| MD | HB121 | Pass | Providing that certain authorization for the holders of certain licenses to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption in a certain manner applies only if the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County has adopted certain regulati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 815 |
| MD | SB72 | Pass | Providing that certain authorization for the holders of certain licenses to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption in a certain manner applies only if the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County has adopted certain regulati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 816 |
| MD | SB776 | Pass | Establishing the Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children to research the history, operations, and resident deaths at the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children and provide a complete and public a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 607 |
| 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 | HB264 | Pass | Limiting 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; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| MD | SB294 | Pass | Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing or record to a nonparty unless the court or the party redacts certain identifying information relating to a cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542 |
| 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 | HB856 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to register each local school system in the State as an associate member of a certain national membership organization; and requiring each local school system in the State to utilize the Educator Identifica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 362 |
| MD | SB648 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to register each local school system in the State as an associate member of a certain national membership organization; and requiring each local school system in the State to utilize the Educator Identifica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 363 |
| MD | HB38 | Pass | Altering the licensing requirements for an affiliated insurance producer-mortgage loan originator; and requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to approve a certain financial institution that meets certain criteria or certain mortgage lende...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512 |
| MD | SB161 | Pass | Altering the individuals and vehicles that may enter a State park without paying a certain fee on presentation of a valid veteran identification card, a driver's license or other State-issued license or identification card that indicates the holder i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 337 |
| MD | HB1180 | Pass | Requiring instead of authorizing the Board of Architects to deny, reprimand, or suspend a license to practice architecture or a permit to operate a business through which an individual may practice architecture under certain circumstances; authorizin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 246 |
| MD | HB174 | Pass | Authorizing an individual who is the sole owner of a marine vessel or multiple individuals who jointly co-own a marine vessel to apply to the Department of Natural Resources to designate a beneficiary to take ownership of the marine vessel on the dea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72 |
| MD | SB145 | Pass | Authorizing an individual who is the sole owner of a marine vessel or multiple individuals who jointly co-own a marine vessel to apply to the Department of Natural Resources to designate a beneficiary to take ownership of the marine vessel on the dea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 73 |
| MD | HB248 | Pass | Repealing the requirement that the photograph included on an identification card, a driver's license, or a moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration be in color.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 116 |
| MD | SB87 | Pass | Repealing the requirement that the photograph included on an identification card, a driver's license, or a moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration be in color; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 117 |
| MD | HB139 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing November 11 as a tax-free day each year during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for sales to certain veterans if the taxable price of the item for sale is less than $250.00; and requiring an individual, in order ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (43-0) |
| MD | HB417 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing medetomidine and xylazine as Schedule III controlled dangerous substances under the Maryland Controlled Dangerous Substances Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Love) Adopted |
| MD | HB450 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing or record to a nonparty unless the court or the party redacts certain identifying information relating to a cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB518 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to adopt regulations to reduce or mitigate the effects of problem gambling; requiring the regulations to establish a voluntary exclusion list; requiring the Commission to provide contact infor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB435 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a medetomidine product or xylazine product unless the purchaser provides proof the intended use is for institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes; prohibiting a retailer f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted |
| MD | SB626 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Health to keep and maintain a birth information history for each individual for whom a certificate of birth is issued under a certain provision of law; requiring the Secretary to maintain a database of birth information his...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Lam, A. Washington and Ready) |
| MD | HB195 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission, in collaboration with Bowie State University, Morgan State University, and the Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling, to conduct certain studies that identify certain trends and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
Third Readings Passed with Amendments (43-0) |
| MD | SB267 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing certain policies and processes to facilitate the development of residential housing in the State; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the Department of Housing and Commu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB22 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that certain provisions about identification documents apply only to certain incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to determine whether an incarcerated individual is in possession of certain documentation on tak...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1005 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Human Services, by May 1, 2028, to develop a certain form for the submission of a written report concerning suspected child abuse or neglect for cases in which the victim is currently at least 18 years old; requiring the D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1383 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering certain provisions relating to the juvenile court's determination of a permanency plan for a certain child in need of assistance or guardianship review hearing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB881 | Engross
Sine Die | Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to certain disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers; providin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB9 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing, beginning in calendar year 2026, November 11 as a tax-free day each year during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for sales to certain veterans if the taxable price of the item for sale is less than $2,000; autho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB908 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that a commercial entity that distributes certain sexual material harmful to minors on the Internet and that fails to perform certain age verification methods is liable for certain damages under certain circumstances; and prohibiting a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB884 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet skill-based gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Inter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1363 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a person to register as a domestic violence offender with a certain supervising authority if the person is convicted of at least two domestically related crimes; requiring certain information to be included in a registration statement; esta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1471 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a consumer to send certain notice relating to alleged identity theft debt to a creditor; requiring a creditor to conduct a certain investigation following receipt of notice and to provide certain notice or take certain actions under certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB591 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Chapter of the National Public Safety Alliance for Individuals with Disabilities in the Department of State Police; requiring the Department, in conjunction with the Department of Disabilities, to establish guidelines for th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1539 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Labor Relations Board as an independent unit of State government to oversee collective bargaining activities for certain private sector employees; establishing certain rights for employees and employers related to collective...
[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 | HB1220 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a data broker registry; requiring by January 31 each year a business entity that acted as a data broker during the previous calendar year to submit a certain form to the Comptroller and pay a fee determined by the Comptroller; requiring ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1250 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulating the manner in which a developer designs and creates and an operator makes available to users in the State a chatbot, including establishing safety and privacy protections for users; establishing, an enhanced protection for users who are mi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1179 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing requirements for application store providers and developers; creating requirements for age verification and parental consent; prohibiting application store providers and developers from enforcing certain contracts under certain circumsta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1510 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering and establishing certain requirements related to the prevention, detection, and enforcement of unemployment insurance fraud in the State, including requirements related to the use of multifactor authentication under certain circumstances, re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1584 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a framework for the regulation of delivery network companies and delivery network services in the State, including establishing permitting and licensing requirements, digital network requirements, reporting requirements, and payment, ear...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1415 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a certain model policy requiring the use of worn identification by a law enforcement officer in the course of duty; requiring a law enforcement agency to adopt a policy consis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1589 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-15
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB695 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from swiping the driver's license or ID card of an individual except for certain purposes; prohibiting a person that swipes a driver's license or ID card from storing, selling, or sharing the personal information collected except...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB944 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Reentry Readiness Program in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and requiring the Department to work jointly with the Motor Vehicle Administration, the Division of Vital Records in the Maryland Department of H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB827 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulating the manner in which a developer designs and creates and an operator makes available to users in the State a chatbot, including establishing safety and privacy protections for users, establishing an enhanced protection for users who are min...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1343 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Internet gaming a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB616 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller; requiring by January 31 each year, a business entity that acted as a data broker during the previous calendar year to submit a certain for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB964 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the requirements that the Baltimore City centralized booking facility provide a ballot drop box to eligible voters; repealing the requirement that each local board of elections designate locations in the county at which ballot drop boxes wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1027 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to select, certify, and acquire a telephone voting system for absentee voting by voters who have attested to having a print disability; defining "print disability" as a condition that prevents or inhibits an ind...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
