| MD | HB677 | Pass | Providing that a registered reduction operator is not civilly liable for transferring and a veterans service organization is not civilly liable for receiving unclaimed hydrolyzed or soil remains of a veteran or an eligible dependent of a veteran for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 692 |
| MD | SB42 | Pass | Providing that a registered reduction operator is not civilly liable for transferring and a veterans service organization is not civilly liable for receiving unclaimed hydrolyzed or soil remains of a veteran or an eligible dependent of a veteran for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 693 |
| MD | SB215 | Pass | 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 |
| MD | SB250 | Pass | Conforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 508 |
| MD | SB314 | Pass | Establishing a certain immunity from liability for a person who donates a pet item or dispenses a donated pet item; and authorizing the State Department of Agriculture to inspect donated commercial feed and establish procedures for handling donated c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 464 |
| MD | HB426 | Pass | Authorizing a party to the guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person to request a stay of certain civil actions or proceedings on the filing of a petition for guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person; requiring a ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 538 |
| MD | SB346 | Pass | Establishing certain civil liability for an individual who, under color of law, deprives another or causes or allows another to be deprived, of a right, a privilege, or an immunity secured by the U.S. Constitution or the laws of the United States; re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460 |
| MD | HB596 | Pass | Conforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 509 |
| MD | SB939 | Pass | Providing that the exemption for owner-occupied residential real property in a bankruptcy proceeding includes certain real property held in a revocable trust; and altering the amount of the exemption for owner-occupied residential real property in a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 400 |
| MD | HB351 | Pass | Establishing certain civil liability for an individual who, under color of law, deprives another, or causes or allows another to be deprived, of a right, a privilege, or an immunity secured by the U.S. Constitution or the laws of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459 |
| MD | SB694 | Pass | Establishing that filing a certain complaint with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights satisfies certain prerequisites to commencing a civil action alleging the violation of a county discrimination law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172 |
| MD | SB907 | Pass | Altering the definition of "abuse" to include female genital mutilation for the purposes of a provision of law requiring certain persons to provide notice of suspected abuse or neglect of a child or make a written report of suspected abuse or neglect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 28 |
| MD | HB1389 | Pass | Altering the definition of "abuse" to include female genital mutilation for the purposes of a provision of law requiring certain persons to provide notice of suspected abuse or neglect of a child or make a written report of suspected abuse or neglect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 29 |
| MD | HB1105 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for a civil suit to enforce certain local consumer protection codes for which equitable relief, a fine, or a penalty is provided.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (37-0) |
| MD | HB332 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain civil liability for an individual who, under color of law, deprives another of a right, a privilege, or an immunity secured by the U.S. Constitution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB477 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the period from 5 to 12 years that a licensed real estate appraiser must retain certain records; establishing a statute of limitations for certain civil actions against a person for certain real estate appraisal-related actions; extending th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1098 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempting certain owner-occupied residential real property from execution on a judgment in a certain amount and subject to certain adjustments; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB476 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-21
Referred to interim study by Judiciary |
| MD | HB466 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting recovery by a certain plaintiff from being barred in a certain civil action due to the plaintiff's negligence, except under certain circumstances; requiring any damages awarded under the Act to be diminished in proportion to the amount of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
Referred to interim study by Judiciary |
| MD | HB908 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that a commercial entity that distributes certain sexual material harmful to minors on the Internet and that fails to perform certain age verification methods is liable for certain damages under certain circumstances; and prohibiting a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB385 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a rebuttable presumption in an action for personal injury or wrongful death that a medical bill from a health care provider or an agent of the health care provider is authentic, fair, and reasonable if the bill was properly provided in d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1184 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain nonprofit organizations from aiding or abetting certain activity by the government of Israel or a citizen of Israel; authorizing the Attorney General or a certain person to bring a certain action against a nonprofit organization t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1198 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a debtor may provide certain notice to a creditor and request that the creditor cease debt collection activity relating to a coerced debt; authorizing a debtor, after providing a creditor with certain notice, to bring an action against...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1471 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a consumer to send certain notice relating to alleged identity theft debt to a creditor; requiring a creditor to conduct a certain investigation following receipt of notice and to provide certain notice or take certain actions under certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1536 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from voluntarily assisting in immigration enforcement under certain circumstances and requiring a person who assists immigration enforcement to make and maintain certain records; authorizing a person injured by a violation of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1500 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a unit of State government that is required by law to adopt regulations to implement a program that is authorized or required under State law from collecting any fee or other payment under that program until the unit finalizes adoption of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | SB693 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the limitation to 20% of a settlement or 25% of a judgment that counsel may charge or receive in an action for damages arising out of a claim or claims of child sexual abuse filed on or after June 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB950 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifying that injury resulting from conversion therapy is cognizable for purposes of a health care malpractice action; establishing certain procedures in an action for health care malpractice resulting from conversion therapy; removing the limitati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB988 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from being stopped, detained, or arrested for certain civil offenses while the individual is in a judicial facility or is traveling within 1 mile of a judicial facility for the purpose of attending a meeting, a hearing, or anothe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-06
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1641 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing a provision prohibiting the District Court, in aid of enforcement or execution of a money judgment for a small claim, from ordering the appearance of an individual for an examination or ordering an individual to answer interrogatories.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB199 | Intro
Sine Die | Conforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB550 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain civil liability for a federal law enforcement officer who, under color of law, deprives another of a right, a privilege, or an immunity secured by the U.S. Constitution; and applying the Act retroactively to a cause of action ari...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB993 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act from being construed to prohibit a child of a covered employee who is determined not to be a dependent of the covered employee from filing an action for damages related to the wrongful death of the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1298 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a certain litigation financier from providing certain litigation financing unless licensed under the Maryland Consumer Loan Law or provisions of law relating to installment loans; providing that litigation financing shall be considered a ...
[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 | SB989 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain conduct relating to child exploitation material; establishing a civil action for a certain violation of the Act; authorizing the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions of the Act; defining "computer-generated image" in cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB366 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act from being construed to prohibit a child of a covered employee who is determined not to be a dependent of the covered employee from filing an action for damages related to the wrongful death of the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters 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 | SB894 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a certain litigation financier from providing certain litigation financing unless licensed under the Maryland Consumer Loan Law or provisions of law relating to installment loans; providing that litigation financing shall be considered a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB871 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that punitive damages may be awarded in a civil action only if the plaintiff proves by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant acted with gross negligence; requiring the State Court Administrator to assess a certain surcharge on a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1209 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifying that injury resulting from conversion therapy is cognizable for purposes of a health care malpractice action; establishing certain procedures in an action for health care malpractice resulting from conversion therapy; removing the limitati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB712 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a cause of action against a developer of a certain artificial intelligence system for defective design, failure to provide adequate instruction or warning, and breach of express warranty; establishing that a deployer of a certain artific...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB693 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that a commercial entity that distributes obscene material to minors on the Internet from certain websites is liable for certain damages; and prohibiting a commercial entity or third party that performs a certain age verification of an i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB802 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that the contents of a certain intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in evidence in a certain proceeding under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB906 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that punitive damages may be awarded in a civil action only if the plaintiff proves by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant acted with gross negligence; requiring the State Court Administrator to assess a certain surcharge on a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB924 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain conduct relating to child exploitation material; establishing a civil action for a certain violation of the Act; authorizing the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions of the Act; defining "computer-generated image" in cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB722 | Intro
Sine Die | Abrogating the doctrine of charitable immunity as a defense to an action for damages arising out of a claim of child sexual abuse; and applying the Act retroactively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB474 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB650 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing a certain provision relating to strategic lawsuits against public participation; authorizing a person served with a pleading asserting a certain cause of action based on the person's communication related to a governmental proceeding or exe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB465 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing an immunity from liability for a person who discloses information about allegations of sexually assaultive behavior if the person acts in good faith; establishing a presumption of good faith unless it is shown by a preponderance of the e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
