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MDHB1434PassRequiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and maintain a caregiver resource webpage with information and resources to support certain caregivers in the State.
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2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 873
MDHB102PassRequiring 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...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 644
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
MDSB199PassRequiring a grant from the Individuals With Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Boating Fund to provide opportunities to participate in certain water-dependent activities for eligible companions of individuals with disabilities or service-disa...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 654
MDHB311PassRequiring each local school system to identify, in its regular safety evaluation, issues of accessibility for individuals with disabilities; and requiring local school systems to include in a certain annual report instances in which a public school f...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 666
MDSB263PassRequiring 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...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 645
MDSB461PassRequiring the Department of Human Services to study the potential number of households excluded from automatic standard utility allowance eligibility for the Heat and Eat Program within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program due to enactment o...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 685
MDSB507PassRequiring each local school system to identify, in its regular safety evaluation, issues of accessibility for individuals with disabilities; and requiring local school systems to include in a certain confidential annual report instances in which a pu...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665
MDSB668PassRenaming the Children's Cabinet Fund to be the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2028 through 2030, to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill at least equal to the appropriation in fiscal year 2...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 764
MDSB729PassAltering the Access to Counsel in Evictions Program to expand access to legal representation and other services under the Program to individuals who occupy premises of a mobile home park.
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 754
MDSB720PassRequiring 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...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 634
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
MDHB1611PassAltering a certain income limitation used to establish eligibility for a property tax credit against the county and municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling house of a certain disabled veteran or surviving spouse; and applying the A...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 646
MDHB396PassRepealing 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 640
MDHB14PassAltering the contents of a certain bullying, harassment, or intimidation form to require, if the incident is believed to have been motivated in whole or in substantial part by certain actual or perceived personal characteristics, identification of th...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 775
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
MDHB264PassLimiting 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; ...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435
MDHB426PassAuthorizing a party to the guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person to request a stay of certain civil actions or proceedings on the filing of a petition for guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person; requiring a ce...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 538
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
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
MDSB388PassAltering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering the distribution of certain video lottery terminal proceeds; providing for certain requirements relating to the Small, Minor...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 351
MDHB898PassAltering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; providing for certain requirements relating to the administration of the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account; providi...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 352
MDSB939PassProviding that the exemption for owner-occupied residential real property in a bankruptcy proceeding includes certain real property held in a revocable trust; and altering the amount of the exemption for owner-occupied residential real property in a ...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 400
MDHB1062PassAuthorizing a circuit court to authorize or direct a transaction that grants access to financial records or establishes eligibility for government assistance programs for a minor or disabled person under a certain circumstance.
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 433
MDHB1230PassRepealing the name of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Office of Supplier Diversity and Inclusion; altering the local small business enterprise program to be the business participation program and limiting participation in the program to c...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 560
MDSB37PassRevising provisions related to the disqualification of a program participant from the Maryland Children's Service Animal Program, the Maryland Disability Service Animal Program, or the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program; providing that a nonpro...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 334
MDHB347PassEstablishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal suffering from hypertension are presumed to have an occupational disease ...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 300
MDHB377PassAltering certain provisions of law to include physician assistants in the health care practitioners who may take certain actions, including actions related to the guardianship of disabled persons, admission of individuals to mental health facilities,...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 223
MDSB326PassAltering certain provisions of law to include physician assistants in the health care practitioners who may take certain actions, including actions related to the guardianship of disabled persons, admissions to mental health facilities and the Emerge...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 222
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
MDSB647PassRequiring a certain line-of-duty disability allowance to be paid to a member of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System or the State Police Retirement System who is found to be totally and permanently incapacitated, either mentally or physically...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 306
MDSB94PassProhibiting a lender from accepting a tip from a consumer or giving a consumer the option to provide a tip; altering the timeline for certain refunds; subjecting certain earned wage access providers and loan lenders to certain consumer loan requireme...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 170
MDHB1559PassProhibiting the placement of children in unlicensed settings under the out-of-home placement program required to be established by the Social Services Administration; altering the duties of the pediatric hospital overstay coordinators; establishing t...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 160
MDHB980PassRequiring the Secretary of Human Services to establish and maintain a Guardianship Assistance Program to promote the placement and maintenance of children in permanent guardianship homes by providing guardianship assistance to guardians of minor chil...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158
MDSB742PassRepealing the 90-day time limit within which an individual receiving services from the Developmental Disabilities Administration must appeal a loss of eligibility for services; establishing requirements related to eligibility determinations and redet...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 175
MDSB493PassProhibiting certain facilities from involuntarily transferring or discharging a resident to certain housing or before receiving certain confirmations; altering the information required to be included in a certain notice or new notice; requiring that ...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 25
MDHB1002PassProhibiting certain facilities from involuntarily transferring or discharging a resident to certain housing or before receiving certain confirmations; altering the information required to be included in a certain notice or new notice; requiring that ...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 24
MDSB22PassRequiring the Department of Disabilities to establish affordable and accessible housing programs; authorizing the Department to establish one or more affiliated foundations to work with certain programs and units of the Department to solicit and acce...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 90
MDSB328Engross
50%
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)
MDHB768Engross
50%
Altering certain provisions relating to the responsibilities of the Department of Human Services as representative payee and fiduciary for certain children committed to the custody of the Department; requiring the Department to use certain benefits i...
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2026-04-13
Second Reading Passed
MDHB915Engross
50%
Establishing the Workgroup on Aging Out of Foster Care to identify the types of resources available for youth who have aged out of foster care to help them achieve self-sufficiency, determine the effectiveness of currently available resources and ide...
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2026-04-13
Second Reading Passed
MDHB1057Engross
50%
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...
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2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB1574Engross
50%
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a certain grace period for the implementation of new or substantively amended regulations adopted on or after July 1, 2026, subject to certain conditions; and altering the requirements that the...
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2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
MDSB980Engross
50%
Repealing a certain income limitation and certain disability rating percentages used to establish eligibility for a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling house of certain disabled...
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2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (135-0)
MDHB1445Engross
50%
Repealing the 90-day time limit within which an individual receiving services from the Developmental Disabilities Administration must appeal a loss of eligibility for services; establishing requirements related to eligibility determinations and redet...
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2026-04-13
Second Reading Passed
MDSB59Intro
25%
Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation pro...
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2026-04-10
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
MDHB437Engross
50%
Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation pro...
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2026-04-10
Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
MDSB996Engross
50%
Requiring the Secretary of Human Services to establish and maintain a Guardianship Assistance Program to promote the placement and maintenance of children in permanent guardianship homes by providing guardianship assistance to guardians of minor chil...
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2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
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