Transportation - Highways
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Toll Roads, Highways, and Bridges - County Government Consent Requirement - Expansion [SB-442]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Expanding to all counties in the State a prohibition on State agencies constructing within the nine Eastern Shore counties a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge without the consent of a majority of the affected counties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2019
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Tourist Area and Corridor Program and Task Force on Attraction Signs [SB-34]
[Tourism ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing the Tourist Area and Corridor Program in the State Highway Administration to develop a system of supplemental guide signs that direct motorists to eligible attractions within a geographical area; requiring the Administration to adopt certain regulations; providing that certain individual attractions are eligible for a sign; establishing the Task Force on Attraction Signs to review and report its findings regarding program consolidation, streamlining certain processes, and potential funding by October 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Task Force on Prohibiting Debris From Entering Storm Drains or Stormwater Inlets [SB-267]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
Establishing the Task Force on Prohibiting Debris From Entering Storm Drains or Stormwater Inlets; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving certain compensation; requiring the Task Force, by November 1, 2019, to report its findings and to make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the preventing plastic bottles and other debris from entering storm drains and stormwater inlets; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Toll Roads, Highways, and Bridges and Chesapeake Bay Crossing - Consent Requirement [SB-107]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding to Anne Arundel County a prohibition on State agencies constructing a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge within the county without the consent of a majority of the affected counties; prohibiting a State agency, without the express consent of Anne Arundel County, from constructing a crossing of the Chesapeake Bay that affects Anne Arundel County; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward R. Reilly
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Highways - Bridge Realignments - Sound Barriers [SB-1033]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to install a sound barrier in an area adjacent to a bridge that is realigned if the adjacent area had a sound barrier before the bridge realignment; and providing for the retroactive application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Junkyards and Scrap Metal Processing Facilities [SB-1026]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definitions of "junkyard" and "scrap metal processing facility" as those definitions apply to the regulation of those facilities near certain highways in the State; authorizing only scrap metal processing facilities and junkyards, as defined in the Act, to purchase scrap metal by weight across an on-site scale; providing that certain provisions of law governing scrap metal processing facilities and junkyards preempt and supersede any conflicting local law; increasing certain penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Transportation - Vision Zero - Establishment [HB-885]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing Vision Zero; providing the purpose of the program is for planning and developing a State highway system that has zero vehicle-related deaths or serious injuries; requiring the Department of Transportation to designate a coordinator to oversee the implementation of Vision Zero; requiring the coordinator, in implementing Vision Zero, to collaborate with certain entities and include certain strategies; requiring that the funding for Vision Zero be as provided by the Governor in the State budget; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 377 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public-Private Partnership Projects - Real Property Acquisition - Prohibition [HB-663]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Real Estate ]
[Infrastructure ]
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: Rep. Eric G Luedtke
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/07/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Transportation - State Highway Administration - Traffic Calming Devices [HB-560]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration, in consultation with appropriate county and municipal authorities, to compile certain best practices for siting, constructing, and maintaining traffic calming devices that address engineering and design and the costs and benefits of the devices; requiring the Administration to coordinate and act as a clearinghouse for best practices, to publish and update information about best practices, and to include estimated costs of construction related to traffic calming devices; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna P Gaines
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 439 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Prince George's County - State Highways - Toll Facilities PG 420-19 [HB-456]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Prohibiting a State agency, including the Maryland Transportation Authority, from acquiring or constructing any toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge in Prince George's County unless authorized by Prince George's County by local law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Prince George's County Delegation
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Prince George's County - State Highways - Mowing, Maintenance, and Litter Removal PG 419-19 [HB-444]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to meet with the County Executive of Prince George's County or a designee at least four times each year to develop, review, and coordinate mowing, maintenance, and litter removal activities for State highways in the county; requiring the Administration to provide at least once each month a schedule of planned mowing, maintenance, and litter removal activities for State highways in the county to the County Executive of Prince George's County or a designee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Prince George's County Delegation
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/29/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
21st Century Transportation Funding Act [HB-426]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Comptroller to calculate a certain sales and use tax equivalent rate under the motor fuel tax in a certain manner; applying the sales and use tax to a sale or use of certain digital products; requiring the Comptroller to distribute the sales and use tax revenue on the sale of digital products to the Transportation Trust Fund; requiring the Department of Transportation to apply to the United States Department of Transportation to participate in the Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Task Force on Prohibiting Debris From Entering Storm Drains or Stormwater Inlets [HB-410]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
Establishing the Task Force on Prohibiting Debris From Entering Storm Drains or Stormwater Inlets; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving certain compensation; requiring the Task Force, by November 1, 2019, to report its findings and to make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the preventing plastic bottles and other debris from entering storm drains and stormwater inlets; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard K Impallaria
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/29/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Solicitation of Money or Donations From Occupants of Vehicles - Prohibitions and Permit Program [HB-273]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a prohibition, in Anne Arundel County, on a person standing in a certain highway to solicit money or donations; authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County or of a municipal corporation in the county to enact a permit program to allow individuals of at least 18 years of age to stand in a roadway, a median divider, or an intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle; requiring a plan for safely soliciting money in a roadway to include training in traffic safety; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Toll Roads, Highways, and Bridges and Chesapeake Bay Crossing - Consent Requirement [HB-212]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding to Anne Arundel County a prohibition on State agencies constructing a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge within the county without the consent of a majority of the affected counties; prohibiting a State agency, without the express consent of Anne Arundel County, from constructing a crossing of the Chesapeake Bay that affects Anne Arundel County; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael E. Malone
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Sea Level Rise Inundation and Coastal Flooding - Construction, Adaptation, and Mitigation [HB-1427]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the application of certain design and siting criteria established by the Coast Smart Council to apply only to certain State and local capital projects; extending the date the projects must comply with the criteria to July 1, 2020, and the date certain local jurisdictions must develop a plan to address certain nuisance flooding to October 1, 2020; requiring the Department of Planning, by October 1, 2019, to develop guidelines to assist local jurisdictions in data collection to establish nuisance flooding baselines; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 442 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Public-Private Partnership Oversight Act [HB-1257]
[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: Rep. Alfred C Carr
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Transportation - Commercial Signs - Penalty [HB-1230]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing, from $25 to $1,000, the maximum civil penalty for placing or maintaining a commercial sign within the right-of-way of a State highway.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority Facilities - Video Tolls - Collection [HB-105]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Prohibiting the Central Collection Unit from collecting certain unpaid video tolls and associated civil penalties incurred by a person residing outside the State, except under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 141 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Toll Roads, Highways, and Bridges - County Government Consent Requirement - Expansion [HB-102]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Expanding to all counties in the State a prohibition on State agencies constructing within the nine Eastern Shore counties a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge without the consent of a majority of the affected counties; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna P Gaines
Hearing 2/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2019