| MD | HB828 | Pass | Authorizing the Governor to appoint as a member of the State Board of Education an individual who is an employee of a county board of education, under certain circumstances; altering the number of members required to affirmatively vote for the State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 649 |
| MD | SB29 | Pass | Altering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 |
| MD | HB260 | Pass | Altering the day that a certain campaign finance report is due to be filed with the State Board of Elections; requiring that a certain campaign finance report cover a certain time period; and altering, from January 1 of the year of the election to Ju...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 443 |
| MD | SB141 | Pass | Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| MD | SB153 | Pass | Altering the manner in which a campaign manager is appointed; requiring the candidate to appoint the chair and treasurer of an authorized candidate campaign committee; repealing the requirement that a campaign manager be a registered voter in the Sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 441 |
| MD | HB115 | Pass | Requiring by January 1, 2028, the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to jointly develop and implement certain procedures and a certain electronic transmission process for the restoration of voter re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 428 |
| MD | SB11 | Pass | Altering the day that a certain campaign finance report is due to be filed with the State Board of Elections; requiring that a certain campaign finance report cover a certain period of time; altering, from January 1 of the year of the election to Jul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 442 |
| MD | HB182 | Pass | Altering the procedures for the selection of presidential elector nominees and alternate presidential elector nominees; requiring the State Administrator of Elections to preside and serve as secretary at a certain meeting of certain presidential elec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 470 |
| MD | SB237 | Pass | Altering the procedures for the selection of presidential elector nominees and alternate presidential elector nominees; requiring the State Administrator of Elections to preside and serve as secretary at a certain meeting of certain presidential elec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 469 |
| MD | SB241 | Pass | Requiring by January 1, 2028, the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to jointly develop and implement certain procedures and a certain electronic transmission process for the restoration of voter re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427 |
| MD | HB357 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Elections and each municipality that has a website to display certain information relating to municipal elections on their websites; and requiring each municipality to include the date of the next regular municipal electi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471 |
| MD | HB1001 | Pass | Requiring a police officer who is on duty at a polling place to obey the authority of the State Administrator, the Deputy State Administrator, or a local election director; providing that, in a polling place, certain individuals have the authority to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467 |
| MD | SB670 | Pass | Requiring a police officer who is on duty at a polling place to obey the authority of the State Administrator, the Deputy State Administrator, or a local election director; providing that in a polling place certain individuals have the authority to k...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 468 |
| MD | SB848 | Pass | Requiring a municipality to submit to the State Board of Elections the qualifications to be a candidate for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the date of a special election and each office on the special election ballot, the list of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 522 |
| MD | SB949 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Elections and each local board of elections to refer to absentee ballots that are delivered to a voter by the Internet as "print-at-home ballots" in all communications with voters and the general public; providing that ab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440 |
| MD | HB1448 | Pass | Requiring a municipality to submit to the State Board of Elections the qualifications to be a candidate for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the list of qualified candidates for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 523 |
| MD | SB28 | Pass | Altering the collective bargaining process for certain State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee certain aspects of collective bargaining, establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 156 |
| MD | SB255 | Pass | Prohibiting the imposition or application of a method for electing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation that impairs the ability of members of a protected class to elect candidates of the members' choice or influence the outcome of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 157 |
| MD | HB604 | Pass | Altering the collective bargaining process for certain State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee certain aspects of collective bargaining and establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 155 |
| MD | SB417 | Pass | Prohibiting employers and their agents, representatives, and designees from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant takes certain actions regarding employer-sponsored meetings during wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 221 |
| MD | HB640 | Pass | Modifying certain reporting requirements, boards, and commissions for practicability and efficiency; repealing certain reporting requirements that are unnecessary, obsolete, or duplicative; repealing as obsolete the Renewable Fuels Incentive Board, C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 |
| MD | SB443 | Pass | Altering the qualifications for counsel to local boards of elections to require that counsel be a registered voter of the State instead of the applicable county.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 257 |
| MD | HB621 | Pass | Altering the qualifications for counsel to local boards of elections to require that counsel be a registered voter of the State instead of the applicable county.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 256 |
| MD | HB855 | Pass | Altering, to 45 days before voting and early voting for a primary election, general election, or vote on a proposition, the time period during which a common ownership community may restrict the display of candidate or proposition signs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289 |
| MD | SB758 | Pass | Altering, to 45 days before voting and early voting for a primary election, general election, or vote on a proposition, the time period during which a common ownership community may restrict the display of candidate or proposition signs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 288 |
| MD | SB100 | Pass | Requiring buses operating on fixed local routes funded by a county or municipal corporation and operated by the county or municipal corporation or a contractor for the county or municipal corporation to allow passengers to embark and disembark at the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 107 |
| MD | SB91 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Elections to designate a contact person for the Address Confidentiality Program; providing that the contact person acts as the contact for inquiries about the Program from local boards of elections and Program participant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 109 |
| MD | HB265 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Elections to designate a contact person for the Address Confidentiality Program; and providing the contact person acts as the contact for inquiries about the Program from local boards of elections and Program participants...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 108 |
| MD | HB263 | Pass | Requiring buses operating on fixed local routes funded by a county or municipal corporation and operated by a county or municipal corporation or a contractor for a county or municipal corporation to allow passengers to embark and disembark at the ent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106 |
| MD | HB554 | Pass | Adding the Chair of the House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee to the Legislative Policy Committee; and updating the committees of the General Assembly that receive certain required reports and notices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 152 |
| MD | SB508 | Pass | Adding two student members to the Somerset County Board of Education; altering who appoints an individual to fill a vacancy on the board to be the County Commissioners of Somerset County instead of the Governor; increasing the annual compensation for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151 |
| MD | HB1428 | Pass | Adding two student members to the Somerset County Board of Education; altering who appoints an individual to fill a vacancy on the board to be the County Commissioners of Somerset County instead of the Governor; increasing the annual compensation for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 150 |
| MD | HB1623 | Pass | Constituting the Village Council of Drummond as the governing body of the special taxing district constituted as the Village of Drummond in Montgomery County; providing for the structure, membership, duties, and obligations of the Village Council; al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 149 |
| MD | HB44 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB50 | Engross
Sine Die | Proposing a Constitutional Amendment requiring that a special election be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections that are held in the second year of a term to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB65 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 | HB1069 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections and each local board of elections to refer to absentee ballots that are delivered to a voter by the Internet as "print-at-home ballots" in all communications with voters and the general public; providing that ab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB145 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB4 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain charitable organizations, including certain private foundations, from participating in or intervening in a political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate for public office; authorizing the Secretary of State and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1083 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the membership of the Montgomery County Board of Elections to consist of seven regular members and to no longer include substitute members; altering the number of members on the county board required to be members of the majority party and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Third Reading Passed (42-0) |
| MD | HB45 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting employers and their agents, representatives, and designees from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant takes certain actions regarding employer-sponsored meetings during wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-07
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1140 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the membership of the Baltimore County Board of Education to be composed of nine members elected from each of the nine councilmanic districts of Baltimore County as they exist after a certain date and two appointed members at large beginning...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-06
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB5 | Engross
Sine Die | Proposing a constitutional amendment to require that a special election be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections that are held in the second year of a term to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-27
Third Reading Passed (93-33) |
| MD | SB40 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring certain members of the Baltimore County Board of Education to be elected from certain districts in certain elections; and requiring the chair of the Baltimore County delegation to the General Assembly to introduce legislation to reapportion...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB697 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing a rebuttable presumption that a social media platform has made an independent expenditure to a certain candidate if the social media platform knowingly and purposefully alters its algorithm to amplify certain political content for the be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB41 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain members of the Baltimore County Board of Education to be elected from certain districts in certain elections; and requiring the chair of the Baltimore County delegation to the General Assembly to introduce legislation to reapportion...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB333 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing requirements for the filling of a vacancy in the office of Senator or Delegate in the General Assembly by a central committee of a political party under the Maryland Constitution relating to applications, public notice, public meetings, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-15
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| 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 | SB761 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that the General Assembly may authorize, by law, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain Internet gaming licenses; requiring certain implementation legislation to include certain criteria and specifications, subject...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB156 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing unaffiliated voters to request to affiliate with a political party at an early voting center before a primary election or at a precinct polling place on a primary election day and vote a provisional ballot for the voter's preferred politi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
