging station or used to charge an electric vehicle and is not sold under a residential or domestic rate schedule on file with the Public Service Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
First Reading Ways And Means And Economic Matters on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - MobilityLink Paratransit Service Improvements - Study [HB-1199]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Institute at the University of Maryland to conduct a study to identify methods to improve the Maryland Transit Administration's ADA MobilityLink paratransit service; requiring the Institute to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and certain officials by July 1, 2025; and authorizing the Governor in fiscal year 2026 to include in the annual budget bill at least $150,000 for the study.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 646 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Tolls - Collection and Use (Maryland Toll Rate Reform Act of 2024) [HB-1070]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to transfer $75,000,000 annually, beginning July 1, 2025, to the Transportation Trust Fund and to continue to make the transfer until the Authority has transferred total cumulative payments in the amount of $750,000,000; increasing a certain Authority revenue bond cap from $3,000,000,000 to $3,750,000,000; and authorizing the Authority to offer toll discounts to daily commuters and Maryland E-ZPass account holders under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County and Montgomery County - The Washington Suburban Transit Commission Reform Act PG/MC 103-24 [HB-1023]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Transportation's designee to attend meetings of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors on behalf of the Secretary when the Secretary is not available; authorizing the Washington Suburban Transit Commission to reappoint a certain appointee to be a principal member of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 697 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Sales and Use Tax – Electricity to Charge Electric Vehicles – Transportation Trust Fund [SB-1076]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute to the Transportation Trust Fund revenue from the sales and use tax that is attributable to the sale of electricity used to charge an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle charging station or used to charge an electric vehicle and is not sold under a residential or domestic rate schedule on file with the Public Service Commission; requiring the Comptroller to determine, on or before December 31, 2024, a method of calculating certain sales and use taxes and to distribute the taxes in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/28/2024