| MD | HB711 | Pass | 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 |
| MD | HB191 | Pass | Prohibiting a merchant, in a certain transaction between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., from prohibiting a person from making a cash payment to purchase an essential consumer good, requiring a person to purchase an essential consumer good by using ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 714 |
| MD | HB264 | Pass | Limiting the personal information that may be collected, maintained, processed, and retained by units of State government under certain circumstances; requiring certain personal information to be deleted or de-identified under certain circumstances; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| MD | SB437 | Pass | Providing for the valuation of a gift card for the purpose of determining value for crimes involving theft; prohibiting a person, with the intent to defraud another, from altering or tampering with a gift card or its packaging; and providing that a p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456 |
| MD | HB752 | Pass | Providing for the valuation of a gift card for the purpose of determining value for crimes involving theft; prohibiting a person, with the intent to defraud another, from altering or tampering with a gift card or its packaging; and providing that a v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 457 |
| MD | HB103 | Pass | Altering certain exemptions relating to a prohibition on a consumer contract that sets a shorter time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract under certain circumstances; prohibiting a consumer contract from waiving, limiting, impairing,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 308 |
| 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 | SB582 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from sending a check or other negotiable instrument to an individual under certain circumstances; establishing that an individual who receives a check or other negotiable instrument is not liable for the amount of the check or ne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 316 |
| 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 | SB844 | Pass | Correcting certain errors or omissions in certain articles of the Annotated Code and the Public Local Laws of Maryland; clarifying language; correcting certain obsolete references; reorganizing certain sections of the Annotated Code; providing that t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 153 |
| MD | SB504 | Engross
Sine Die | 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] | 2026-04-13
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 | 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 | HB382 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring, beginning November 15, 2027, and each November 15 thereafter, certain broadband providers to report certain information to the Office of Statewide Broadband annually; and requiring by December 1, 2027, and each December 1 thereafter, the O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance 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 | HB36 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain terminology throughout the Annotated Code that refers to a clergyman to refer to a member of the clergy and churches to refer to faith institutions and places of worship; and defining "faith institution" as any Christian, Jewish, Isl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1638 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a certain owner or operator of a certain covered platform to take reasonable measures to prioritize account privacy and establish certain default settings; requiring a covered provider to allow the parent or legal guardian of a minor to tak...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| 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 | HB1089 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a data broker registry; defining "data broker" as a business that knowingly collects and sells or licenses personal consumer data to third parties with whom the consumer does not have a direct relationship; requiring certain data brokers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1179 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing requirements for application store providers and developers; creating requirements for age verification and parental consent; prohibiting application store providers and developers from enforcing certain contracts under certain circumsta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1399 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing requirements for consumer reporting agencies that use algorithmic systems to assemble or evaluate consumer credit information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties; and requiring the Commissioner of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
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 | HB1295 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; and establishing that certain data collected by fully autonomous vehicles is subject to the Online Data Privacy Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation 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 | SB827 | 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 min...
[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 | SB909 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; and establishing that certain data collected by fully autonomous vehicles is subject to the Online Data Privacy Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings 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 | HB77 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain ticket resellers to register annually with the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General to resell an event ticket in the State; regulating the sale and resale of event tickets in the State; establishing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB985 | Intro
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] | 2026-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB93 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering certain terminology throughout the Annotated Code that refers to a clergyman to refer to a member of the clergy and churches to refer to faith institutions and places of worship; and defining "faith institution" as any Christian, Jewish, Isl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB569 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain requirements for a controller relating to the collection of personal data; and prohibiting a controller, unless consumer consent is obtained, from collecting, processing, sharing, or selling precise geolocation data for the purpose o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB148 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from engaging in certain surveillance-based price setting; making a certain violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Economic Matters Committee |
