| MD | HB711 | Pass | Prohibiting a certain controller from knowingly selling the personal data of a consumer to a certain governmental unit that has engaged in or supported civil immigration enforcement under certain circumstances; requiring a custodian of a public recor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 874 |
| MD | HB102 | Pass | Requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a certain dependent child of an active service member to advance enroll in a school in the county in a certain manner; requiring the remote registration process to provide an opportunity for the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 644 |
| MD | SB48 | Pass | Clarifying the type of proposals and plans that require the approval of the State Superintendent of Schools; requiring a county board of education to request and receive approval from the State Superintendent before a county board may proceed with ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 |
| MD | SB253 | Pass | Authorizing supervisory employees of the Baltimore County Public Library to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; authorizing certain bargaining units for the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 756 |
| MD | SB263 | Pass | Requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a certain dependent child of an active service member to advance enroll in a school in the county in a certain manner; requiring the remote registration process to provide an opportunity for the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 645 |
| MD | HB388 | Pass | Authorizing supervisory employees of the Baltimore County Public Library to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; authorizing certain bargaining units for the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 757 |
| 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 | HB571 | Pass | Altering the definition of "nonprofit housing corporation" for purposes of eligibility for an exemption from real property taxes and special assessments of the State or a political subdivision; exempting certain real property owned by certain subsidi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 727 |
| MD | SB501 | Pass | Requiring the governing body of Washington County and of a municipal corporation in Washington County to grant a 100% property tax credit against the county and municipal corporation property tax imposed on certain real property owned by Platoon 22, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 808 |
| MD | SB497 | Pass | Exempting from the property tax property that is owned by the City of Hagerstown and used primarily for public social, recreational, and entertainment purposes; establishing that the exemption from the property tax for certain property owned by the C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 809 |
| MD | HB783 | Pass | Requiring the governing body of Washington County and of a municipal corporation in Washington County to grant a 100% property tax credit against the county and municipal corporation property tax imposed on certain real property owned by Platoon 22, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 807 |
| MD | HB846 | Pass | Exempting from the property tax property that is owned by the City of Hagerstown and used primarily for public social, recreational, and entertainment purposes; establishing that the exemption from the property tax for certain property owned by the C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 810 |
| MD | SB529 | Pass | Requiring the University System of Maryland to develop, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, certain recommendations for a Southern Maryland Early college Teacher Pathway Program and a t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 766 |
| MD | HB936 | Pass | Requiring the Montgomery County public school system to identify and publish certain data on food procured from certified local farms and certified Chesapeake invasive species providers during the 2026-2027 school year; requiring the Montgomery Count...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 805 |
| MD | SB646 | Pass | Prohibiting certain provisions from being included in certain public school system contracts; specifying that certain provisions are void if included in a public school system contract; specifying the applicable law and interpretation of public schoo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 701 |
| MD | SB685 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a model sexual abuse and sexual misconduct response policy that includes, at minimum, a communications plan, an e-mail and other electronic communication documents retention policy, a requirement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 639 |
| MD | SB720 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to local school systems, educators, parents, and students through an online platform; requiring the Department to develop certain guidelines, best prac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 634 |
| MD | SB765 | Pass | Altering eligibility for certain services and programs offered by the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to include certain persons acting on behalf of a deceased homeowner or an heir or a legatee of a deceased homeowner; establishing a Legacy Protection Progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 719 |
| MD | HB1096 | Pass | Requiring the collector for each county to include in the written materials sent with each property tax bill a website address or quick-response code for a county government webpage that lists each property tax credit that is available to taxpayers i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 610 |
| MD | HB1148 | Pass | Altering eligibility for certain services and programs offered by the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to include certain persons acting on behalf of a deceased homeowner or an heir or a legatee of a deceased homeowner; establishing a Legacy Protection Progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 718 |
| MD | HB1243 | Pass | Exempting certain personal property in the possession of a person engaged in a certain manufacturing business that holds an alcoholic beverages manufacturer's license and has 50 or fewer employees from the municipal corporation personal property tax ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 806 |
| MD | SB198 | Pass | Requiring Prince George's Community College, in consultation with certain entities, to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study and program design assessment for aerospace and aviation systems technology workforce training programs; requiring Prince...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 784 |
| MD | HB842 | Pass | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling house of a s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 647 |
| 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 | HB328 | Pass | Requiring an applicant for appointment as a commissioner of a bicounty commission to submit a certain statement to the Prince George's County Office of Ethics and Accountability; requiring the chief administrative officer for Prince George's County t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 558 |
| 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 | HB1176 | Pass | Requiring, in the submission of the annual budget to the Howard County Council, the Howard County Executive to include the percentage of the county's general fund revenue, excluding one-time expenses, that is allocated to the operating budget of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 580 |
| MD | HB1222 | Pass | Increasing the salary for the Prince George's County State's Attorney from $199,000 to $250,000; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent State's Attorney for Prince George's County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 584 |
| 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 | 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 | SB579 | Pass | Requiring counties in which a volunteer fire company is located to offer no-cost preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines to volunteer firefighters volunteering and retired volunteer firefighters who volunteered with the vol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 |
| MD | HB925 | Pass | Establishing restrictions on the land application, on or after October 1, 2028, of sewage sludge with total concentrations of certain regulated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances equal to or greater than certain levels; authorizing, on or after Octo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 330 |
| MD | SB719 | Pass | Establishing restrictions on the land application, on or after October 1, 2028, of sewage sludge with total concentrations of certain regulated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances equal to or greater than certain levels; authorizing a person to commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329 |
| 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 | 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 | SB601 | Pass | Requiring each local school system to designate a local point of contact for certain communications, to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards, and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 35 |
| MD | HB957 | Pass | Requiring each local school system to designate a local point of contact for certain communications, to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards, and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 34 |
| 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 | HB210 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring each county and municipal automated traffic enforcement program to submit to the Vision Zero coordinator an annual report containing certain information regarding each citation issued under the program during the quarter to a motor vehicle ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB479 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the University System of Maryland to develop, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, certain recommendations for a Southern Maryland Early College Teacher Pathway Program and a t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB504 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a certain controller from knowingly selling the personal data of a consumer to a certain governmental unit that has engaged in or supported civil immigration enforcement under certain circumstances; requiring a custodian of a public recor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1057 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to Local school systems, educators, parents, and student through an online platform; requiring the Department to publish certain guidance for certain g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB904 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring, on or before July 1, 2027, the State Department of Education to design and develop a new system of professional development in public schools for paraeducators and other education support professionals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Senate Requests House Recede |
| MD | HB1254 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the policy of the State to use public school employees to perform functions for public schools in preference to contracting with the private sector; and requiring, under certain conditions, a county board of education that seeks to enter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1602 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring counties in which a volunteer fire company is located to offer no-cost preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines to volunteer firefighters volunteering and retired volunteer firefighters who volunteered with the vol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB965 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each county and municipal automated traffic enforcement program to submit to the Vision Zero coordinator a quarterly report containing certain information regarding each citation issued under the program during the quarter to a motor vehicl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB1168 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a model sexual abuse and sexual misconduct response policy that includes, at minimum, certain components; requiring each local school system to adopt a response policy based on the model policy ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
