| MD | SB791 | Pass | Prohibiting local correctional facilities from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 872 |
| MD | HB3 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798 |
| MD | HB211 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of Baltimore County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on certain real property owned by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 34; and applying the Act to all taxable years beg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 800 |
| MD | SB30 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of Baltimore County to grant, by law, a 100% property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on certain real property owned by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 34; and applying the Act to all taxable year...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 801 |
| MD | SB168 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, in coordination with certain entities, to evaluate the use of blockchain technology for securely recording and verifying real property ownership and leases and to assess its potential for us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 748 |
| MD | SB1 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a uniform policy, to be used by each law enforcement agency, prohibiting the use of a face covering in the performance of duty; requiring the Commission to develop a certain u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612 |
| 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 | HB474 | Pass | Prohibiting 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 668 |
| MD | HB591 | Pass | Prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, shoulder, median divide, or intersection determined by the county or a municipal corporation in the county in certain manners to be inherently dangerous; and prohibiting a police off...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 781 |
| MD | HB634 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to require entrance-level and in-service police training to include certain training regarding individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, dementia, and autism.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 658 |
| MD | HB810 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, in coordination with certain entities, to evaluate the use of blockchain technology for securely recording and verifying real property ownership and leases and to assess its potential for us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 747 |
| MD | SB524 | Pass | Establishing that certain provisions of law relating to the confidentiality of juvenile police records and court records do not prohibit access to and confidential use of certain records by the Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 733 |
| MD | HB776 | Pass | Requiring 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 635 |
| MD | SB607 | Pass | Increasing from $15,000 to $20,000 over a period of 5 taxable years the amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 686 |
| 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 | SB698 | Pass | Prohibiting 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 667 |
| MD | SB745 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to require entrance-level and in-service police training to include certain training regarding individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, dementia, and autism.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 659 |
| MD | SB218 | Pass | Authorizing the State Superintendent of Schools to declare a prolonged state of emergency for an event that prevents regular, in-person attendance at a public school for at least 14 consecutive school days, subject to certain requirements; establishi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 598 |
| MD | HB94 | Pass | Establishing alternative expiration and renewal periods for a handgun permit issued to a retired law enforcement officer who retired in good standing from service with a law enforcement agency of the State or a county or municipal corporation of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 454 |
| MD | HB11 | Pass | Authorizing the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County to appoint three majors who serve at the pleasure of the Sheriff at a salary determined by the County Council of Anne Arundel County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 567 |
| MD | SB81 | Pass | Prohibiting a law enforcement officer from engaging in certain sexual acts, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a student enrolled in a school where the law enforcement officer is assigned as a school resource officer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 453 |
| MD | SB177 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from using force, threat of force, or physical obstruction to interfere with or physically injure another while the other is lawfully exercising or attempting to lawfully exercise religious beliefs at a place of religious worship...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 425 |
| MD | HB329 | Pass | Prohibiting a law enforcement officer from engaging in certain sexual acts, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a student enrolled in a school where the law enforcement officer is assigned as a school resource officer; and providing that a pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 452 |
| MD | SB360 | Pass | Repealing 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 |
| MD | SB331 | Pass | Establishing alternative expiration and renewal periods for a handgun permit issued to a retired law enforcement officer who retired in good standing from service with a law enforcement agency of the State or a county or municipal corporation of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 455 |
| MD | SB346 | Pass | Establishing certain civil liability for an individual who, under color of law, deprives another or causes or allows another to be deprived, of a right, a privilege, or an immunity secured by the U.S. Constitution or the laws of the United States; re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460 |
| MD | HB491 | Pass | Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from making a certain request for verbal acknowledgement in an interaction with a person suspected to have been subjected to sexually assaultive behavior or who claims to have been subjected to sexually assaultive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 406 |
| MD | HB492 | Pass | Establishing minimum adequate security standards for courtroom security at all courthouse facilities; requiring a court security officer to meet the qualifications for a special police officer; and requiring a minimum number of court security officer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475 |
| MD | HB503 | Pass | Including salary and wages in the compensation with regard to which full-time sworn law enforcement officers and court security officers in Baltimore City may collectively bargain; altering the person with whom the full-time sworn officers and court ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 568 |
| MD | HB563 | Pass | Repealing 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 402 |
| MD | SB397 | Pass | Requiring the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County to appoint three majors at a salary determined by the County Council of Anne Arundel County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 566 |
| MD | HB601 | Pass | Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in the City of Gaithersburg and the City of Rockville under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County, certain school zones in Baltimore City, and the City of Takoma Pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 557 |
| MD | HB668 | Pass | Prohibiting a person in St. Mary's County from standing in a roadway, a shoulder, a median divide, or an intersection determined by the county or a municipal corporation in the county, in consultation with the State Highway Administration, to be inhe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 587 |
| 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 | HB750 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from using force, threat of force, or physical obstruction to interfere with or physically injure another while the other is lawfully exercising or attempting to lawfully exercise religious beliefs at a place of religious worship...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424 |
| MD | SB544 | Pass | Establishing minimum adequate security standards for courtroom security at all courthouse facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 |
| MD | SB531 | Pass | Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from making a certain request for verbal acknowledgement in an interaction with a person suspected to have been subjected to sexually assaultive behavior or who claims to have been subjected to sexually assaultive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 407 |
| 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 | 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 | HB1008 | Pass | Authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to delay or deny a disbursement from the account of a certain individual or the account on which a certain individual is a beneficiary; requiring a fiduciary institution, under certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 510 |
| 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 | 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 | SB753 | Pass | Authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to delay or deny a disbursement from the account of a certain individual or the account on which a certain individual is a beneficiary; requiring a fiduciary institution, under certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511 |
| 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 | HB351 | Pass | Establishing certain civil liability for an individual who, under color of law, deprives another, or causes or allows another to be deprived, of a right, a privilege, or an immunity secured by the U.S. Constitution or the laws of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459 |
| MD | HB281 | Pass | Altering provisions relating to criminal background investigations for certain individuals who care for or supervise children; requiring certain facilities to apply to the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository for a national and Stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 |
| MD | HB308 | Pass | Authorizing an address in this State supplied by a commercial mail receiving agency to be designated as the principal office of a Maryland corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership; and defining "co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 247 |
| MD | HB338 | Pass | Altering and expanding the jurisdiction of the Maryland Capitol Police of the Department of General Services; and establishing that the Department has statewide jurisdiction over and full police authority for the enforcement of the criminal laws and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 264 |
| MD | SB298 | Pass | Altering and expanding the jurisdiction of the Maryland Capitol Police of the Department of General Services; and establishing that the Department has statewide jurisdiction over and full police authority for the enforcement of the criminal laws and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263 |
