---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact – Department of Planning – Name Correction"
description: "Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact – Department of Planning – Name Correction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 533"
citation: "Maryland HB 533 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation - Generally", "Appeals", "Circuit Courts", "Landlord and Tenant", "Leases and Rent", "Mass Transit", "Names", "Notices", "Planning", "Department of", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr (Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/833f42fe-fd3d-496b-be68-ec35b859e8c3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB533&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "f873a1ebe4922c6ffbbfd8187742fe691e9b979c9875ae8e48ad2a2a9d8e1ddc"
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 533 (2018) — Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact – Department of Planning – Name Correction

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0533f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carr (Chair — primary (person)
- Joint Committee on Federal Relations) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/833f42fe-fd3d-496b-be68-ec35b859e8c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).