---
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: "SB 494"
citation: "Maryland SB 494 (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: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43d78255-48ad-4ddf-8fca-ba01d848a427"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB494&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "df062d27919d02455126114151f1d0ce067e3db0f75c86918d85d12ab0045f6e"
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 494 (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/sb/sb0494f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-19** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-19** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-21** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-22** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 356 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43d78255-48ad-4ddf-8fca-ba01d848a427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).