Transportation - Generally
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transit - Grant Funding for Local Service - Alterations [SB-939]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Inflation ]
Establishing the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program; authorizing program funds to be sourced from federal and State public transportation programs; requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2025, the total grants for locally operated transit service to exceed the total for fiscal year 2019, adjusted for inflation; requiring the Department of Transportation to make a certain adjustment in a subsequent fiscal year to reflect the actual inflation rate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Lorenzo Watson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/17/2023
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Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles of Volunteer Fire Company Members [HB-1253]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing certain members of a volunteer fire company to equip their privately owned vehicles with red and white lights or signal devices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Third Reading Passed (134-0) on 03/20/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Special Vehicle Registration Plates – Chesapeake Bay Trust and Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation – Appropriation [HB-1257]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill beginning in fiscal year 2025 an appropriation for the Chesapeake Bay Trust and Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc. that is calculated based on the amount of revenue collected from certain special vehicle registration plates beginning in fiscal year 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina T. Boyce
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles of Volunteer Fire Company Members [SB-917]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing certain members of a volunteer fire company to equip their privately owned vehicles with red and white lights or signal devices.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason C. Gallion
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/29/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transit - Grant Funding for Local Service - Alterations [HB-1125]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program in the Department of Transportation; and authorizing program funds to be sourced from federal and State public transportation programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 508 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore East-West Corridor - Property Acquisition - Prohibiting Involuntary Residential Displacement [HB-1221]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Transit Administration, in conducting the Red Line transit project, from acquiring any real property for planning, construction, operation, or maintenance of the Red Line if the acquisition would result in involuntary residential displacement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Transportation - Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [HB-1053]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop and implement a certain training program for certain transportation-sector employees, taxicab drivers, and transportation network operators on the identification and reporting of suspected child exploitation and human trafficking; requiring certain transportation-sector employers to establish procedures for reporting suspected child exploitation and human trafficking to certain entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation – Consolidated Transportation Program – Scoring [HB-1052]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring that certain goals and measures used to score certain transportation projects be within certain parameters; altering the goals and measures of the Consolidated Transportation Program; requiring that certain calculations used to score transportation projects be posted on the Department's website and the appendix of the Consolidated Transportation Program; establishing the Workgroup on the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings by September 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Reconstitution of the Maryland Transportation Commission [HB-1072]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Reconstitution of the Maryland Transportation Commission to review the laws governing the Commission, examine the historic evolution of the duties and activities of the Commission, and make recommendations related to the Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation Investment Program - County Referendum - Authorization [HB-1080]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Elections ]
Authorizing the General Assembly to authorize a county referendum on a transportation investment program; requiring a transportation investment program submitted to referendum to include a list of projects that each have a cost of at least $20,000,000 and would be located in or serve a particular county; requiring that the transportation investment program be submitted to the qualified voters of the appropriate county for their adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) And Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation – Assaults on Public Transit Operators – Report [HB-1049]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to submit a report by December 1, 2023, and each year thereafter on assaults on public transit operators to each local executive authority, the State's Attorney for each county, and certain committees of the General Assembly; and requiring the report to include information on the nature of each assault, the mode of transit involved, the location of the assault, whether the police were involved, and the outcome of any investigation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 502 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Requirements (Electric Vehicle Charging Reliability Act) [HB-834]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to expand the EV Pilot Program to allow participating electric companies to install EV charging stations in multifamily dwellings in underserved communities; requiring the Commission to terminate the expansion of the EV Pilot Program on December 31, 2025; requiring an electric company operating an EV charging network to ensure the EV charging stations in the EV charging network maintain certain uptime standards, subject to certain exceptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 569 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore Regional Transit Commission - Establishment [HB-794]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Baltimore Regional Transit Commission to review and comment on annual budget requests of the Maryland Transit Administration, updates to the Central Maryland Transportation Plan, and certain annual reports and to perform other oversight and advocacy duties related to Baltimore region transit services; and requiring the Commission, by December 1 each year, to report its findings and recommendations on the Baltimore region transit systems to the Administration, the Governor, and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 504 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Transportation – Heads of Business Units – Appointment and Senate Confirmation [SB-630]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
First Reading Executive Nominations on 02/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Safety Barriers [SB-682]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to install and maintain safety barriers on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela G Beidle
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration – Fare Price Requirements – Alterations [SB-617]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Repealing certain requirements that the Maryland Transit Administration increase fares for certain transit services according to the Consumer Price Index; and repealing certain provisions prohibiting the Administration from increasing fares under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 483 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Reconstitution of the Maryland Transportation Commission [SB-875]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Reconstitution of the Maryland Transportation Commission to review the laws governing the Commission, examine the historic evolution of the duties and activities of the Commission, and make recommendations related to the Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation - Assaults on Public Transit Operators - Report [SB-693]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to submit an annual report on assaults on public transit operators to certain persons; and requiring the report to include information for the immediately preceding 12 months on the nature of each assault, the mode of transit involved, the location of each assault, whether the police were involved in responding to each assault, and the outcome of any investigation, a comparison of the aggregate data with at least two other states, and a review of current transit industry best practices.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 503 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore Regional Transit Commission – Establishment [SB-876]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Establishing the Baltimore Regional Transit Commission to review and comment on annual budget requests of the Maryland Transit Administration, updates to the Central Maryland Transportation Plan, and certain annual reports, and to perform other oversight and advocacy duties related to Baltimore region transit services; and requiring the Commission, by December 1 each year, to report its findings and recommendations on the Baltimore region transit systems to the Administration, the Governor, and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Special Vehicle Registration Plates - Chesapeake Bay Trust and Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation - Appropriation [SB-866]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Inflation ]
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill beginning in fiscal year 2025 an appropriation for the Chesapeake Bay Trust and Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc. that is calculated based on the amount of revenue collected from certain special vehicle registration plates in certain fiscal years, adjusted for inflation.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 03/22/2023