| 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 | HB141 | Pass | Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park or the University of Maryland, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 774 |
| MD | SB6 | Pass | Providing collective bargaining rights to nontenure track faculty of system institutions of higher education, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland whose primary assignments involve academic instruction, including teachers, re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 695 |
| MD | HB1300 | Pass | Renaming the African American Heritage Preservation Program to be the Speaker Adrienne A. Jones African American Heritage Preservation Program; repealing the authority of the Secretary of Human Services to appoint the executive director of the Maryla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 792 |
| MD | SB947 | Pass | Establishing the Board of Directors for Baltimore Core Transit Service in the Maryland Transit Administration as a governing body with certain authority over the provision of Baltimore Core Transit Service; establishing the Commuter Services Advisory...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 419 |
| MD | HB1081 | Pass | Establishing the Board of Directors for Baltimore Core Transit Service in the Maryland Transit Administration as a governing body with certain authority over the provision of Baltimore Core Transit Service; establishing the Commuter Services Advisory...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 420 |
| MD | HB1248 | Pass | Establishing the Workgroup for an Inclusive State Workplace to study and make recommendations regarding the expansion of part-time State employment opportunities for individuals who are challenged by the traditional full-time employment structure; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 386 |
| MD | SB859 | Pass | Requiring units of State government to provide certain documentation to the Board of Public Works and the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee if the unit decides not to pursue certain liquidated damages; authorizing the Secretary of Budget and Manag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 367 |
| MD | HB1422 | Pass | Requiring units of State government to provide certain documentation to the Board of Public Works and the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee if the unit decides not to pursue certain liquidated damages; authorizing the Secretary of Budget and Manag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 366 |
| 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 | HB399 | Pass | Extending the reporting date and the termination date for a workgroup convened by the State Retirement Agency to study transfers of member service between State and local retirement and pension systems; and requiring the State Retirement Agency to re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 292 |
| MD | SB338 | Pass | Extending the reporting date from December 1, 2025, to October 1, 2026, and the termination date from 2026 to June 30, 2027, for a workgroup convened by the State Retirement Agency to study transfers of member service between State and local retireme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 293 |
| 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 | HB557 | Pass | Providing that "department" does not include the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services for purposes of certain provisions prohibiting a department from refusing to issue an occupational license or certificate based on a certain convic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 302 |
| MD | SB439 | Pass | Prohibiting an employer from taking certain discriminatory employment actions against a fire and rescue public safety employee based on the employee's use of medical cannabis, subject to certain conditions; and requiring an employer to report an inci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 183 |
| MD | HB980 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 |
| MD | SB748 | Pass | Requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Allegany County in the event Allegany County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 178 |
| MD | SB734 | Pass | Altering the dates by which certain local employers are required to pay the State Retirement and Pension System a certain amount of the charges certified to the local employer; clarifying the interest rate a county government is charged for certain d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290 |
| MD | HB1102 | Pass | Requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Allegany County in the event Allegany County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 179 |
| MD | HB1139 | Pass | Altering the dates by which certain local employers are required to pay the State Retirement and Pension System a certain amount of the charges certified to the local employer; clarifying the interest rate a county government is charged for certain d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 291 |
| MD | SB831 | Pass | Establishing certain civil penalties for violations of law involving the employment of minors; prohibiting employers from allowing the formation of a certain organization or entity under certain circumstances; authorizing certain private employees to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167 |
| MD | HB226 | Pass | Requiring 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 89 |
| MD | SB22 | Pass | Requiring 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 90 |
| MD | SB136 | Pass | Applying certain provisions of law governing collective bargaining for State employees to police officers of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission who, in an official capacity, are authorized to make arrests and who are not supervisory, manag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 65 |
| MD | SB724 | Pass | Clarifying the Consumer Price Index used to determine the cost-of-living adjustments for retirees of the State Retirement and Pension System in certain years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 55 |
| MD | HB1138 | Pass | Clarifying the Consumer Price Index used to determine the cost-of-living adjustments for retirees of the State Retirement and Pension System in certain years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 56 |
| MD | HB106 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing collective bargaining rights to nontenure track faculty of system institutions of higher education, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland whose primary assignments involve academic instruction, including teachers, resea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB212 | Engross
Sine Die | 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] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (137-0) |
| MD | HB797 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting an employer from taking certain discriminatory employment actions against a fire and rescue public safety employee based on the employee's use of medical cannabis, subject to certain conditions; and requiring an employer to report an inci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Finance |
| MD | SB618 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics to exempt a member of the General Assembly, a filed candidate for election to the General Assembly, or a member-elect of the General Assembly from the prohibition against receiving earned income f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (102-35) |
| MD | SB880 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Workgroup for an Inclusive State Workplace to create a strategy and implementation work plan regarding more inclusive State employment opportunities for caregivers, people with disabilities, older adults and other individuals who are...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB996 | Engross
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB284 | Pass | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; authorizing the Secretary of Health to establish the retention ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 |
| MD | SB84 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at the University of Maryland, College Park or the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student who is a teaching, administrative,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1480 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing certain civil penalties for violations of law involving the employment of minors; prohibiting employers from allowing the formation of a certain organization or entity under certain circumstances; authorizing certain private employees to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1147 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that the exercise by the Public Service Commission of its authority is an essential government function; altering the duties of the Commission and the Executive Secretary of the Commission; providing for the designation of a certain empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB49 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that an abortion be performed by a physician, rather than a qualified provider; repealing certain provisions of law related to State interference with an abortion, regulations related to abortion, and liability or criminal punishment for qu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB312 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a member of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to receive certain service credit on the redeposit of contributions from the Employees' Pension System or the Teachers' Pension System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-18
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1579 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that an employee in the State Personnel and Management System may, without certain certification, take up to 30 days of paid family and medical leave to care for a child of the employee immediately following the birth of the employee's chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1536 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from voluntarily assisting in immigration enforcement under certain circumstances and requiring a person who assists immigration enforcement to make and maintain certain records; authorizing a person injured by a violation of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB268 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the position and responsibilities of the State Chief Data Officer; establishing the Office of Enterprise Data in the Department of Information Technology and the responsibilities of the Office; and requiring certain units of State govern...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB842 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that the exercise by the Public Service Commission of its authority is an essential government function; altering the duties of the Commission and the Executive Secretary of the Commission; providing for the designation of a certain empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB19 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to assist in the repayment of higher education loans owed by State employees in order to attract, recruit, and retain these employees; requiring the Office of Student Financial Assista...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1356 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing an employer to require an applicant to disclose the applicant's engagement in certain actions only if the disclosure is related to certain job requirements; prohibiting an employer from taking certain adverse action against an employee if...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1064 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Office of the Inspector General; transferring the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education and the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Health to be within the Maryland Office of the Inspector General; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1085 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Office of the Inspector General; establishing the State Transparency Commission to appoint and provide oversight for the Inspector General of the State; providing for the qualifications, salary, and term of office of the Ins...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1449 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Office of the Inspector General; establishing the Maryland Office of the Inspector General Advisory Board to appoint and provide oversight for the Inspector General of the State; providing for the qualifications, salary, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1419 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Centralized Background Check Division in the Department of State Police; requiring the Division to require each unit of State and local government to take certain actions; requiring the Division to provide or coordinate certain suppo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB696 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing certain retirees who began State service before July 1, 2011, to be eligible for prescription drug benefits in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; specifying that prescription drug benefits shall be discont...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1455 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to review certain investment holdings; requiring the Board of Trustees to take certain divestment actions with regard to certain Israeli investments; prohibiting the Board of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Appropriations Committee |
