| MD | SB325 | Pass | Requiring the approval of a housing development project application by a local regulatory authority or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be governed only by certain laws and regulations in effect at the time of submission ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 590 |
| MD | HB548 | Pass | Requiring the approval of a housing development project application by a local regulatory authority or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be governed only by certain laws and regulations in effect at the time of submission ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 |
| MD | SB829 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to study and make recommendations regarding laws to require certain local jurisdictions to allow certain residential or mixed-use developments as permitted use on certain parcels or lots z...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 725 |
| MD | HB1137 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to study and make recommendations regarding laws to require certain local jurisdiction to allow certain residential or mixed-use developments as a permitted use on certain parcels or lots ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 726 |
| 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 | HB896 | Pass | Establishing the National Guard State Active Duty Mobilization Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Military Department to provide funds for State active duty mobilization of the National Guard.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481 |
| MD | HB1267 | Pass | Requiring a certain local zoning authority to designate and maintain certain property in a zoning classification that restricts the uses in a certain manner under certain circumstances; requiring the appropriate authority to maintain certain property...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541 |
| MD | SB1003 | Pass | Altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Howard County and altering the annual salary of the State's Attorney of Howard County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 581 |
| MD | HB35 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipality to adopt certain ordinances to regulate tree of heaven and certain invasive trees; and authorizing the governing body of a county or municipality to establish certain programs to incentivize ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 210 |
| MD | SB266 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipality to adopt certain ordinances to regulate the nonnative, highly invasive, deciduous hardwood tree known as tree of heaven and certain invasive trees; and authorizing the governing body of a cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 209 |
| MD | HB597 | Pass | Altering the beginning and ending dates for the Community Choice Aggregation Pilot Program, from beginning on April 1, 2024, to April 1, 2026, and from ending 7 years after the beginning date to 9 years after the beginning date; and altering the date...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 |
| MD | HB243 | Pass | Altering the required elements of comprehensive and general plans for charter counties and other local jurisdictions; establishing requirements and guidelines for each element; and requiring certain State agencies to provide charter counties and othe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 110 |
| MD | HB240 | Pass | Requiring a local planning commission to notify the Department of Planning when beginning the review of the local jurisdiction's comprehensive plan; requiring the Department, within 60 days of receiving the notification, to provide guidance materials...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122 |
| MD | SB197 | Pass | Altering the required elements of comprehensive and general plans for charter counties and other local jurisdictions; establishing requirements and guidelines for each element; requiring certain State agencies to provide charter counties and other lo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 111 |
| MD | HB1142 | Pass | Establishing a Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures to study and evaluate the revenue structure of the county and municipal governments within the State; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 17 |
| MD | HB1259 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a local jurisdiction in the State from denying or restricting the operation of certain family child care homes if the family child care home meets the licensing requirements established by the State Department of Education; and requiring ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-11
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Amprey, Charkoudian and Wivell) |
| MD | HB669 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Highway Administration to require certain nongovernmental applicants for certain permits to submit a schedule for the work to be performed under the permit; requiring a person issued a certain permit to perform the permitted wor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB267 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing certain policies and processes to facilitate the development of residential housing in the State; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the Department of Housing and Commu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1479 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the State minimum wage rate to $18 for calendar year 2028 for large employers and for calendar year 2029 for small employers; and increasing, beginning January 1, 2029, and January 1, 2030, for large employers and small employers, respecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-02
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB754 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a local jurisdiction to enact local laws providing for or requiring the preservation of natural resources through certain mechanisms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB160 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a State entity or a political subdivision of the State from assigning a Confederate name to real property owned by the State or political subdivision; and defining "Confederate name" as any name that commemorates or references any aspect ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB912 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing that certain provisions of law prohibiting the abandonment or certain neglect of an animal do not apply to a person who is providing care to a community cat under a trap-neuter-return policy; establishing that a local law that establishe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB10 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing certain requirements for the print or digital publication of legal advertisements and notices in counties and municipalities in the State; requiring digital publications that publish a legal advertisement or notice to maintain an archive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1568 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each county and municipality to adopt certain laws or ordinances prohibiting a dog from being at large; providing the Act may not be construed to preempt a local government from enacting and enforcing more stringent measures; and stating it...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1524 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring employers that employ 15 or more individuals or are governmental units to provide full-time and part-time employees who are parents at least 20 hours of paid leave each year to attend school functions at the public or nonpublic elementary o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1175 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain policies and processes to facilitate the development of residential housing in the State; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the Department of Housing and Commu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1236 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempting from a prohibition on restrictions on use for accessory dwelling units certain property located within a district designated to be of historic significance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1301 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a local jurisdiction to authorize any person aggrieved by a decision of a historic preservation commission to appeal the decision to the board of appeals of the local jurisdiction or the appropriate circuit court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1296 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a certain developer to prepare and submit a certain report concerning safe school routes, subject to certain requirements, as part of a preliminary subdivision or site plan; and prohibiting a local jurisdiction from granting a preliminary s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1517 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that a "qualified project" is a certain residential project that has been subject to retaliatory downzoning; requiring a local jurisdiction to allow the density of a certain qualified project to exceed the density otherwise authorized; a...
[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 | HB1141 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the minimum population threshold for municipal incorporation to 600 residents; requiring a certain organizing committee to make certain determinations and provide a certain report to the county commissioners or county council of a certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1411 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an owner or operator of a large-scale data center to submit a disclosure report to certain State and local agencies and elected officials under certain circumstances; specifying the contents of the disclosure report; requiring the Departmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1534 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an owner or operator of a data center to comply with certain standards under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of the Environment to establish by regulation certain sound and vibration controls and requirements for backup powe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1442 | Intro
Sine Die | Modifying the definition of "community choice aggregator" for the Community Choice Aggregation Pilot Program to include residential electric customers served by certain electric cooperatives; expanding the application of the Community Choice Aggregat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB967 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a local jurisdiction to authorize any person aggrieved by a decision of a historic preservation commission to appeal the decision to the board of appeals of the local jurisdiction or the appropriate circuit court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To Senate Rules 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 | SB804 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain employers to develop, implement, and maintain an excessive heat-related illness prevention plan for employees; requiring certain employers to develop and implement an acclimatization plan for certain employees or follow the acclimat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1104 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "solar permitting software" for purposes of provisions regarding permitting and inspections of residential solar energy systems; altering from August 1, 2025, to August 1, 2027, the date by which certain counties and munici...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB950 | Intro
Sine Die | Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB750 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that the prohibition against abandoning an animal does not apply to a person who is providing care to a community cat under a certain trap-neuter-return policy; establishing that a local law that establishes a trap-neuter-return policy i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB733 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain definitions and defining certain terms applicable to land use; altering requirements for the appointment and removal of members of a board of appeals; altering and repealing certain powers of a board of appeals; and altering the proc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB778 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that certain local jurisdictions have an affirmative duty to create opportunities for housing by evaluating the suitability of vacant, unused, or underutilized commercial or industrial land for housing use; altering the requirements for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB719 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or an agency, an officer, an employee, or an agent of the State or a unit of local government from adopting or having in effect a certain sanctuary policy; and repealing certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB47 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names to develop and implement a framework to identify real property owned by the State or a political subdivision that bears a Confederate name; and requirin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB517 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt ordinances, rules, or regulations that set emission standards or ambient air quality standards under certain conditions; specifying that the requirement for the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB36 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting local jurisdictions from adopting or enforcing certain zoning provisions relating to lot size, dimensions, setback requirements, lot coverage, and design or architectural elements for certain single-family homes with certain exceptions; p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-27
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB99 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the restrictions on a municipality, for a period following an annexation of land, to authorize the development of certain annexed land for certain land uses or certain densities without obtaining the express approval of the county in which t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-26
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB86 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that certain State, county, and municipal employees are entitled to up to 4 hours of paid cancer screening in any 12-month period after obtaining approval from their appointing authorities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB179 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Commerce to create and maintain a complaint portal for reporting when a governmental unit takes longer than 60 days to process an application for a license, form, certificate, certification, permit, or registration for a b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Economic Matters Committee |
