Subject Mass Transit | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | HB1432 | Altering the amount of the public safety surcharge that the Prince George's County Council may impose on specified construction in an area included in a basic plan or conceptual site plan that abuts an existing or planned mass transit rail station si... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 684 |
| MD | HB1433 | Establishing a reduction of the Prince George's County school facilities surcharge for multifamily housing constructed within an approved transit district overlay zone, within one-quarter mile of a Metro station under specified circumstances, or with... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 685 |
| MD | HB1515 | Altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be increased on July 1 of each year based on the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index; limiting the increase in specified motor fuel tax rates... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 429 |
| MD | HB234 | Repealing a reference to specified fiscal years included in the Maryland Consolidated Transportation Program referencing the Baltimore Corridor Red Line Transit Study to apply indefinitely specified provisions of law that specify factors that the Mar... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360 |
| MD | SB829 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation except in specified circumstances; prohibiting the transfer of funds in the Transportation Trust Fund... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 422 |
| MD | HB524 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation except under specified circumstances; prohibiting the transfer of funds in the Transportation Trust F... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | HB287 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a specified study of paratransit services provided for dialysis patients in the State; requiring the study to make specified determinations and evaluate scheduling of specified dialysis... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB755 | Prohibiting a person from using a specified wireless communication device while operating a transit vehicle; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB958 | Altering the definition of "law enforcement officer" to make specified provisions of law relating to the rights of law enforcement officers applicable to a law enforcement officer who is a member of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| MD | HB1142 | Increasing to $1,000 the maximum penalty for failing to vacate a seat designated for the elderly or handicapped in a transit vehicle or transit facility when requested to do so by a transit vehicle operator, train conductor, or police officer. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB1093 | Prohibiting individuals from using obscene language in transit vehicles and trains owned or controlled by the Maryland Transit Administration or operated by a railroad company under contract to the Administration; limiting the Act to the operator of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB1013 | Requiring that specified funds in the Transportation Trust Fund be allocated for highway expenditures, transit expenditures, and other transportation expenditures in a specified manner; establishing the Mass Transit Account in the Transportation Trus... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| MD | SB685 | Altering the definition of "law enforcement officer" to make specified provisions of law relating to the rights of law enforcement officers applicable to a law enforcement officer who is a member of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB1239 | Requiring the Washington Suburban Transit Commission to take any action necessary to enter the Washington Suburban Transit District into a contract or agreement with the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority to establish at least three sales outl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1000 | Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to extend to employees of the Judicial Branch and the Legislative Branch of State government the application of any program, policy, or practice through which free ridership on transit vehicles is offered... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| MD | HB1322 | Establishing the Transportation Infrastructure Bank as a special revolving loan fund in the Transportation Trust Fund to provide loans and other financial assistance for transportation projects; establishing the Bank as a special, nonlapsing fund; re... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) |
| MD | HB938 | Requiring an audio recording device on a vehicle used by the Maryland Transit Administration or a local transit agency to provide public transit service to comply with specified requirements and to be activated only under specified circumstances; req... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | SB1054 | Altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; reducing specified motor fuel tax rates on July 1, 2013; requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be increased on July 1 of each year based on the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 |
| MD | HB784 | Increasing from at least 35% to at least 50%, for fiscal year 2014 and thereafter, the percent of operating costs for specified public transit services that the Maryland Transit Administration must recover from fares and other operating revenues. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | SB182 | Prohibiting the Maryland Transit Administration, on specified transit service vehicles equipped with an audio recording device, from activating the audio recording device; and requiring the Administration to post a specified notice on each vehicle eq... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 Recommitted to Judicial Proceedings (Senator Madaleno) |
| MD | HB176 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation with a specified exception; prohibiting the reversion or crediting of any part of the Transportation ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) |
| MD | HB688 | Establishing the crime of assault against a person operating a specified transit vehicle as the felony of assault in the second degree; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB700 | Establishing the crime of assault against a passenger on a specified transit vehicle as the felony of assault in the second degree; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB643 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution relating to transportation financing; providing that the General Assembly may authorize a referendum on a transportation investment program; providing that a transportation investment program submit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 |
| MD | SB653 | Increasing the sales and use tax rate on a sale in counties with specified services by a specified amount; creating the Mass Transit Account in the Transportation Trust Fund to pay for the costs of light rail and Metro subway transit facilities and t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 |
| MD | SB652 | Imposing a mass transit tax on motor fuel in specified jurisdictions; establishing the rate of the mass transit tax as 2.1% of the sales price charged by a distributor for motor fuel sold to a retail service station dealer; requiring the mass transit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 |
| MD | SB830 | Authorizing the Maryland Transit Administration to establish no more than two transit benefit districts to impose specified taxes to finance, construct, and operate transit facilities and transit services; authorizing the governing body of a county t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 |
| MD | HB202 | Imposing a 30-day mandatory minimum term of imprisonment on a person who is convicted of malicious destruction of property for damage done to a specified transit vehicle; providing that the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment may not be suspended;... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB771 | Establishing a Mass Transit Trust Fund (MTTF) in the Maryland Department of Transportation; requiring that the MTTF be used for specified purposes; requiring the Department to identify and establish a funding source for specified expenses for mass tr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Reassigned to Ways and Means and Appropriations |
| MD | SB386 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a specified study of paratransit services provided for dialysis patients in the State; requiring the study to make specified determinations and evaluate scheduling of specified dialysis... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-12 |
| MD | SB253 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation; prohibiting the reversion or crediting of any part of the Transportation Trust Fund to the General F... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 |
