---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024)"
description: "Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "Maryland SB 126 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Feldman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-29"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeb3228e-0c4b-429a-8eb9-3620b888edc2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0126?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f177381d11db52f33bfe90a7735778019010bcd2072f5073b928a6ed9233a873"
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 126 (2024) — Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_533_sb0126t.pdf)
2. **First - Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0126f.pdf)
3. **Third - Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0126t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–31** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **34–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/20 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 533 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeb3228e-0c4b-429a-8eb9-3620b888edc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).