---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Transit Administration – Fare Price Requirements – Alterations"
description: "Maryland Transit Administration – Fare Price Requirements – Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 617"
citation: "Maryland SB 617 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes", "Hettleman", "McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2220aac5-3bf1-4f08-8df3-8759ec047ef6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0617?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fa46bfa72a6fc6cba7e640de788d360bffe7fe975a42b41ed1c89b545f619e7e"
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 617 (2023) — Maryland Transit Administration – Fare Price Requirements – Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Transit Administration – Fare Price Requirements – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_483_sb0617t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Transit Administration – Fare Price Requirements – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0617f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Transit Administration – Fare Price Requirements – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0617t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-20** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2023-03-20** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred Appropriations Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 483 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2220aac5-3bf1-4f08-8df3-8759ec047ef6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).