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Current trends in Maryland legislation over the last 72 hours as measured by public interest and activity.
| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | SB891 | Passed | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for screening for perinatal behavioral health conditions at certain times; requiring the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 636 |
| #2 | HB94 | Passed | Establishing alternative expiration and renewal periods for a handgun permit issued to a retired law enforcement officer who retired in good standing from service with a law enforcement agency of the State or a county or municipal corporation of the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 454 |
| #3 | SB8 | Passed | Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause physical injury, serious emotional distress, or economic damages; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelli... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 445 |
| #4 | SB16 | Passed | Specifying that, for purposes of earnings withholdings, the amount deducted from the obligor's earnings may not exceed 35% of the obligor's disposable earnings if the obligor's individual income for the current year does not exceed 250% of the federa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 868 |
| #5 | HB894 | Passed | Providing for the automatic designation of certain transit-oriented developments as enterprise zones, subject to certain conditions; requiring the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to prioritize certain redevelopment projects when making loan... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 |
| #6 | SB237 | Passed | Altering the procedures for the selection of presidential elector nominees and alternate presidential elector nominees; requiring the State Administrator of Elections to preside and serve as secretary at a certain meeting of certain presidential elec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 469 |
| #7 | HB326 | Passed | Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to develop and administer an anonymous reporting system to receive information related to a school or student safety concern; requiring the Center to develop operational guidelines and procedures, and t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 648 |
| #8 | HB746 | Passed | Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from imposing a copay, coinsurance, or deductible for services provided in accordance with the Collaborative Care Model; requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health plans, and health maintenance organiza... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 615 |
| #9 | HB816 | Passed | Altering the cap on a certain assessment allocation percentage required to be calculated by the Board of Directors of the Industry Automobile Insurance Association; authorizing the Executive Director of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to estab... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 741 |
| #10 | SB524 | Passed | Establishing that certain provisions of law relating to the confidentiality of juvenile police records and court records do not prohibit access to and confidential use of certain records by the Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 733 |
| #11 | HB776 | Passed | Requiring an intake officer to file a petition alleging that a child under the age of 13 years is a child in need of supervision if the child is alleged to have committed an act that results in the death of a victim; and requiring a law enforcement o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 635 |
| #12 | HB945 | Passed | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to notify and consult with the local health department for the county in which a nursing home is located if the Department initiates an investigation of a nursing home complaint alleging actual harm; establ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 684 |
| #13 | SB802 | Passed | Adding a substitute member to the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County; establishing a certain special event permit that the Board may issue to a holder of a Class 3 winery license or a Class 4 limited winery license; establishing certai... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 827 |
| #14 | HB1523 | Passed | Altering the violations of law with respect to which the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission is authorized to issue a citation or charging document; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, exposing f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 354 |
| #15 | HB711 | Passed | Prohibiting a certain controller from knowingly selling the personal data of a consumer to a certain governmental unit that has engaged in or supported civil immigration enforcement under certain circumstances; requiring a custodian of a public recor... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 874 |
| #16 | SB184 | Passed | Altering the date, from November 30 to October 1 each year, by which the Office of the Attorney General must report on certain activities of the Office's Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit and certain activities taken by the Department o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 472 |
| #17 | SB168 | Passed | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, in coordination with certain entities, to evaluate the use of blockchain technology for securely recording and verifying real property ownership and leases and to assess its potential for us... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 748 |
| #18 | HB96 | Passed | Altering the membership of the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission, from 19 to 21 members, to include one representative of the Greater Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, one representative from the American Federation of State, County an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 570 |
| #19 | SB68 | Passed | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to draw from a pool of at least five questions related to motorcycle safety awareness for a certain examination, and include at least one of those questions on the driver skills examination required for the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 |
| #20 | SB148 | Passed | Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a 9-1-1 specialist; and requiring the Department of Emergency Management to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 877 |
| #21 | HB187 | Passed | Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of a disposition under a certain provision of law if the disposition was included in a case that was disposed of by the court with a no finding designation or designated by the court as having b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 466 |
| #22 | HB282 | Passed | Altering provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults; and requiring the local department of aging to complete an investigation and make an indicated, not indicated, or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 652 |
| #23 | SB215 | Passed | Altering the application of certain provisions of law governing local government personnel, trout stamps, and landlord remedies to apply to all uniformed services; and altering the composition of the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 494 |
| #24 | SB12 | Passed | Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to residential rental units in apartment buildings with 10 or more individual dwelling units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2026, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning Oct... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 664 |
| #25 | SB53 | Passed | Requiring the Maryland Port Administration to provide written notice to the Anne Arundel County Delegation to the General Assembly if the Administration makes a written request for the county's approval of the acquisition of land or improvements on ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 497 |
| #26 | SB46 | Passed | Defining the term "interment location" for the purposes of provisions of law governing the interment of individuals in State veterans' cemeteries; and requiring the Department of Veterans and Military Families to provide an outer burial receptacle, r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 495 |
| #27 | SB111 | Passed | Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration and agents and employees of State agencies and political subdivisions to take possession of certain vehicle registration plates under certain circumstances; authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administrator to e... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 487 |
| #28 | SB72 | Passed | Providing that certain authorization for the holders of certain licenses to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption in a certain manner applies only if the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County has adopted certain regulati... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 816 |
| #29 | SB29 | Passed | Altering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition se... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 |
| #30 | SB131 | Passed | Clarifying that a communication between an attorney and a client that acts as a fiduciary is subject to the attorney-client privilege even if fiduciary funds are used to compensate the attorney for services rendered to the client. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 500 |
| #31 | SB199 | Passed | Requiring a grant from the Individuals With Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Boating Fund to provide opportunities to participate in certain water-dependent activities for eligible companions of individuals with disabilities or service-disa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 654 |
| #32 | HB3 | Passed | Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher educat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798 |
| #33 | SB218 | Passed | Authorizing the State Superintendent of Schools to declare a prolonged state of emergency for an event that prevents regular, in-person attendance at a public school for at least 14 consecutive school days, subject to certain requirements; establishi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 598 |
| #34 | HB141 | Passed | Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park or the University of Maryland, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 774 |
| #35 | HB135 | Passed | Authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to designate certain noncontiguous blighted areas as development districts. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 536 |
| #36 | SB109 | Passed | Expanding eligibility for property tax payment deferrals in Anne Arundel County to include members of certain reserve components and certain members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service; and applying th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 690 |
| #37 | SB48 | Passed | Clarifying the type of proposals and plans that require the approval of the State Superintendent of Schools; requiring a county board of education to request and receive approval from the State Superintendent before a county board may proceed with ce... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 |
| #38 | SB77 | Passed | Exempting certain contracts entered into by the Office of International Trade in the Department of Commerce relating to the development of certain authorized international business activities and opportunities from certain prohibitions on the provisi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373 |
| #39 | SB187 | Passed | Altering the required specifications for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of General Services to submit a certain timeline of deliverables for the planning, design, and construction of the fa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 876 |
| #40 | HB266 | Passed | Authorizing the Information Technology Investment Fund, at the discretion of the Secretary of Information Technology, to be used to support State-owned communication sites, communication facilities, and telecommunications equipment used in connection... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 |
| #41 | HB260 | Passed | Altering the day that a certain campaign finance report is due to be filed with the State Board of Elections; requiring that a certain campaign finance report cover a certain time period; and altering, from January 1 of the year of the election to Ju... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 443 |
| #42 | SB101 | Passed | Adding correctional officers as eligible recipients in the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Police Officers and Probation Agents and the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 679 |
| #43 | HB193 | Passed | Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 396 |
| #44 | HB107 | Passed | Requiring the establishment of the Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program by October 1, 2027; requiring individuals whose driver's licenses are subject to certain suspension or revocation to participate in the Program; requiring the Motor ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 870 |
| #45 | SB194 | Passed | Applying certain provisions of law relating to the job creation tax credit and certain property tax credits and exemptions for certain members, veterans, and surviving spouses of certain members and veterans of the military, naval, or air service to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 689 |
| #46 | SB13 | Passed | Altering certain alcoholic beverages license fee refund requirements to allow for certain members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service to be eligible for a refund of a portion of the license fee; etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 863 |
| #47 | SB221 | Passed | Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing or viewing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child under the a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 530 |
| #48 | HB108 | Passed | Establishing the Volunteer Services Program in the Division of Correction for the purpose of providing access to volunteers, including formerly incarcerated individuals to State correctional facilities to assist incarcerated individuals and organizat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 519 |
| #49 | SB213 | Passed | Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395 |
| #50 | SB204 | Passed | Establishing the Maryland Civic Excellence Program that recognizes the civic readiness and civic engagement of public high school students in the State; requiring that a certain capstone project be included in the Program; authorizing a local school ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 677 |
