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2025 Legislative Bill Tracking
Monday, December 8, 2025 3:59 AM


Bill (Crossfile)Bill Title & Upcoming HearingsSponsorStatusPosition / PriorityNotes
HB 20 (SB 198) Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Prioritization (Transportation Investment Priorities Act of 2025) Chair, Appropriations CommitteeIn the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (1/31) Monitor
House Bill 20, titled "Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Prioritization," proposes changes to the transportation planning and project prioritization in Maryland. Key provisions include:

- Altering the required elements of the Consolidated Transportation Program and Maryland Transportation Plan.
- Requiring an advisory committee to advise the Department of Transportation on the Maryland Transportation Plan.
- Developing a project-based scoring system for major surface transportation projects.
- Requiring the Department to evaluate and score major surface transportation projects and make the scores public.
- Altering the makeup, chair, frequency of meetings, and responsibilities of the Maryland Transportation Commission.
- Developing asset management practices, including a state of good repair program.

The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

HB 84 (SB 395) Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025) EdelsonIn the Senate - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) No Position
House Bill 84, titled "Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments," proposes changes to the planning and implementation of major highway expansion projects in Maryland. Key provisions include:

- Requiring the Department of Transportation to develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program for major highway expansion projects.
- Evaluating major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled.
- Funding offsetting activities to reduce the impact of projects on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled.
- Performing capacity expansion impact assessments.
- Issuing a report before proceeding to the final project planning phase for certain projects.

The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

HB 113 (SB 584) Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death ZieglerIn the House - Hearing 2/19 at 11:00 a.m. (2/17) No Position
HB 128 (SB 149) Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports Fraser-HidalgoVetoed by the Governor (Policy) (5/16) No Position
HB 148 Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Premium Increase - Prohibition ZieglerIn the House - Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m. (1/8) No Position
HB 350 (SB 319) Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026) The SpeakerApproved by the Governor - Chapter 602; line item veto by the Governor - Section 21(56) and (61) (5/20) Monitor
Budget Bill

HB 432 (SB 20) Locally Operated Transit Systems - Mandatory Funding - Inflation Adjustment (Local Transit Sustainability Act) EdelsonIn the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/31) No Position
HB 467 (SB 384) Metro Funding Modification Act of 2025 KormanIn the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (3/17) No Position
HB 578 Procurement - Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority Contracts - Board of Public Works Authority PhillipsIn the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/21) No Position
HB 846 Transportation Access and Revenue Act R. LewisIn the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/4)
House Bill 846, titled "Transportation Access and Revenue Act," proposes changes to the sales and use tax on transportation-related services in Maryland. Key provisions include:

- Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" to impose the tax on certain transportation-related services.
- Requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue from the sales and use tax on transportation-related services to the Transportation Trust Fund.
- Prohibiting revenue from the sales and use tax on transportation-related services from being credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account.

The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

HB 860 Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure BuckelApproved by the Governor - Chapter 454 (5/13)
House Bill 860, titled "Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure," proposes changes to the regulation of common carriers in Maryland. Key provisions include:

- Prohibiting common carriers from damaging public infrastructure that necessitates its closure.
- Establishing that such damage is a public nuisance.
- Authorizing the State or a local government to bring a civil action against a common carrier for violations.
- Allowing the State or local government to seek injunctive relief, declaratory relief, compensatory damages, and civil penalties of $1,000 per day for each day the public nuisance continues.

The act is set to take effect on October 1, 2025.

HB 1370 (SB 881) Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities SpiegelIn the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/14)
SB 20 (HB 432) Locally Operated Transit Systems - Mandatory Funding - Inflation Adjustment (Local Transit Sustainability Act) McCrayIn the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 10:30 a.m. (1/15) No Position
SB 149 (HB 128) Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports HesterVetoed by the Governor (Policy) (5/16) No Position
SB 198 (HB 20) Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Prioritization (Transportation Investment Priorities Act of 2025) Chair, Budget and Taxation CommitteeIn the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 10:30 a.m. (1/15) Monitor
Senate Bill 198, titled "Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Prioritization," proposes changes to the transportation planning and project prioritization in Maryland. Key provisions include:

- Altering the required elements of the Consolidated Transportation Program and Maryland Transportation Plan.
- Requiring an advisory committee to advise the Department of Transportation on the Maryland Transportation Plan.
- Developing a project-based scoring system for major surface transportation projects.
- Requiring the Department to evaluate and score major surface transportation projects and make the scores public.
- Altering the makeup, chair, frequency of meetings, and responsibilities of the Maryland Transportation Commission.
- Developing asset management practices, including a state of good repair program.

The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

SB 319 (HB 350) Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026) The PresidentIn the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (1/15) Monitor
Budget Bill

SB 384 (HB 467) Metro Funding Modification Act of 2025 AugustineIn the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 10:30 a.m. (1/20) No Position
SB 395 (HB 84) Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025) HettlemanIn the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 10:30 a.m. (1/20) Monitor
Senate Bill 395, titled "Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments," proposes changes to the planning and implementation of major highway expansion projects in Maryland. Key provisions include:

- Requiring the Department of Transportation to develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program for major highway expansion projects.
- Evaluating major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled.
- Funding offsetting activities to reduce the impact of projects on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled.
- Performing capacity expansion impact assessments.
- Issuing a report before proceeding to the final project planning phase for certain projects.

The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

SB 584 (HB 113) Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death WaldstreicherIn the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/30) No Position
SB 727 Charles County - Student Bus Transportation Providers - Provider Displacement Charles CountyIn the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 9:00 a.m. (3/4)
Senate Bill 727, titled "Charles County - Student Bus Transportation Providers - Provider Displacement," proposes changes to the regulation of student bus transportation services in Charles County, Maryland. Key provisions include:

- Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to provide notice and hold a public hearing before taking any action that results in the displacement of a person providing student bus transportation services.
- Defining "displacement" as the provision of student bus transportation services by the Board that precludes a private person from continuing to provide the services.
- Excluding circumstances where the Board does not renew a contract, the person has acted in a manner threatening public health or safety, committed a material breach of contract, or refuses to continue providing services under an existing agreement.
- Mandating that the Board provide notice of intent to displace at least 10 years before the displacement and hold a public hearing at least 5 years before the displacement.

The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

SB 743 Civil Actions - Maryland Transit Administration - Limitation of Tort Liability SmithIn the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
SB 881 (HB 1370) Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities RosapepeIn the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) (2/5)
Senate Bill 881, titled "Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities," proposes changes to the transportation system in Maryland. Key provisions include: - Imposing transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges. - Establishing three regional transportation authorities: Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region. - Creating special, nonlapsing transportation funds for each region. - Allowing the regional transportation authorities to issue bonds payable from certain revenues to fund transportation projects. - Preparing and implementing regional transportation plans to improve transportation efficiency and address environmental and social justice impacts. The act is set to take effect on October 1, 2025.