---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation - Light Rail and Metro Subway - State Safety Oversight Authority"
description: "Transportation - Light Rail and Metro Subway - State Safety Oversight Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 149"
citation: "Maryland HB 149 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation - Generally", "Mass Transit", "Rules and Regulations", "Safety", "Transportation", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/460bc305-eda1-41f4-b15a-515889be7237"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB149&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "3d2db60126c9dd43688f99e3d5381dbb5c97f2f0cbc670c4e4691572d0efe6f7"
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 HB 149 (2017) — Transportation - Light Rail and Metro Subway - State Safety Oversight Authority

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0149f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Environment and Transportation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-18** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-08** Hearing canceled
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/09 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2017-03-01** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-07** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-09** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Rereferred to Finance
- **2017-03-16** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-03** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 112 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/460bc305-eda1-41f4-b15a-515889be7237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).