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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026"
+description: "Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 606"
+citation: "Maryland SB 606 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Beidle", "Gile", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jackson", "Kramer", "Lam", "Mautz", "McCray", "Ready"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-05"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d42eda7f-17a7-43e5-a669-d2bf55d5d6d7"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0606?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "6351d807fe5e417bf694ad220b435a7ea5ca2199a3cb5d2b2a9010776d004934"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 606 (2026) — Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_488_sb0606t.pdf)
+2. **First - Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0606f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0606t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Washington — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Kramer — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Mautz — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+- Ready — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
+- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-11** Committee Amendment Adopted
+- **2026-03-11** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
+- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-17** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d42eda7f-17a7-43e5-a669-d2bf55d5d6d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+