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type: "Bill"
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title: "Maryland Transit Administration – State Employees – Free Ridership (Transit Benefit for State Employees)"
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description: "Maryland Transit Administration – State Employees – Free Ridership (Transit Benefit for State Employees)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 319"
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citation: "Maryland SB 319 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Transportation - Generally", "State Government - Personnel", "Baltimore City", "Baltimore County", "Budget and Management", "Department of", "Buses", "Collective Bargaining", "Commuters", "Fees", "Mass Transit", "Railroads", "Reimbursement Rates", "Reports", "State Employees", "Transportation", "Department of", "Transportation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-30"
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last_action: "2019-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4091f02-5ecb-4281-b7f4-041e087e9dfa"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB319&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "6f6ccaca533cc3594aad91652ac54de98eed23ee75bee74b1f04bce8b22947c9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 319 (2019) — Maryland Transit Administration – State Employees – Free Ridership (Transit Benefit for State Employees)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0319f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **31–14** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **99–38** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Augustine — primary (person)
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- Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
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- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Washington — cosponsor (person)
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- Zucker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-30** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-01** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-02-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-20** Favorable with Amendments {387479/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-20** Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
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- **2019-02-21** Favorable with Amendments {387479/1 Finance Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-21** Floor Amendment {723823/1 (Senator Augustine) Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-02-25** Third Reading Passed (31-14) `passage`
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- **2019-02-26** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-05** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-04-02** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** Floor Amendment {803122/1 (Delegate Ghrist) Withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed
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- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (99-38) `passage`
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- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
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- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 420 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4091f02-5ecb-4281-b7f4-041e087e9dfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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