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MDHB3PassExempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher educat...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798
MDSB194PassApplying certain provisions of law relating to the job creation tax credit and certain property tax credits and exemptions for certain members, veterans, and surviving spouses of certain members and veterans of the military, naval, or air service to ...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 689
MDSB42PassProviding 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 ...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 693
MDHB474PassProhibiting a person from operating or towing a vehicle, subject to certain exceptions, without making reasonable efforts to remove from exposed vehicle surfaces accumulated snow and ice; and prohibiting a person from committing a violation of the Ac...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 668
MDHB552PassEstablishing the Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children; requiring the Commission to direct and oversee the investigation by contracting with qualified professional experts, universities, research institutions, an...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 608
MDSB402PassRepealing the maximum age for children in certain residential child care programs who receive educational support; requiring operators of certain residential child care programs to provide certain educational opportunities to the children for whom th...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 641
MDHB738PassAltering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; providi...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 751
MDHB842PassAuthorizing 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...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 647
MDHB776PassRequiring an intake officer to file a petition alleging that a child under the age of 13 years is a child in need of supervision if the child is alleged to have committed an act that results in the death of a victim; and requiring a law enforcement o...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 635
MDSB646PassProhibiting 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...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 701
MDSB651PassAltering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; providi...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 750
MDSB698PassProhibiting a person from operating or towing a vehicle subject to certain exceptions without making reasonable efforts to remove from exposed vehicle surfaces accumulated snow and ice; and prohibiting a person from committing a violation of the Act ...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 667
MDSB776PassEstablishing the Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children to research the history, operations, and resident deaths at the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children and provide a complete and public a...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 607
MDSB765PassAltering 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...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 719
MDHB1148PassAltering 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...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 718
MDHB845PassAltering the eligibility for the Community College Promise Scholarship to include residents of Delmar, Maryland who graduated from Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware; authorizing an institution of postsecondary education to award a scholarship un...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 712
MDSB728PassAltering the eligibility for the Community College Promise Scholarship to include residents of Delmar, Maryland who graduated from Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware; authorizing an institution of postsecondary education to award a scholarship un...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 713
MDSB250PassConforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other in...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 508
MDSB360PassRepealing the prohibition against intentionally inflicting bodily harm, permanent disability, or death on an animal owned or used by a law enforcement unit; prohibiting a person from harassing, interfering with, injuring, or killing or causing seriou...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401
MDHB596PassConforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other in...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 509
MDHB563PassRepealing the prohibition against intentionally inflicting bodily harm, permanent disability, or death on an animal owned or used by a law enforcement unit; prohibiting a person from harassing, interfering with, injuring, or killing or causing seriou...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 402
MDSB704PassAuthorizing, for purposes of determining the Maryland estate tax, a qualified recipient to transfer ownership of qualified agricultural property to a limited liability company; providing that qualified agricultural property transferred in accordance ...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 551
MDHB1156PassAltering a certain benefit amount for certain fire and rescue volunteers in Calvert County.
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556
MDHB17PassAltering certain criteria for determining the venue for administrative or judicial probate of decedents who were not domiciled in the State; providing that, for purposes of the application of the Maryland inheritance tax, the situs of intangible pers...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 504
MDHB640PassModifying 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...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171
MDSB423PassProhibiting a research facility or a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes; prohibiting a research facility or testing facility from performing devocalization procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a test...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 230
MDSB449PassExtending the presumption of compensability under the workers' compensation law to include, subject to certain conditions, Carroll County correctional deputies who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial disability or death; an...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342
MDHB878PassExtending the presumption of compensability under the workers' compensation law to include, subject to certain conditions, Carroll County correctional deputies who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial disability or death; an...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 341
MDHB1015PassRequiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide an expedited Medicaid eligibility determination for developmental disabilities services to individuals who received certain services in another state and relocated to the State; and requiring the...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 184
MDHB1012PassAuthorizing a county or municipality to establish a local suicide fatality review team to coordinate with certain local child fatality review teams and the State Suicide Fatality Review Committee; authorizing a team to review suicide deaths in the co...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 328
MDHB547PassRequiring 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...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 327
MDHB174PassAuthorizing an individual who is the sole owner of a marine vessel or multiple individuals who jointly co-own a marine vessel to apply to the Department of Natural Resources to designate a beneficiary to take ownership of the marine vessel on the dea...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72
MDSB231PassProhibiting a person from slaughtering or causing the slaughter of a racehorse in the State for certain commercial purposes; prohibiting a person from purchasing, selling, transferring, offering for sale, importing into the State, or transporting a r...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84
MDHB228PassProhibiting a person from slaughtering or causing the slaughter of a racehorse in the State for certain commercial purposes; prohibiting a person from purchasing, selling, transferring, offering for sale, importing into the State, or transporting a r...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 83
MDSB145PassAuthorizing an individual who is the sole owner of a marine vessel or multiple individuals who jointly co-own a marine vessel to apply to the Department of Natural Resources to designate a beneficiary to take ownership of the marine vessel on the dea...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 73
MDSB212Engross

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Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher educat...
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2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
MDHB421Engross

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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...
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2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
MDSB328Engross

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Altering, for purposes of a certain property tax credit for a certain dwelling, the definition of "fallen public safety officer or judicial officer" to include disabled public safety officers or judicial officers who have died regardless of the cause...
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2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (132-0)
MDHB666Engross

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Prohibiting a research facility or a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes; prohibiting a research facility or testing facility from performing devocalization procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a test...
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2026-04-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB1604Engross

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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...
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2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB721Engross

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Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide an expedited Medicaid eligibility determination for developmental disabilities services to certain individuals who received certain services in another state and relocated in the State; and requi...
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2026-04-09
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHJ10Intro

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Condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
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2026-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1241Engross

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Altering categories of individuals whose deaths would allow an employee to use leave with pay for bereavement leave or whose illness would allow an employee to use leave with pay under a certain provision of law; and authorizing employees to use leav...
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2026-03-25
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB1143Engross

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Prohibiting, for a certain period of time, the Chief Medical Examiner, deputy chief medical examiners, assistant medical examiners, and pathologists authorized by the Chief Medical Examiner from using a hydrostatic lung test, also known as a lung flo...
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2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB476Intro

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Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively.
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2026-03-21
Referred to interim study by Judiciary
MDHB875Engross

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Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to prepare certain literature relating to firearms and ammunition and to distribute the literature to all county health departments in the State; requiring each county health department to distribute certai...
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2026-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1274Engross

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Requiring local school systems to award posthumous honorary diplomas to certain deceased students who were at the time of death enrolled in any grade from kindergarten through grade 12 in a public school, and for whom a written request was made by a...
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2026-03-20
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB1485Engross

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Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a certain pamphlet relating to State and national crisis support resources; requiring certain health care providers and representatives of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to give the pam...
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2026-03-20
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB1310Engross

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Providing that a high school student who experiences a certain traumatic loss may request the inclusion of a traumatic loss notation on the student's official transcript to indicate an impact on the student's academic performance, achievement, or att...
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2026-03-20
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB310Engross

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Requiring an incarcerated individual to undergo an assessment for indicators of a developmental or intellectual disability at intake at a State correctional facility by a certain clinical professional; authorizing a certain clinical professional to m...
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2026-03-19
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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