---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation Equality for Service Members Act"
description: "Transportation Equality for Service Members Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 281"
citation: "Maryland SB 281 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Folden", "Gallion", "James", "Jennings", "Mautz", "Salling", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5b5b44f-21fc-49d6-b03d-1d704e7d60b7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0281?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0d3fa1056b6f9e61e235a3414f662bb2f0b22a96dbc964e1199fe8a5ea97091e"
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 281 (2025) — Transportation Equality for Service Members Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Transportation Equality for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_264_sb0281e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Transportation Equality for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0281e.pdf)
3. **First - Transportation Equality for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0281f.pdf)
4. **Third - Transportation Equality for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0281t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 264 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5b5b44f-21fc-49d6-b03d-1d704e7d60b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).