Transportation - Highways
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Naming Rights for Rest Areas and Welcome Centers [SB-24]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to sell or lease to a private entity the naming rights for rest areas and welcome centers, as specified; prohibiting the sale or lease of rest area and welcome center naming rights unless the Administration makes certain determinations; requiring the term of a contract for the sale or lease of naming rights to be at least 1 year; requiring the proceeds from the sale or lease of naming rights for rest areas and welcome centers to be credited to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 223 on 04/24/2018
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Sea Level Rise Inundation and Coastal Flooding - Construction, Adaptation, and Mitigation [SB-1006]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Climate Change ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of the construction practice term "Coast Smart" to include highway facilities; requiring the Coast Smart Council, in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Transportation, to establish Coast Smart siting and design criteria to address sea level rise inundation and coastal flood impacts on State and local projects; requiring a local jurisdiction that experiences nuisance flooding to develop a plan to address the flooding by July 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul G Pinsky
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 629 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Highway Administration Neighbor Notification Act [HB-977]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to send a certain notice to nearby property owners at least 2 weeks in advance of planned construction on a State highway; requiring the Administration to send the notice on behalf of certain persons involved in the planned construction; requiring the notice to include certain information; requiring the Administration to send another notice to nearby property owners if planned construction is postponed under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ellis Hixson
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Transportation - Dedication of Structures [HB-9]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Adding State residency to the eligibility requirements for dedicating a bridge or another appropriate structure to a deceased member of the armed forces.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 278 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Transportation – Highway User Revenues – Distribution [HB-807]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the amounts of and process for appropriating highway user funds that are required to be distributed to Baltimore City, counties, and municipalities in certain fiscal years; requiring that certain capital highway grants may be made only under certain circumstances; requiring that in certain fiscal years highway user revenues are required to be used as authorized under the Transportation Trust Fund; repealing certain obsolete distributions of highway user revenues and transfers of highway user revenues for certain fiscal years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 330 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Transportation - Complete Streets Policy - Adoption [HB-744]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain modal administrations of the Department of Transportation to adopt a complete streets policy that provides information for the implementation of design features that accommodate and facilitate safe and convenient access and mobility to facilities by all users; specifying the requirements of a complete streets policy and recognizing that facilities differ and user needs should be balanced to ensure community enhancement; providing exceptions to certain requirements under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen W Lafferty
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 717 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Crossing - Eastern Shore Local Government Consent - Repeal [HB-560]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Providing that a requirement that a majority of the governments of certain Eastern Shore counties affected by the construction of a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge consent to the construction does not apply to the construction of a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge crossing the Chesapeake Bay.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael E. Malone
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Naming Rights for Rest Areas and Welcome Centers [HB-54]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to sell or lease to a private entity the naming rights for rest areas and welcome centers, as specified; prohibiting the sale or lease of rest area and welcome center naming rights unless the Administration makes certain determinations; requiring the term of a contract for the sale or lease of naming rights to be at least 1 year; requiring the proceeds from the sale or lease of naming rights for rest areas and welcome centers to be credited to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/25/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Transportation - Complete Streets Program - Establishment [HB-535]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Complete Streets Program to provide matching grants to certified jurisdictions to promote healthy communities; providing for program funds to be provided by the Governor in the State budget; specifying the requirements for a local government to be designated as a certified jurisdiction; authorizing a certified jurisdiction to apply for matching grants from the Program; specifying the use of matching grant funds; specifying certain requirements for a certified jurisdiction that receives a grant under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn J B Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 721 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Toll Bridges – Renaming Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge – Harry W. Nice/Thomas “Mac” Middleton Bridge [HB-4]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to rename the Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge as the Harry W. Nice/Thomas "Mac" Middleton Bridge.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Y Jameson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 20 on 04/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Toll Collection [HB-377]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to implement a procedure at the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Chesapeake Bay Bridge by July 1, 2028, that requires all tolls to be paid by an electronic means that allows vehicles to pass through the toll plaza without stopping at a toll booth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Local Infrastructure Fast Track for Maryland Act [HB-1569]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing the Office of Legislative Audits to perform an audit of local governments that receive a distribution of highway user revenues; increasing, over 7 fiscal years, the portion of highway user revenues that is distributed to local governments; altering the allocation of the local share of highway user revenues among Baltimore City, counties, and municipalities; requiring, if distributions to municipalities do not equal $26,400,000, that additional distributions of highway user revenues be made to municipalities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 03/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Access to State Highways - Consideration of Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Public Transportation Activity [HB-1380]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring a certain person to submit certain information related to pedestrian, bicycle, and public transportation activity to the State Highway Administration when submitting a certain development plan or traffic impact study to the Administration or applying for a permit to access certain State highways.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen W Lafferty
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Highways – Maryland Route 208 – Jurisdiction [HB-1356]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the State, on request by the Town of Brentwood, Prince George's County, to assume ownership of Maryland Route 208 from Rhode Island Avenue to the border of the Town of Brentwood and the City of Hyattsville, Prince George's County.
Sponsored by: Rep. James J. Tarlau
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 04/02/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Sea Level Rise Inundation and Coastal Flooding - Construction, Adaptation, and Mitigation [HB-1350]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Altering the definition of the construction practice term "Coast Smart" to include highway facilities; requiring the Coast Smart Council in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Transportation, to establish Coast Smart siting and design criteria to address sea level rise inundation and coastal flood impacts on State and local projects; requiring a local jurisdiction that experiences nuisance flooding to develop a plan to address the flooding by July 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 628 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Transportation - Francis Scott Key Bridge - Commuter Plan [HB-1332]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to offer a commuter plan with unlimited crossings to certain users of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Project Planning Documents - Public Access [HB-1281]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to make available to the public any reports, studies, or other documents produced by the Administration or by any consultant or contractor for the Administration during the initial project planning phase or final project planning phase; authorizing the Administration to redact traffic accident data from any report, study, or other document but prohibiting the Administration from withholding the report, study, or other document in its entirety; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Northern Bay Crossing [HB-1199]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Repealing the authority of the State Roads Commission concerning the construction and financing of a northern crossing of the Chesapeake Bay with a terminus in Kent County; prohibiting the Maryland Department of Transportation and other certain units from including in certain plans and other documents any reference or statement with respect to a crossing of the Chesapeake Bay with a terminus that lies in whole or in part in Kent County; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Public-Private Partnership Oversight Act [SB-931]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Taxes ]
Establishing the Office of Transportation Oversight as an independent unit in the Executive Branch of State government; applying the motor fuel tax to bunker fuel; requiring the Comptroller and the State Treasurer to establish a certain motor fuel tax rate for diesel fuel and bunker fuel; requiring the Governor to appropriate certain amounts in the annual budget for the operation of the Office and the implementation of the Act; exempting certain actions from certain provisions of the Environmental Standing Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public-Private Partnership Projects - Real Property Acquisition - Prohibition [SB-781]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Real Estate ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a State agency or its designee from acquiring residential real property for a public-private partnership project that includes the addition of toll lanes to I-495 or I-270.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing Canceled on 02/28/2019