| MD | HB564 | Pass | Establishing certain consumer protection requirements for registered cemeterians, registered cemetery operators, and certain permit holders and licensees that sell or offer for sale pet cremation services for pet remains; establishing the duties of c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 547 |
| MD | HB895 | Pass | Prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party delivery service provider from engaging in the practice of dynamic pricing or using consumer personal data to set a price for consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party deli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 154 |
| MD | SB656 | Pass | Making a violation of certain provisions of law regarding the manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale certain cosmetic products an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; providing that a person who violates the is liable for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 |
| MD | HB1357 | Pass | Requiring, beginning April 1, 2028, manufacturers of menstrual hygiene products to include a list of all ingredients listed in order of predominance and displayed prominently in conspicuous type on each consumer-facing package of menstrual hygiene pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 241 |
| MD | HB1395 | Pass | Requiring, to make a claim under a warranty for certain agricultural equipment, a consumer to provide written notice to certain parties to report a nonconformity, defect, or condition occurring in certain agricultural equipment; requiring certain par...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307 |
| MD | HB1533 | Pass | Making a violation of certain provisions of law regarding the manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale certain cosmetic products an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; providing that a person who violates the Act is liable...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 284 |
| MD | SB849 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring, to make a claim under a warranty for certain agricultural equipment, a consumer to provide written notice to certain parties to report a nonconformity, defect, or condition occurring in certain agricultural equipment; requiring certain par...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB789 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to study and report on the repair and training requirements of advanced driver assistance systems; and requiring the Administration to reports its findings and recommendations to the Senate Judicial Proceedi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB883 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a developer of artificial intelligence from making, or knowingly causing artificial intelligence to make, certain representations or statements or to provide certain services or experiences relating to behavioral health care; requiring ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1226 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain persons from knowingly operating, offering, conducting, engaging in, or promoting illegal online gambling in the State; prohibiting certain persons from knowingly supporting, directly or indirectly, the operation, conduct, or prom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB1258 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from advertising adoption services in the State, unless the person is a local department or child placement agency licensed by the Social Services Administration; authorizing the Administration to notify the Attorney General of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1456 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a commercial entity from publishing or advertising information on certain residential property unless the commercial entity verifies that the person offering the property is the property's legal owner or the agent of the legal owner or is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB387 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party food delivery service provider from engaging in the practice of dynamic pricing or using consumer data to set a price for consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party food del...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB528 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a certain video streaming service from transmitting to a consumer in the State the audio of a commercial advertisement in a manner that is louder than the audio of the accompanying video programming or video content of the video streaming...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB932 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a person that operates a social media platform to display to State users of the social media platform the general geographical location of each adult user whose account is visible to the State user on the platform, unless the user is a mino...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB952 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring certain operators of companion chatbots to establish, maintain, and publish certain protocols and provide certain information to users of the companion chatbot; requiring operators to establish enhanced measures for minor users of companion...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB796 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing consumer protections related to health care financing, including disclosure and refund requirements; prohibiting health care providers and certain agents of health care providers from offering, obtaining, applying, assisting in applying ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1562 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a commercial telecommunications service provider to automatically provide a service disruption credit to the account of a customer impacted by a material service outage; establishing the minimum amount of the credit for the service outage; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1124 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing consumer protections related to health care financing, including disclosure and refund requirements; prohibiting health care providers and certain agents of health care providers from offering, obtaining, applying for, or assisting in ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-10
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1261 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain child safety and data privacy requirements for certain toys featuring artificial intelligence; requiring an artificial intelligence toy to contain certain labeling; prohibiting the manufacturer of an artificial intelligence toy f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1250 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulating the manner in which a developer designs and creates and an operator makes available to users in the State a chatbot, including establishing safety and privacy protections for users; establishing, an enhanced protection for users who are mi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1429 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a manufacturer of certain motor vehicles to provide certain information and tools related to the diagnosis, service, and repair of motor vehicles to certain owners and independent repair facilities under certain circumstances; requiring an ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1229 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's right to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right while engaged in employment in the State to be paid at a wage rate that is at least equal to the State minimum wage rat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1475 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a merchant from setting the price of consumer goods or services using personalized algorithmic pricing and issuing a certain communication in a certain manner unless the merchant includes a certain disclosure; prohibiting a person from kn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB981 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain governing doc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-15
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB695 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from swiping the driver's license or ID card of an individual except for certain purposes; prohibiting a person that swipes a driver's license or ID card from storing, selling, or sharing the personal information collected except...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB889 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from engaging in surveillance-based price setting to set the price of consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer from using electronic shelving labels to display the prices of consumer goods, and instead requiring th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB886 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's right to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right while engaged in employment in the State to be paid at a wage rate that is at least equal to the State minimum wage rat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB571 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain broadband providers in the State to establish a program to provide certain broadband services to eligible low-income consumers on or before December 1, 2026; authorizing the Office of Statewide Broadband in the Department of Housing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB652 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain persons from operating, offering, conducting, engaging in, or promoting illegal online gambling in the State; prohibiting certain persons from knowingly supporting, directly or indirectly, the operation, conduct, or promotion of i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB977 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a person that is not V.A. accredited that is seeking compensation for certain services related to veterans benefits matters to enter into a certain written fee agreement with the recipient of the services that complies with certain laws; re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB434 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a landlord from using certain algorithmic devices to determine the amount of rent to charge for, occupancy levels of, and lease terms and conditions for a residential dwelling unit; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To House Economic Matters Committee |
