HB 368

Maryland Transit Administration - Funding (Transit Safety and Investment Act)

Sponsor: Delegate LiermanCommittee: AppropriationsSubject: Transportation - GenerallyStatus: First Reading Budget and Taxation (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Governor to include certain appropriations in the State budget from the Transportation Trust Fund to the Maryland Transit Administration for certain operating and capital needs of the Administration in certain fiscal years; authorizing the reduction of certain appropriations under certain circumstances; requiring the Administration to submit a report each year on the planning and use of capital funds for certain capital projects in the prior fiscal year; declaring the intent of the General Assembly; etc.

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Testimony (62)

MGA witness list

FAV 55FavorableUNF 7Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Jones, Ricarra	1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pittman, Steuart	AA County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gardner, Shamoiya	ACY	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	McMillan, Michael	ATU Local 1300	Oral
FAV	Goldman, Paul	Action Committee for Transit	Written (PDF)
FAV	Baron, Peter	Anne Arundel County Administration	Written (PDF)
FAV	Phillipsen, Klaus	ArchPlan	Written (PDF)
FAV	Guitarra, Denisselobbyist	Audubon Naturalist Society	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stewart, Gina	BWI Business Partnership	Written (PDF)
FAV	Turner, Adrea	Baltimore Business Mobility Roundtable	Written (PDF)
FAV	Blendy, Nicholas	Baltimore City Administration	Written (PDF)
FAV	Olszewski, Jr., John	Baltimore County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Weeks, Jed	Bikemore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Botler, Adam	BooknTrain	Written (PDF)
FAV	Herkowitz, Steven	CCAN	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Norton, Eric	CMTA	Oral
FAV	O'Malley, Brian	CMTA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fisher, Eriklobbyist	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Khanna, Nishanth	Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wojahn, Patrick	City of College Park	Written (PDF)
FAV	FRY, DONALD	GBC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fry, Don	GCB	Oral
FAV	MCANDREW, JOE	GREATER WASHINGTON PARTNERSHIP	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lacock-Nisly, Jonathan	IPL	Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Keeffe, Carol	Indivisible HoCo MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clapsaddle, Mary	JHU	Written (PDF)
FAV	York, Caryn	JOTF	Oral
FAV	Clapsaddle, Mary	Johns Hopkins	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ditzler, Bee	LWV	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	MD Association of Nonprofits	Written (PDF)
FAV	WALMSLEY, KEITHlobbyist	MD DDC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	MD Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Harrington, David	Prince George's Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, Ricarra	SEIU Local 1199	Position only
FAV	Tulkin, Joshlobbyist	Sierra Club	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Buidsh, Robin	Transit Choices	Written (PDF)
FAV	frazier, derrell	job opportunities task force	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	white, marcelinelobbyist	mcrc	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Lierman, Delegate Liermanlegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dupuy, Andrew	Individual	Oral
FAV	Fuentes, Cesiah	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fulcher, Maggie	Individual	Oral
FAV	Gurluch, Michael	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hendrickson, JC	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	JONES, RICARRA	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, Ricarra	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	McAndrew, Joe	Individual	Oral
FAV	NERLINGER, Susan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Orrick, Nick	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palencia-Calvo, Ramon	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmer, Anna-Maria	Individual	Oral
FAV	Perez, Rodolfo	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Slater, Tina	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stolz, Sally	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Young, Lauren	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Klinefelter, Marshall	Maryland Asphalt Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Sakata, Michael	Maryland Transportation Builders and Materials Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	hartman, jaclyn	mdot	Position only
UNF	hartman, jaclyn	mdot	Position only
UNF	hartman, jaclyn	mdot	Oral + Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastFAV 1

AA County ExecutiveFAV 1

Action Committee for TransitFAV 1

ACYFAV 1

Anne Arundel County AdministrationFAV 1

ArchPlanFAV 1

ATU Local 1300FAV 1

Audubon Naturalist SocietyFAV 1

Baltimore Business Mobility RoundtableFAV 1

Baltimore City AdministrationFAV 1

Baltimore CountyFAV 1

BikemoreFAV 1

BooknTrainFAV 1

BWI Business PartnershipFAV 1

CCANFAV 1

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 1

Chesapeake Physicians for Social ResponsibilityFAV 1

City of College ParkFAV 1

CMTAFAV 2

GBCFAV 1

GCBFAV 1

GREATER WASHINGTON PARTNERSHIPFAV 1

Indivisible HoCo MDFAV 1

IPLFAV 1

JHUFAV 1

job opportunities task forceFAV 1

Johns HopkinsFAV 1

JOTFFAV 1

LWVFAV 1

Maryland Asphalt AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Transportation Builders and Materials AssociationUNF 1

mcrcFAV 1

MD Association of NonprofitsFAV 1

MD DDCFAV 1

MD Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

mdotUNF 5

Prince George's Chamber of CommerceFAV 1

SEIU Local 1199FAV 1

Sierra ClubFAV 1

Transit ChoicesFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGuitarra, DenisseAudubon Naturalist SocietyRegistered for: Nature Forward

FAVFisher, ErikChesapeake Bay FoundationRegistered for: Chesapeake Bay Foundation

FAVBogdan, HenryMD Association of NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits

FAVWALMSLEY, KEITHMD DDCRegistered for: Bank of America Corporation; CarMax, Inc.; Carfax, Inc.; Christiana Care; Consumer Data Industry Association; Fiserv…

FAVTulkin, JoshSierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter

FAVwhite, marcelinemcrcRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition DBA Economic Action Maryland; Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition