| MD | SB193 | Pass | Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain construction material or warehousing equipment that is purchased for use in the Mount Aetna Technology Park in Washington County; requiring the buyer to maintain for at least 3 years after...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 731 |
| MD | SB242 | Pass | Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 |
| MD | SB334 | Pass | Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2027, a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, receiving, or transferring a certain machine gun convertible pistol, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Department of State Polic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 771 |
| MD | HB1587 | Pass | Altering the definition of "slot machine" to increase from 54 to 100 the number of bingo cards certain handheld devices may allow a user to play at the same time; providing that an electronic instant bingo machine is not required to print a paper ti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 669 |
| MD | SB448 | Veto | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $27,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB189 | Pass | Requiring a municipality, by July 1, 2027, to inventory all existing open drainage inlets in the municipality; requiring, by April 1, 2028, a municipality to develop a prioritization plan for improving existing open drainage inlets; and requiring, i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 356 |
| MD | HB149 | Pass | Authorizing a county or municipal corporation to designate assistant fire marshals with the approval of the State Fire Marshal or to request that the State Fire Marshal designate certain fire marshals and requiring the State Fire Marshal to adopt cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 422 |
| 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 | HB266 | Pass | Authorizing the Information Technology Investment Fund, at the discretion of the Secretary of Information Technology, to be used to support State-owned communication sites, communication facilities, and telecommunications equipment used in connection...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 |
| MD | SB85 | Pass | Authorizing the Information Technology Investment Fund, at the discretion of the Secretary of Information Technology, to be used to support State-owned communication sites, communication facilities, and telecommunications equipment used in connection...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436 |
| MD | HB423 | Pass | Requiring, subject to certain conditions, the Prince George's County Board of Education to provide, at no charge, drink spiking detection products and drug detection strips to public high school students in the county through school-based health clin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 583 |
| 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 | SB418 | Pass | Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, for the duration of the assignment or detail, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state under certain circu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 |
| MD | SB516 | Pass | Providing that a law enforcement agency may not assign a law enforcement officer to duties other than administrative duties unless the officer is issued protective body armor; requiring a law enforcement agency to issue only protective body armor tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461 |
| MD | HB904 | Pass | Providing that a law enforcement agency may not assign a law enforcement officer to duties other than administrative duties unless the officer is issued protective body armor; requiring a law enforcement agency to issue only protective body armor tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 462 |
| MD | SB775 | Pass | Requiring a federal firearms licensee or law enforcement agency operating a gun buyback program to destroy each firearm and all its component parts that are traded in as part of a gun buyback program; authorizing a licensee or agency to contract wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430 |
| MD | HB1120 | Pass | Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 |
| MD | HB1152 | Pass | Requiring the Department of State Police to conduct a study regarding the employment and use of special police officers; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before Dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 |
| MD | HB1100 | Pass | Specifying that certain documentation may establish lawful authority to sell certain telecommunications equipment as junk or scrap metal; requiring certain junk dealers, scrap metal processors, and antique dealers to register and provide a descriptio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 546 |
| MD | HB1532 | Pass | Transferring the electric universal service program to the Office of Home Energy Programs and requiring the Office to authorize benefits under the program for certain electric customers; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 353 |
| MD | HB610 | Pass | Requiring a qualified organization to hold a gaming permit whenever the qualified organization operates a certain gaming device in St. Mary's County; authorizing the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to adopt certain regulations; and requirin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 555 |
| MD | HB1063 | Pass | Providing that the Department of Natural Resources may authorize the reduction of the deer population on certain property with deer damage using certain methods; altering the time restrictions for Sunday deer hunting in certain counties during deer f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 421 |
| MD | SB893 | Pass | Authorizing a merchant to round the portion of the price of a certain transaction for which a customer pays using cash in a certain manner or round the amount of change due to a customer in a certain manner; and altering the definition of "taxable p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516 |
| MD | HB220 | Pass | Authorizing the installation of individual water submeters, used to determine the actual use of water, for each residential unit in an apartment house and mobile home parks; prohibiting the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house, or mobile...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 |
| MD | SB130 | Pass | Authorizing the installation of individual water submeters, used to determine the actual use of water, for certain apartment houses and mobile home parks; prohibiting the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house or a mobile home park, or a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261 |
| MD | HB547 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Agriculture, by December 1, 2026, and each December 1 thereafter, to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on additional types of equipment that the Secretary recommends should qualify for the subtraction modifica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 327 |
| MD | SB257 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to include in an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly the amount of proceeds from a certain agricultural land transfer tax that are attributable to the taxation of certain instrumen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 331 |
| MD | HB533 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to include in an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly the amount of proceeds from a certain agricultural land transfer tax that are attributable to the taxation of certain instrumen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332 |
| MD | HB927 | Pass | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $27,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 343 |
| MD | SB940 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop a statewide action plan for the enforcement of standards for secondary maximum contaminant levels to address water discoloring, taste, and odor at community water systems and nontransient, noncom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 286 |
| MD | HB1196 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop a statewide action plan for the enforcement of standards for secondary maximum contaminant levels to address water discoloring, taste, and odor at community water systems and nontransient, noncom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 287 |
| 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 | HB1400 | Pass | Authorizing the suspension or revocation of a shellfish aquaculture harvester permit or shellfish aquaculture harvester registration card for certain violations; prohibiting a person whose permit or registration card has been suspended or revoked in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 304 |
| MD | HB1324 | Pass | Adding Baltimore City to the list of jurisdictions in which the safety zone for archery hunters extends 50 yards from a dwelling house, residence, church, or any other building or camp occupied by human beings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 324 |
| MD | HB232 | Pass | Expanding the institutions to include trade, or career schools recognized by the Maryland Higher Education Commission or the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council and the types of expenses in connection with which tuition assistance may be pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 143 |
| MD | SB142 | Pass | Expanding the institutions to include trade or career schools recognized by the Maryland Higher Education Commission or the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council and the types of expenses in connection with which tuition assistance may be prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 144 |
| MD | SB262 | Pass | Altering a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for unreimbursed expenses paid or incurred by certain teachers during a taxable year for the purchase of certain classroom supplies to include full-time teachers employed in certain pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 60 |
| MD | HB478 | Pass | Altering a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for unreimbursed expenses paid or incurred by eligible teachers during a taxable year for the purchase of certain classroom supplies to include prekindergarten classroom teachers emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 61 |
| MD | SB624 | Pass | Requiring certain short-term rental units to post certain evacuation diagrams and certain emergency telephone numbers in the unit and to provide certain fire extinguishers and smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms in the unit; requiring a certain s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 10 |
| MD | HB1221 | Pass | Requiring certain short-term rental units to post certain evacuation diagrams and certain emergency telephone numbers in the unit and to provide certain fire extinguishers and smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms in the unit; requiring a certain s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 9 |
| MD | SB65 | Engross
50% | Applying certain campaign finance requirements for a political committee to exploratory committees; establishing requirements and prohibitions for exploratory committees relating to the establishment of the committees, receipt of funds, and permissib...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (99-35) |
| MD | HB420 | Engross
50% | Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| MD | HB421 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County, subject to certain requirements; clarifying the authorized distribution of revenue under speed monitoring systems pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB782 | Engross
50% | Specifying that certain documentation may establish lawful authority to sell certain telecommunications equipment as junk or scrap metal; Requiring certain junk dealers, scrap metal processors, and antique dealers to register and provide a descriptio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB841 | Engross
50% | Transferring the electric universal service program to the Office of Home Energy Programs and requiring the Office to authorize benefits under the program for certain electric customers; establishing he Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonpr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation |
| MD | HB577 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2027, a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, receiving, or transferring a certain machine gun convertible pistol, subject to certain exceptions; and authorizing the Department of State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB146 | Engross
50% | Requiring a landlord of property that is served by an on-site wastewater system to ensure, on or before July 1, 2028, and before each new tenant occupies the property thereafter, that the system has been inspected and pumped out in a certain manner; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Senate Refuses Recede |
| MD | HB1067 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to require, through a certain phasing-out process, the use of nonlead ammunition for the hunting of all game species on or before July 1, 2030; and requiring the Department to authorize the use of lead am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Senate Refuses Recede |
| MD | SB181 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to prohibit the donation of certain processed venison to certain entities unless the deer was harvested using nonlead ammunition or a bow and arrow; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB643 | Engross
50% | Providing that the Department of Natural Resources may authorize the reduction of the deer population on certain property with deer damage using certain methods; altering the time restrictions for Sunday deer hunting in certain counties during deer f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
