| MD | HB107 | Pass | Requiring the establishment of the Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program by October 1, 2027; requiring individuals whose driver's licenses are subject to certain suspension or revocation to participate in the Program; requiring the Motor ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 870 |
| MD | HB191 | Pass | Prohibiting a merchant, in a certain transaction between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., from prohibiting a person from making a cash payment to purchase an essential consumer good, requiring a person to purchase an essential consumer good by using ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 714 |
| MD | SB169 | Pass | Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 788 |
| MD | HB372 | Pass | Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 789 |
| MD | HB684 | Pass | Requiring certain health systems to comply with certain insurance provisions regarding notice of termination of contracts; altering the notification requirements a carrier is required to provide an enrollee regarding changes to the carrier's provider...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 651 |
| MD | SB521 | Pass | Requiring certain health systems to comply with certain insurance provisions regarding notice of termination of contracts; altering the notification requirements a carrier is required to provide an enrollee regarding changes to the carrier's provider...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 650 |
| MD | SB927 | Pass | Establishing a related event promoter's permit in Baltimore City for the Kappa Alpha Psi 2027 Conclave; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a related event promoter's permit to certain applicants under certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 843 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB862 | Veto | Prohibiting a railroad train used in connection with the movement of freight from being operated in the State unless it has at least two crew members, subject to certain exceptions; providing a penalty for a first offense of up to $10,000 or, in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| 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 | SB111 | Pass | Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration and agents and employees of State agencies and political subdivisions to take possession of certain vehicle registration plates under certain circumstances; authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administrator to e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 487 |
| MD | SB141 | Pass | Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | SB877 | Pass | Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in the 41st legislative district of Baltimore City under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County, the 45th and 46th legislative districts of Baltimore City, and the C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 569 |
| 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 | HB35 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipality to adopt certain ordinances to regulate tree of heaven and certain invasive trees; and authorizing the governing body of a county or municipality to establish certain programs to incentivize ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 210 |
| MD | HB250 | Pass | Authorizing the Department of the Environment to impose an administrative penalty for certain violations related to the appropriation or use of water and dam safety; repealing a certain limitation on the Department's authority to issue certain orders...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 273 |
| MD | SB266 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipality to adopt certain ordinances to regulate the nonnative, highly invasive, deciduous hardwood tree known as tree of heaven and certain invasive trees; and authorizing the governing body of a cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 209 |
| 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 | 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 |
| MD | SB413 | Pass | Transferring the authority to regulate certain crematories and reduction facilities from the Office of Cemetery Oversight to the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors; altering the circumstances under which the Governor may remove an appoin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187 |
| MD | SB423 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 230 |
| MD | HB698 | Pass | Transferring the authority to regulate certain crematories and reduction facilities from the Office of Cemetery Oversight to the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors; altering the circumstances under which the Governor may remove an appoin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 |
| MD | SB487 | Pass | Authorizing the State Highway Administration to implement a program of safety corridor speed monitoring systems for use in areas determined to be of high risk to vulnerable road users; and authorizing a local jurisdiction to use speed monitoring syst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 285 |
| MD | SB582 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from sending a check or other negotiable instrument to an individual under certain circumstances; establishing that an individual who receives a check or other negotiable instrument is not liable for the amount of the check or ne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 316 |
| MD | HB20 | Pass | Reestablishing a related event promoter's permit in Baltimore City; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a related event promoter's permit to certain applicants under certain circumstances; and requiring a holder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 74 |
| MD | SB231 | Pass | Prohibiting 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84 |
| MD | HB228 | Pass | Prohibiting 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 83 |
| MD | SB395 | Pass | Repealing certain provisions of law authorizing a peer-to-peer car sharing program's motor vehicle liability insurance policy on a replacement vehicle to be secondary coverage for a shared vehicle driver; altering and establishing certain motor vehic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 49 |
| MD | HB1186 | Pass | Repealing certain provisions of law authorizing a peer-to-peer car sharing program's motor vehicle liability insurance policy on a replacement vehicle to be secondary coverage for a shared vehicle driver; altering and establishing certain motor vehic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 50 |
| MD | SB160 | Pass | Requiring a certain licensed firearms dealer to notify the Secretary of State Police within 24 hours after discovering certain crimes have occurred or certain security features have been compromised; providing a civil penalty of up to $250 for a firs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 86 |
| MD | HB210 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring each county and municipal automated traffic enforcement program to submit to the Vision Zero coordinator an annual report containing certain information regarding each citation issued under the program during the quarter to a motor vehicle ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB666 | Engross
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB782 | Engross
Sine Die | 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] | 2026-04-13
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1116 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a designated Howard County department to place certain surveillance systems at certain dumping sites in Howard County; requiring the District Court, in consultation with the designated department, to prescribe a certain citation form; req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB965 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each county and municipal automated traffic enforcement program to submit to the Vision Zero coordinator a quarterly report containing certain information regarding each citation issued under the program during the quarter to a motor vehicl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB1614 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Maryland Transportation Authority to use lane use control signal monitoring systems on a highway under the jurisdiction of the Maryland Transportation Authority to enforce the motor vehicle offenses of entering or traveling in a lane ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted |
| MD | HB421 | Engross
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB1630 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use speed monitoring systems in Queen Anne's County on U.S. Route 301 at the intersections of or in between Maryland Route 405 and Maryland Route 19.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
