HB 778 — Transportation - Investment Program - MARC Rail Service (Maryland Regional Rail Transformation Act)
Last action — Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 54
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 03, 2022. Enacted.
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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26 sponsors
26 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (22 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
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Read HB 778 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 54
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Overridden
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Overridden
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Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
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Returned Passed
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Third Reading Passed
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Second Reading Passed
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Favorable Adopted
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Favorable Report by Finance
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Referred Finance
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Third Reading Passed
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Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Favorable with Amendments {
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Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
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Hearing 2/17 at 3:00 p.m.
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First Reading Appropriations
Sponsors
- Senator Karen Lewis Young · Primary
- Delegate Nicole A. Williams · Primary
- Thiam · Primary
- Delegate Jen Terrasa · Primary
- Delegate Emily Shetty · Primary
- Delegate Mike Rogers · Primary
- Luedtke · Primary
- Senator Sara Love · Primary
- Delegate Mary A. Lehman · Primary
- Delegate Marc Korman · Primary
- Delegate Kenneth Kerr · Primary
- Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger · Primary
- Delegate Terri L. Hill · Primary
- Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo · Primary
- Senator Nick Charles · Primary
- Delegate Mark N. Fisher · Primary
- Delegate Lorig Charkoudian · Primary
- Delegate Mark S. Chang · Primary
- Senator Benjamin Brooks · Primary
- Delegate J. Sandy Bartlett · Primary
- Delegate Jared Solomon · Primary
- Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr · Primary
- Delegate Robbyn Lewis · Primary
- Delegate Stephanie Smith · Primary
- Delegate Courtney Watson · Primary
- Delegate Caylin Young · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →26 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 162 not signed on · 13 voted No
Sponsors (26)
- Senator Karen Lewis Young Democrat
- Delegate Nicole A. Williams Democrat
- Thiam
- Delegate Jen Terrasa Democrat
- Delegate Emily Shetty Democrat
- Delegate Mike Rogers Democrat
- Luedtke
- Senator Sara Love Democrat
- Delegate Mary A. Lehman Democrat
- Delegate Marc Korman Democrat
- Delegate Kenneth Kerr Democrat
- Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger Republican
- Delegate Terri L. Hill Democrat
- Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo Democrat
- Senator Nick Charles Democrat
- Delegate Mark N. Fisher Republican Voted No
- Delegate Lorig Charkoudian Democrat
- Delegate Mark S. Chang Democrat
- Senator Benjamin Brooks Democrat
- Delegate J. Sandy Bartlett Democrat
- Delegate Jared Solomon Democrat
- Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr Democrat
- Delegate Robbyn Lewis Democrat
- Delegate Stephanie Smith Democrat
- Delegate Courtney Watson Democrat
- Delegate Caylin Young Democrat
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (162)
162 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 162 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 13% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (47)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Elfreth | — | Yea |
| Lee | — | Yea |
| Jackson | — | Yea |
| Sydnor | — | Yea |
| Kelley | — | Yea |
| Pinsky | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Klausmeier | — | Yea |
| Cassilly | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Edwards | — | Yea |
| Hershey | — | Nay |
| Hough | — | Nay |
| Eckardt | — | Nay |
| Delegate Edith J. Patterson | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Stephanie Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Antonio Hayes | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Arthur Ellis | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Benjamin F. Kramer | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Brian J. Feldman | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Cheryl C. Kagan | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Clarence K. Lam | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Cory V. McCray | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Craig J. Zucker | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Guy Guzzone | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Jeff Waldstreicher | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Jim Rosapepe | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Joanne C. Benson | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Katie Fry Hester | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Malcolm Augustine | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Nancy J. King | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Pamela Beidle | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Shelly Hettleman | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Mike Griffith | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Teresa E. Reilly | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Bryan W. Simonaire | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Chris West | Republican | Yea |
| Senator J.B. Jennings | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Jack Bailey | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Jason C. Gallion | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Johnny Ray Salling | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Justin Ready | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Mary Beth Carozza | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Paul D. Corderman | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 40 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| Republican | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 113 | 18 | 0 | 10 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 13% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (141)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Kittleman | — | Not Voting |
| Impallaria | — | Not Voting |
| Krimm | — | Not Voting |
| Munoz | — | Not Voting |
| Thiam | — | Not Voting |
| Conaway | — | Not Voting |
| Jackson | — | Not Voting |
| Speaker | — | Yea |
| Carr | — | Yea |
| Saab | — | Yea |
| Holmes | — | Yea |
| Luedtke | — | Yea |
| Anderton | — | Yea |
| Clark | — | Yea |
| Howell | — | Yea |
| McIntosh | — | Yea |
| Atterbeary | — | Yea |
| Jalisi | — | Yea |
| Otto | — | Yea |
| Jones, D. | — | Yea |
| Parrott | — | Yea |
| Jones, R. | — | Yea |
| Barve | — | Yea |
| Valentino-Smith | — | Yea |
| Beitzel | — | Yea |
| Kelly | — | Yea |
| Pendergrass | — | Yea |
| Walker | — | Yea |
| Belcastro | — | Yea |
| Prettyman | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Proctor | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Branch, C. | — | Yea |
| Landis | — | Yea |
| Branch, T. | — | Yea |
| Gilchrist | — | Yea |
| Bridges | — | Yea |
| Reznik | — | Yea |
| Lewis, R. | — | Yea |
| Lierman | — | Yea |
| Young, P. | — | Yea |
| Carey | — | Yea |
| Lisanti | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Nay |
| Krebs | — | Nay |
| Novotny | — | Nay |
| Shoemaker | — | Nay |
| Boteler | — | Nay |
| Grammer | — | Nay |
| Mangione | — | Nay |
| Johnson, S. | — | Yea |
| Lewis, J. | — | Yea |
| Long, R. | — | Nay |
| Morgan, M. | — | Nay |
| Palakovich Carr | — | Yea |
| Delegate Andrea Fletcher Harrison | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Anne Healey | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Anne R. Kaiser | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Ben Barnes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Ben Barnes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Bonnie Cullison | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Brian M. Crosby | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate C. T. Wilson | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Catherine M. Forbes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Dana Stein | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate David Moon | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Debra Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Diana M. Fennell | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Edith J. Patterson | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Emily Shetty | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Eric Ebersole | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Gabriel Acevero | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Harry Bhandari | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Heather Bagnall | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate J. Sandy Bartlett | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Jared Solomon | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Jen Terrasa | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Jessica Feldmark | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Jon S. Cardin | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Julian Ivey | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Karen Toles | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Kenneth Kerr | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Kriselda Valderrama | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Lesley J. Lopez | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Lily Qi | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Linda Foley | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Lorig Charkoudian | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Luke Clippinger | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Marc Korman | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Mark S. Chang | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Marlon Amprey | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Mary A. Lehman | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Melissa Wells | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Michele Guyton | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Mike Rogers | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Nicole A. Williams | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Pam Queen | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Regina T. Boyce | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Sheila Ruth | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Stephanie Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Terri L. Hill | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Vaughn Stewart | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Veronica Turner | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Benjamin Brooks | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Dalya Attar | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Karen Lewis Young | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Nick Charles | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Senator Sara Love | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Shaneka Henson | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate April Rose | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti | Republican | Not Voting |
| Delegate Brian Chisholm | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Christopher T. Adams | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate H. Kevin Anderson | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Jason C. Buckel | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Jay A. Jacobs | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Jesse T. Pippy | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Kathy Szeliga | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Lauren Arikan | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Mark N. Fisher | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Mark N. Fisher | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Mike Griffith | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Ric Metzgar | Republican | Not Voting |
| Delegate Seth A. Howard | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Steven J. Arentz | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Susan K. McComas | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Teresa E. Reilly | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Wayne A. Hartman | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate William J. Wivell | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Johnny Mautz | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Mike McKay | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 778?
- HB 778 is sponsored by Senator Karen Lewis Young (Democrat), Delegate Nicole A. Williams (Democrat), Thiam, Delegate Jen Terrasa (Democrat), Delegate Emily Shetty (Democrat), Delegate Mike Rogers (Democrat), Luedtke, Senator Sara Love (Democrat), Delegate Mary A. Lehman (Democrat), Delegate Marc Korman (Democrat), Delegate Kenneth Kerr (Democrat), Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger (Republican), Delegate Terri L. Hill (Democrat), Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo (Democrat), Senator Nick Charles (Democrat), Delegate Mark N. Fisher (Republican), Delegate Lorig Charkoudian (Democrat), Delegate Mark S. Chang (Democrat), Senator Benjamin Brooks (Democrat), Delegate J. Sandy Bartlett (Democrat), Delegate Jared Solomon (Democrat), Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr (Democrat), Delegate Robbyn Lewis (Democrat), Delegate Stephanie Smith (Democrat), Delegate Courtney Watson (Democrat), and Delegate Caylin Young (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB 778?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 03, 2022. Enacted.
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