MD SB242 | 2026 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 26 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-26 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing occupational or professional licensing processes to include former service members who have been discharged before the date on which an application for a license, certificate, or registration is submitted.

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Title

Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2026-04-13 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 135 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-04-13 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-19 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2026-05-26SenateApproved by the Governor - Chapter 694
2026-04-13SenatePassed Enrolled
2026-04-13SenateThird Reading Passed (46-0)
2026-04-13SenateSenate Concurs House Amendments
2026-04-13HouseThird Reading Passed (135-0)
2026-04-09HouseSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-09HouseFavorable with Amendments {323125/1 Adopted
2026-04-09HouseFavorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
2026-03-26HouseHearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
2026-03-20HouseReferred Government, Labor, and Elections Health
2026-03-19SenateThird Reading Passed (45-0)
2026-03-18SenateSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-18SenateFavorable with Amendments {353729/1 Adopted
2026-03-18SenateFavorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-02-03SenateHearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
2026-01-15SenateFirst Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Finance

Same As/Similar To

HB420 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-13 - Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment

Subjects

Abandoned Vehicles
Accountants
Acupuncturists
Administrative Agencies
Agents and Brokers
Agriculture, Department of
Animals
Applicants and Applications
Appraisals
Apprenticeships and Internships
Architects and Architecture
Armed Forces and Uniformed Services
Art, Music, and Cultural Affairs
Assisted Living
Attorneys
Audiologists and Speech Pathologists
Business Occupations and Professions
Calvert County
Certifications
Chemical Tests
Child Care
Chiropractors
Civil Rights and Social Equity
Commerce and Business
Committees and Commissions
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Contractors
Cosmetologists
Counselors and Therapists
Criminal Background Investigations
Dealers
Dentists
Dietitians and Nutritionists
Driver Education
Education, State Board of
Electricians
Electrologists
Electronic Funds Transfer
Electronic Government
Elevators
Emergency Medical Services
Energy Matters
Engineers and Engineering
Environment, Department of the
Environmental Health
Equipment
Explosives
Fertilizers
Finance Companies
Financial Institutions
Financial Regulation, Division of
Fire Protection
Food
Foresters
Funerals
Genetics
Goods and Services
Guns
Health Occupations
Health, Department of
Hearing Aids
Heating and Cooling
Home Detention
Industry and Manufacturing
Inspections
Insurance Administration
Interstate Affairs
Labor and Industry, Division of
Labor, Department of
Laboratories
Land Surveyors and Surveys
Landscape Architects
Licenses
Long-Term Care
Managers and Supervisors
Massage
Medical Testing and Diagnosis
Medication Technitions
Mental and Behavioral Health
Midwives
Milk Products
Mining
Mortgages
Morticians
Motor Vehicle Dealers and Salespeople
Motor Vehicle Equipment
Motor Vehicle Inspection
Natural Resources, Department of
Nurses
Nursing Assistants
Nursing Homes
Occupational Therapists
Optometrists, Ophthalmologists, and Opticians
Pawnshops
Pest Control
Pharmacists and Pharmacies
Physical Therapists
Physicians
Pilots and Docking Masters
Plumbing
Podiatrists
Precious Metals and Stones
Psychologists
Public Safety and Correctional Services, Department of
Public Service Commission
Publications
Radiation
Real Estate
Real Property
Recycling
Refuse Disposal
Registration
Retail Sales
Rules and Regulations
Safety
Sales and Use Tax
School Administration
Social Workers
Special Events
Sports and Recreation
Spouses
State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials
State Police, Department of
Substance Abuse Treatment
Supreme Court of Maryland
Surveillance
Tax Preparers
Time
Towing
Transient Merchants
Trees
Utilities
Veterans
Veterinarians
Vocational Rehabilitation
Wastewater
Wells
Wholesale Distribution
Work, Labor, and Employment
Wreckers and Scrap Processors

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
Agriculture1101(n/a)See Bill Text
Agriculture11405(n/a)See Bill Text
Agriculture2301(n/a)See Bill Text
Agriculture2313(n/a)See Bill Text
Agriculture5207(n/a)See Bill Text
Agriculture8802(n/a)See Bill Text
Agriculture8803.4(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions1101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions10101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions10206(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions11101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions11401(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions12101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions12301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions13101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions13401(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions14101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions14301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions15101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions15301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions16101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions16301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions163A-01(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions16501(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions17101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions17301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions18301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions19101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions19401(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions2101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions2301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions20101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions20301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions21101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions21301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions3101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions3302(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions3306(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions4101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions4301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions5101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions5102(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions5301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions6101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions6301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions6303(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions7101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions7301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions8101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions8301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions9101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Occupations and Professions9301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation1101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation12101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation12201(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation171005(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation171401(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation171403(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation171803(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation1720A-01(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation1720A-02(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation17906(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation17917(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation4303(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation4403(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation5101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation5106(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation5201(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation8301(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation9A101(n/a)See Bill Text
Business Regulation9A301(n/a)See Bill Text
Education1101(n/a)See Bill Text
Education13516(n/a)See Bill Text
Education6101.1(n/a)See Bill Text
Education6126(n/a)See Bill Text
Education6701(n/a)See Bill Text
Education6704.1(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment1101(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment12101(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment12301(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment13101(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment13301(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment15807(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment17101(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment17301(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment2406(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment8304(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment911A-01(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment911A-15(n/a)See Bill Text
Environment9228(n/a)See Bill Text
Financial Institutions1101(n/a)See Bill Text
Financial Institutions11403(n/a)See Bill Text
Financial Institutions11612.2(n/a)See Bill Text
Financial Institutions12405(n/a)See Bill Text
Health - General1101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health - General17205(n/a)See Bill Text
Health - General17305(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations1701(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations1704(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations10101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations10301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations11101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations11301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations11404.1(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations12101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations12301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations126B-01(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations126D-02(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations13101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations13301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations14101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations14301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations145A-08(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations145B-08(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations145C-08(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations145D-07(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations145E-08(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations145F-10(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations145G-08(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations15101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations15301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations16101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations16301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations17101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations17301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations17401(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations176A-10(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations18101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations18301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations19101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations19301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations1A101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations1A301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations2101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations2301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations23B-01(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations20101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations20301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations21101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations21301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations3101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations3301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations4101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations4301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations4505(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations5101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations5301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations6101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations6301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations7101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations7301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations7302(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations8101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations8301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations86A-02(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations86B-07(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations86C-06(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations86D-02(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations9101(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations9301(n/a)See Bill Text
Health Occupations93A-01(n/a)See Bill Text
Insurance1101(n/a)See Bill Text
Insurance10103(n/a)See Bill Text
Insurance10203(n/a)See Bill Text
Insurance10304(n/a)See Bill Text
Insurance10403(n/a)See Bill Text
Insurance26201(n/a)See Bill Text
Labor and Employment7101(n/a)See Bill Text
Labor and Employment7301(n/a)See Bill Text
Labor and Employment96A-09(n/a)See Bill Text
Natural Resources4101(n/a)See Bill Text
Natural Resources4211(n/a)See Bill Text
Natural Resources5417(n/a)See Bill Text
Public Safety11105(n/a)See Bill Text
Public Safety12606(n/a)See Bill Text
Public Safety12801(n/a)See Bill Text
Public Safety12826(n/a)See Bill Text
Public Safety13704.1(n/a)See Bill Text
Public Utilities1101(n/a)See Bill Text
Public Utilities24106(n/a)See Bill Text
Public Utilities7317(n/a)See Bill Text
Public Utilities7318(n/a)See Bill Text
Real Property7105.1(n/a)See Bill Text
State Government10-14A01(n/a)See Bill Text
State Government10-14A2(n/a)See Bill Text
State Government10-14A3(n/a)See Bill Text
State Government10-14A4(n/a)See Bill Text
State Government10-14A5(n/a)See Bill Text
State Government91A-06(n/a)See Bill Text
State Government91E-05(n/a)See Bill Text
State Government9901(n/a)See Bill Text
Transportation15402(n/a)See Bill Text
Transportation15502(n/a)See Bill Text
Transportation15602(n/a)See Bill Text
Transportation15702(n/a)See Bill Text
Transportation15802(n/a)See Bill Text
Transportation23103.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Maryland State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0242?ys=2026RS
Texthttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0242f.pdf
Texthttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0242t.pdf
Texthttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0242e.pdf
Texthttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_694_sb0242e.pdf
Amendmenthttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0002/sb0242_35372901.pdf
Amendmenthttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0002/sb0242_32312501.pdf
Supplementhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0242_eee.pdf
Supplementhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0242_fin.pdf
Supplementhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0242_gvc.pdf
Supplementhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0242_hlt.pdf
Roll Callhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0514.pdf
Roll Callhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/1242.pdf
Roll Callhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1503.pdf

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