---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026"
description: "Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 606"
citation: "Maryland SB 606 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Beidle", "Gile", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jackson", "Kramer", "Lam", "Mautz", "McCray", "Ready"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d42eda7f-17a7-43e5-a669-d2bf55d5d6d7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0606?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6351d807fe5e417bf694ad220b435a7ea5ca2199a3cb5d2b2a9010776d004934"
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 606 (2026) — Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_488_sb0606t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0606f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland E-ZPass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0606t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2026-03-11** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d42eda7f-17a7-43e5-a669-d2bf55d5d6d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).