| MD | SB322 | Pass | Providing that a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 year and is currently serving the sentence imposed for the conviction, including a term of parole or probation, or has been convicted of a crime involvin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 875 |
| MD | SB933 | Pass | Withdrawing and repealing a certain proposed Constitutional amendment relating to temporary appointments to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities; allowing the chair of the Commission to appoint a former member to temporarily fill a certain vacancy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 878 |
| 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 | SB252 | Pass | Increasing the number of members on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Legal Services Corporation from 9 to 12.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 660 |
| MD | HB330 | Pass | Increasing the number of members on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Legal Services Corporation from 9 to 12.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 661 |
| 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 | SB313 | Pass | Authorizing the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland and a judge who serves as an administrative judge for a circuit court or the District Court to receive an annual stipend in addition to the judge's annual salary; and altering the compens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564 |
| MD | HB492 | Pass | Establishing minimum adequate security standards for courtroom security at all courthouse facilities; requiring a court security officer to meet the qualifications for a special police officer; and requiring a minimum number of court security officer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475 |
| MD | HB493 | Pass | Increasing from five to six the number of associate judges in the District Court in District 11 by increasing from two to three the number of associate judges appointed from Washington County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474 |
| MD | HB608 | Pass | Authorizing the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland and a judge who serves as an administrative judge for a circuit court or the District Court to receive an annual stipend in addition to the judge's annual salary; and altering the compens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 |
| MD | SB544 | Pass | Establishing minimum adequate security standards for courtroom security at all courthouse facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 |
| MD | HB822 | Pass | Providing that the maximum annual salary of the clerks of the circuit courts and the registers of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 565 |
| MD | SB180 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept an oral communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a fair housing testing program operated by the federal government, the State, a local government, or a nonprofit civil r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (113-19) |
| MD | SB543 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing from three to four the number of resident judges of the Circuit Court for St. Mary's County; and increasing from five to six the number of associate judges in the District Court in District 11 by increasing from two to three the number of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Smith) Adopted |
| MD | HB638 | Engross
Sine Die | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to raise the mandatory retirement age of certain judges in the State from 70 to 73, under certain circumstances; and establishing a mandatory retirement age for judges of the Orphans' Court, subject...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1520 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing, for certain categories of items, the amount allowed to be exempted from judgment; and establishing additional categories of items that may be exempted from judgment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HJ6 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the compensation of the members of the Judiciary in this State in accordance with Section 1-708 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
Assigned a resolution number - Joint Resolution 4 |
| MD | SB471 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that the maximum annual salary of the clerks of the circuit courts and the registers of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SJ2 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the compensation of the members of the Judiciary in this State in accordance with Section 1-708 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
Assigned a resolution number - Joint Resolution 2 |
| MD | HB428 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland to recall to judicial office for a temporary assignment a former judge who had the judge's most recent service terminated by reason of defeat for election if the judge had previously won ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
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 | HB821 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a justice or judge removed or retired from office upon a recommendation of the Commission on Judicial Disabilities is not eligible for future judicial office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB716 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a provision of law relating to charging a law enforcement officer with a crime to include a special police officer for the Maryland Judiciary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1044 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the release of a defendant pending sentencing or exhaustion of appellate review after conviction of a specified crime resulting in the death of a victim under the age of 14 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB541 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a justice or judge removed or retired from office upon a recommendation of the Commission on Judicial Disabilities is not eligible for future judicial office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB542 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland to recall to judicial office for a temporary assignment a former judge who had the judge's most recent service terminated by reason of defeat for election if the judge had previously won ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB946 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Governor's Appointments Office to report to the General Assembly beginning December 1, 2026, and each December 1 thereafter, certain demographic information regarding applicants and nominees for judicial office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB640 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the release of a defendant pending sentencing or exhaustion of appellate review after conviction of a specified crime resulting in the death of a victim under the age of 14 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB213 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept an oral communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a fair housing testing program operated by the federal government, the State, a local government, or a nonprofit civil r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB150 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposing amendments to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; altering the method of filling vacancies in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for retention elections following an appoi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB414 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 year and is currently serving the sentence imposed for the conviction, including a term of parole or probation, or has been convicted of a crime involvin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB471 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that certain evidence obtained through the use of an unmanned aircraft is inadmissible in a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding; prohibiting a unit of State government or a political subdivision of the State from deploying or oper...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB384 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a minor who is the parent of a child to initiate or defend an action for child support, whether pendente lite or permanently.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB208 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that certain documentation relating to real property may be used to establish a rebuttable presumption of ownership of the property in certain court proceedings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB165 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that the salary of certain Sheriffs to be equal to the salary of certain State's Attorneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB309 | 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] | 2026-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
