---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Membership Act"
description: "Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Membership Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 265"
citation: "Maryland SB 265 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation - Generally", "Committees and Commissions", "District of Columbia", "Emergency Bills", "Interstate Affairs", "Mass Transit", "Montgomery County", "Prince George's County", "Public Officials", "Residency", "Safety", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28d308e3-30c6-46e9-b76e-e48b2fa86102"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB265&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "5b04e51c4009f4f4083291e3568849c3f6a414ba50c4e79cb43ba80773733799"
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 265 (2017) — Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Membership Act

## 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/sb/sb0265f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)
- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13** Special Order until 2/14 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2017-02-14** Motion to Suspend Rule 46A (Senator Feldman) Adopted
- **2017-02-14** Floor Amendment {513320/1 (Senator Feldman) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-15** Special Order until 2/16 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2017-02-16** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2017-02-16** Floor Amendment {143828/1 (Senator Jennings) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-17** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {390817/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 351 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28d308e3-30c6-46e9-b76e-e48b2fa86102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).