Transportation - Highways
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Maryland Transportation Authority - Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Accessibility [HB-135]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing a prohibition on pedestrians using a highway of the Maryland Transportation Authority; altering a prohibition on bicycles using an Authority highway; requiring the Authority to construct separated or buffered bicycle ways and pedestrian walkways in certain locations under certain circumstances; providing for a waiver from requirements under the Act; requiring the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee to review waiver requests under the Act and provide recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/01/2024
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Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Categorization and Equitable Distribution of Projects [SB-131]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to categorize the major transportation projects being considered for inclusion in the Consolidated Transportation Program into four project categories; requiring the Department to rank each project under the appropriate category using the project-based scoring system; and requiring the Department to increase a certain weighting metric by 45% for a project located in a minority, rural, or underserved community.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Agriculture – Pollinator Habitat Plan – Requirements for State Highway Administration [SB-178]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration's pollinator habitat plan to include policies and procedures regarding the use of pollinator habitat areas along State highways; requiring the Administration to track and evaluate federal programs that provide funding for pollinator habitats, native plants, and invasive species control and to apply for any funding that the Administration determines appropriate and beneficial to pollinator habitats; requiring the Administration to update the plan by October 1 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 552 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation - Study on Speed Limits - Interstate 495 and Connected Highways [SB-963]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the implications of requiring the speed limit to deviate by only 5 miles per hour at locations where a highway in the State connects to Interstate 495; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Vegetation Management - Pollinator Habitat Plan [HB-1006]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Agriculture ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to develop a certain pollinator habitat plan for the maintenance of vegetated areas along State highways and interstate highways that the Administration is responsible for maintaining; requiring the Administration to apply for federal funding that may be used to support the use of pollinator-friendly native plants along State highways and the interstate highways that the Administration is responsible for maintaining; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 03/21/2023
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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
Transportation - Highways - Tourist Area and Corridor Signage Program [HB-1038]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Tourism ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Tourist Area and Corridor Signage Program to create a system of supplemental guide signs to direct motorists to eligible individual attractions by directing the motorists first to groups of attractions; requiring the Administration to conduct a certain investigation on signing feasibility and prepare a signing plan if the Eligibility Committee approves an attraction's application; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $350,000 to the Program for fiscal year 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation - Highways - Tourist Area and Corridor Signage Program [SB-734]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Tourism ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Establishing the Tourist Area and Corridor Signage Program to create a system of supplemental guide signs to direct motorists to eligible individual attractions by directing the motorists first to groups of attractions; requiring the Administration to conduct a certain investigation on signing feasibility and prepare a signing plan if the Eligibility Committee approves an attraction's application; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $350,000 to the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Prohibition on Trailers in Contraflow Lanes - Study [HB-659]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the implications and feasibility of prohibiting vehicles with a semitrailer, pole trailer, or trailer from using a contraflow lane on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge; and requiring the Department to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems on Interstate 83 - Use of Revenue [HB-512]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
Establishing that 10% of certain revenue from fines collected as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City may be used for roadway improvements to entrance and exit ramps along Interstate 83 in Baltimore City and at the nearest intersection with a traffic signal to each ramp and to enhance pedestrian safety at these intersections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization [HB-367]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing a local jurisdiction to use a stop sign monitoring system if authorized by local law and if the local jurisdiction conducts certain public engagement and performs certain actions; prohibiting a civil penalty for a violation recorded by a stop sign monitoring system from exceeding certain amounts, based on the annual income of the owner or driver of the vehicle; providing for the distribution of revenue collected by the District Court and local jurisdictions for violations recorded by stop sign monitoring systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Fallen Heroes Fishing Creek Bridge - Designation [HB-311]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to designate the bridge across Fishing Creek on Maryland Route 261 in Calvert County as the Fallen Heroes Fishing Creek Bridge.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrie E. Long
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Highway Cleanup - Records and Reporting [HB-252]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to keep and maintain records that detail all processes, procedures, and expenditures made to maintain clean highways in the State; requiring the Administration to report certain records on highway cleanup under certain State-county agreements to the General Assembly by February 1, 2024, and each February 1 thereafter; and requiring the Administration to publish annually on its website certain highway cleanup schedules and certain related information by a certain date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems - Municipal Corporations - Statements and Certificates of Violation [HB-139]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that the statement alleging a violation recorded by a speed monitoring system that must be included in a citation may be signed by an employee of an agency established or designated by a municipal corporation to administer a speed monitoring system; providing that a certain certificate alleging a violation recorded by a speed monitoring system may be sworn to or affirmed by an employee of an agency established or designated by a municipal corporation to administer speed monitoring systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/27/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Fallen Heroes Fishing Creek Bridge [SB-140]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to name the bridge across Fishing Creek on Maryland Route 261 in Calvert County the Fallen Heroes Fishing Creek Bridge.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Referred Environment And Transportation on 03/17/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Litter Collection and Mowing [SB-117]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to collect litter and mow the grass along State highways and certain interstate highways with a certain frequency; requiring the Administration to contract with a certain company to collect litter and provide mowing services under the Act; and specifying that the provision of litter collection and mowing services under the Act be considered a supplemental environmental project for certain purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing Canceled on 01/25/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Transportation - Electronic Toll Collection Backlog - Fee Prohibition [HB-1435]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Transportation Authority from charging an administrative fee or a civil penalty for failure to pay video tolls for which processing or billing was delayed due to COVID-19 related-factors until 180 days after the Authority has eliminated the toll charge backlog; requiring the Authority to reimburse the registered owner of a motor vehicle that incurred a certain video toll the amount of any administrative fees or civil penalties paid; and applying the Act to certain video tolls incurred on or after March 5, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Highways – Designations – Piscataway Highway [HB-1433]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to designate Maryland Route 210 as the Piscataway Highway.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 160 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems on Interstate 83 - Use of Revenue From Fines [HB-1443]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that revenue from fines collected as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City may be used for roadway improvements to entrance and exit ramps along Interstate 83 in Baltimore City and at the nearest intersection to each ramp.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Highways - Proposed Expressway Expansion - Rail Evaluation [HB-1419]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to evaluate the use of adjacent State rights-of-way for rail transit of any kind during the initial project planning phase for a proposed expansion of an expressway to add capacity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing Canceled on 03/11/2022