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HB0733 • 2026

Maryland Transit Administration - Fixed-Route Transit Services - Announcements

Maryland Transit Administration - Fixed-Route Transit Services - Announcements

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Delegate Guyton
Last action
2026-02-04
Official status
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Maryland Transit Administration - Fixed-Route Transit Services - Announcements

Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide real-time audible and text-based announcements that announce all stops and other critical information on all fixed-route transit services.

What This Bill Does

  • Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide real-time audible and text-based announcements that announce all stops and other critical information on all fixed-route transit services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-04 House

    Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.

  2. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading Environment and Transportation

  3. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Maryland Transit Administration - Fixed-Route Transit Services - Announcements

Official Summary Text

Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide real-time audible and text-based announcements that announce all stops and other critical information on all fixed-route transit services.

Current Bill Text

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*hb0733*

HOUSE BILL 733
R2 6lr1856

By: Delegate Guyton
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2026
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Maryland Transit Administration – Fixed–Route Transit Services – 2
Announcements 3

FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide certain 4
announcements on all fixed–route transit services ; and genera lly relating to 5
announcements on fixed–route transit services. 6

BY adding to 7
Article – Transportation 8
Section 7–720 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 11

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13

Article – Transportation 14

7–720. 15

THE ADMINISTRATION SH ALL PROVIDE REAL–TIME AUDIBLE AND 16
TEXT–BASED ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ANNOUNCE ALL STOPS AND OTHER CRITICAL 17
INFORMATION ON ALL FIXED–ROUTE TRANSIT SERVICES. 18

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 19
October 1, 2026. 20