| MD | HB102 | Pass | Requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a certain dependent child of an active service member to advance enroll in a school in the county in a certain manner; requiring the remote registration process to provide an opportunity for the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 644 |
| MD | SB48 | Pass | Clarifying the type of proposals and plans that require the approval of the State Superintendent of Schools; requiring a county board of education to request and receive approval from the State Superintendent before a county board may proceed with ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 |
| MD | HB288 | 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; and requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 599 |
| MD | HB57 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Civic Excellence Program for public high school students that exhibit civic readiness and engagement; requiring a certain capstone project be included in the Program; authorizing a local school system to participate in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 676 |
| MD | HB168 | Pass | Authorizing a county board of education to consider the provision of educator workforce housing as a school purpose under certain provisions of law; altering the eligible recipients of certain financial assistance and the housing innovation projects ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 678 |
| MD | SB204 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Civic Excellence Program that recognizes the civic readiness and civic engagement of public high school students in the State; requiring that a certain capstone project be included in the Program; authorizing a local school ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 677 |
| 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 | HB311 | Pass | Requiring each local school system to identify, in its regular safety evaluation, issues of accessibility for individuals with disabilities; and requiring local school systems to include in a certain annual report instances in which a public school f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 666 |
| MD | HB326 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to develop and administer an anonymous reporting system to receive information related to a school or student safety concern; requiring the Center to develop operational guidelines and procedures, and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 648 |
| MD | SB263 | Pass | Requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a certain dependent child of an active service member to advance enroll in a school in the county in a certain manner; requiring the remote registration process to provide an opportunity for the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 645 |
| MD | SB339 | Pass | Altering the composition of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland School for the Deaf from 19 members to 13 members and requiring that at least 7 members be deaf.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 720 |
| MD | HB575 | Pass | Requiring the student attendance policy of each county board of education to include a provision allowing an excused or discretionary absence for a public school student participating in civil engagement activities; and clarifying that civic engageme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 630 |
| MD | SB324 | Pass | Establishing a direct admission program at participating public senior higher education institutions for eligible high school students beginning in the 2028-2029 academic year; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the State Department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613 |
| MD | SB507 | Pass | Requiring each local school system to identify, in its regular safety evaluation, issues of accessibility for individuals with disabilities; and requiring local school systems to include in a certain confidential annual report instances in which a pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665 |
| MD | HB828 | Pass | Authorizing the Governor to appoint as a member of the State Board of Education an individual who is an employee of a county board of education, under certain circumstances; altering the number of members required to affirmatively vote for the State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 649 |
| MD | SB529 | Pass | Requiring the University System of Maryland to develop, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, certain recommendations for a Southern Maryland Early college Teacher Pathway Program and a t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 766 |
| MD | HB936 | Pass | Requiring the Montgomery County public school system to identify and publish certain data on food procured from certified local farms and certified Chesapeake invasive species providers during the 2026-2027 school year; requiring the Montgomery Count...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 805 |
| MD | SB597 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership in the University System of Maryland to provide a single nexus for certain stakeholders in artificial intelligence initiatives to advance artificial intelligence in the State; establishing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 633 |
| MD | SB646 | Pass | Prohibiting certain provisions from being included in certain public school system contracts; specifying that certain provisions are void if included in a public school system contract; specifying the applicable law and interpretation of public schoo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 701 |
| 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 | HB1052 | Pass | Altering the composition of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland School for the Deaf from 19 members to 13 members and requiring that at least 7 members be deaf.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 721 |
| MD | SB808 | Pass | Altering the process through which health care providers apply to participate on a carrier's provider panel, including certain notice requirements; repealing the authorization for a carrier to charge a certain application fee; requiring carriers to u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 706 |
| MD | HB1093 | Pass | Altering the process through which health care providers apply to participate on a carrier's provider panel, including certain notice requirements; repealing the authorization for a carrier to charge a certain application fee; requiring carriers to u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 707 |
| MD | HB1321 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to identify, inform, and assist Child Care Scholarship Program applicants who qualify for enrollment in publicly funded prekindergarten, Head Start, and Early Head Start subject to certain conditions; requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 |
| MD | HB1430 | Pass | Requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to distribute funds to public charter schools for capital improvements to public charter school facilities; beginning in fiscal year 2028, requiring the Governor to include in the annual bu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 767 |
| MD | HB1582 | Pass | Altering the school quality indicators authorized for an educational accountability program in public schools; and prohibiting the use of certain indicators in an educational accountability system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 593 |
| MD | HB319 | Pass | Repealing the termination date of certain provisions of law that authorize a county board of education to provide transportation to and from school for certain students using a vehicle other than a certain type of school vehicle; and requiring the St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 683 |
| MD | HB586 | Pass | Authorizing a county board of library trustees to provide for the selection of a student member of the board; and establishing the qualifications, setting a 1-year term of office, and providing for the voting rights of the student member of a county ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621 |
| MD | SB535 | Pass | Authorizing a county board of library trustees to provide for the selection of a student member of the board; and establishing the qualifications, setting a 1-year term of office, and providing for the voting rights of the student member of a county ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 622 |
| MD | SB448 | Veto | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $27,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB423 | Pass | Requiring, subject to certain conditions, the Prince George's County Board of Education to provide, at no charge, drink spiking detection products and drug detection strips to public high school students in the county through school-based health clin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 583 |
| 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 | HB569 | Pass | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County to use revenue from development impact fees to finance the capital costs related to the replacement of public school facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 585 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | SB833 | Pass | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County to use revenue from development impact fees to finance the capital costs related to the replacement of public school facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 586 |
| MD | HB1532 | Pass | Transferring the electric universal service program to the Office of Home Energy Programs and requiring the Office to authorize benefits under the program for certain electric customers; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 353 |
| MD | HB1176 | Pass | Requiring, in the submission of the annual budget to the Howard County Council, the Howard County Executive to include the percentage of the county's general fund revenue, excluding one-time expenses, that is allocated to the operating budget of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 580 |
| MD | SB70 | Pass | Establishing the MDiplomaWorks pathway as an alternative method of earning a high school diploma in the State; establishing the Program as a method to recognize and certify high school diploma achievement through demonstrated academic and career comp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 168 |
| MD | HB297 | Pass | Establishing the MDiplomaWorks pathway as an alternative method of earning a high school diploma in the State; providing the MDiplomaWorks pathway is a method to recognize and certify high school diploma achievement through demonstrated academic and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 169 |
| MD | HB927 | Pass | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $27,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 343 |
| MD | SB810 | Pass | Requiring certain public school personnel to notify a county superintendent or a county superintendent's designee if the individual receives notification of certain immigration enforcement at a school; expanding the definition of sensitive locations ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 161 |
| MD | SB1007 | Pass | Amending certain prior authorizations of State Debt to change the names of certain grantees, alter the authorized uses of certain grants, and extend the termination date of certain grants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 |
| MD | HB243 | Pass | Altering the required elements of comprehensive and general plans for charter counties and other local jurisdictions; establishing requirements and guidelines for each element; and requiring certain State agencies to provide charter counties and othe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 110 |
| MD | SB197 | Pass | Altering the required elements of comprehensive and general plans for charter counties and other local jurisdictions; establishing requirements and guidelines for each element; requiring certain State agencies to provide charter counties and other lo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 111 |
| MD | SB508 | Pass | Adding two student members to the Somerset County Board of Education; altering who appoints an individual to fill a vacancy on the board to be the County Commissioners of Somerset County instead of the Governor; increasing the annual compensation for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151 |
| MD | HB957 | Pass | Requiring each local school system to designate a local point of contact for certain communications, to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards, and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 34 |
| MD | SB601 | Pass | Requiring each local school system to designate a local point of contact for certain communications, to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards, and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 35 |
