| MD | HB216 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 662 |
| 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 | SB140 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 663 |
| MD | SB238 | Pass | Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for mult...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 616 |
| MD | HB340 | Pass | Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for mult...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 617 |
| MD | SB323 | Pass | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed any crime punishable by life imprisonment; requiring an intake officer to aut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 609 |
| 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 | HB552 | Pass | Establishing 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 608 |
| 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 | 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 | SB937 | Pass | Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752 |
| MD | HB1326 | Pass | Expanding the circumstances under which a report or record concerning child abuse or neglect may be disclosed by the Department of Human Services to include the administrator of a certain child care center, the coach, team administrator, or manager o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 790 |
| MD | HB130 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force to Study Deed Fraud; requiring the Task Force to review the incidence of deed fraud in Maryland, including the number of complaints, resolved deed fraud cases, amount of restitution awarded, and geographic and demographic ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 399 |
| MD | SB8 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause physical injury, serious emotional distress, or economic damages; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 445 |
| 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 | SB230 | Pass | Establishing that engaging in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other in connection with a first-, second-, or third- degree burglary constitutes sexual offense in the third degree; and altering the definitions of "tier I sex off...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 499 |
| 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 | SB221 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing or viewing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child under the a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 530 |
| MD | HB218 | Pass | Altering the date, from November 30 to October 1 each year, by which the Office of the Attorney General must report on certain activities of the Office's Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit and certain activities taken by the Department o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 473 |
| 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 | SB184 | Pass | Altering the date, from November 30 to October 1 each year, by which the Office of the Attorney General must report on certain activities of the Office's Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit and certain activities taken by the Department o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 472 |
| MD | SB290 | Pass | Removing the maximum amount that Baltimore City is authorized to establish for civil and criminal fines and penalties for violating certain ordinances, rules, or regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 485 |
| MD | SB357 | Pass | Requiring a qualified organization to hold a gaming permit whenever the qualified organization operates a certain gaming device in St. Mary's County; authorizing the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to adopt regulations, in consultation with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 554 |
| 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 | HB501 | Pass | Altering the penalty for a subsequent conviction of sexual offense by a person in a position of authority; prohibiting a certain person in a position of authority from committing a certain violation involving a child at least 6 years younger than the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 426 |
| MD | HB564 | Pass | Establishing certain consumer protection requirements for registered cemeterians, registered cemetery operators, and certain permit holders and licensees that sell or offer for sale pet cremation services for pet remains; establishing the duties of c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 547 |
| 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 | HB610 | Pass | Requiring a qualified organization to hold a gaming permit whenever the qualified organization operates a certain gaming device in St. Mary's County; authorizing the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to adopt certain regulations; and requirin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 555 |
| MD | HB593 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from intentionally, willfully, and without authorization committing a certain act with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of critical infrastructure; providing that a person convicted of violating the Act is guilty...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521 |
| MD | SB437 | Pass | Providing for the valuation of a gift card for the purpose of determining value for crimes involving theft; prohibiting a person, with the intent to defraud another, from altering or tampering with a gift card or its packaging; and providing that a p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456 |
| MD | HB681 | Pass | Removing the maximum amount that Baltimore City is authorized to establish for civil and criminal fines and penalties for violating certain ordinances, rules, or regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 486 |
| MD | SB482 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from intentionally, willfully, and without authorization committing a certain act with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of critical infrastructure; prohibiting a person from intentionally, willfully, and without ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 520 |
| MD | SB512 | Pass | Increasing the penalties for stalking to a period of imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $10,000 or both if the victim had a protective order in effect against the defendant at the time of the offense or the defendant had previously bee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 429 |
| 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 | HB752 | Pass | Providing for the valuation of a gift card for the purpose of determining value for crimes involving theft; prohibiting a person, with the intent to defraud another, from altering or tampering with a gift card or its packaging; and providing that a v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 457 |
| MD | SB540 | Pass | Prohibiting an agent of a private home detention monitoring agency, an employee of a courthouse, or an employee of a correctional facility from engaging in certain activities promoting or otherwise soliciting business for a private home detention mon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478 |
| MD | HB899 | Pass | Prohibiting an agent of a private home detention monitoring agency, an employee of a courthouse, or an employee of a correctional facility from engaging in certain activities promoting or otherwise soliciting business for a private home detention mon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477 |
| 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 | SB820 | Pass | Altering the violations of law with respect to which the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission is authorized to issue a citation; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, exposing for sale, or advertisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355 |
| 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 | HB1523 | Pass | Altering the violations of law with respect to which the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission is authorized to issue a citation or charging document; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, exposing f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 354 |
| MD | SB279 | Pass | Authorizing a certain enforcement officer to enforce provisions regulating the sale and distribution of the sale and distribution of cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices; authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 387 |
| MD | SB83 | Pass | Altering the grounds for discipline by certain health occupations boards to include being disciplined by any branch of the uniformed services or the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and altering the grounds for discipline of a naturopathic doctor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 335 |
| 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 | HB374 | Pass | Requiring the State Acupuncture Board to make available proof of renewal, rather than issuing a renewal certificate; prohibiting a person from employing an individual to practice acupuncture without a license or aiding or abetting the unauthorized pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 233 |
| 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 |
| MD | SB370 | Pass | Requiring the State Acupuncture Board to make available proof of renewal, rather than issuing a renewal certificate; prohibiting a person from employing an individual to practice acupuncture without a license or aiding or abetting the unauthorized pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 234 |
| MD | HB600 | Pass | Increasing the amount of a certain required bond from $25,000 to $250,000 that the Treasurer and any Deputy Treasurer gives to the State of Maryland, the St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission, and the Commissioners of St. Mary's County; authorizi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 349 |
