| MD | HB6 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735 |
| 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 | SB101 | Pass | Adding correctional officers as eligible recipients in the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Police Officers and Probation Agents and the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 679 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | SB198 | Pass | Requiring Prince George's Community College, in consultation with certain entities, to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study and program design assessment for aerospace and aviation systems technology workforce training programs; requiring Prince...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 784 |
| 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 | SB285 | Pass | Altering the eligibility criteria for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include correctional officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 681 |
| 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 | HB396 | Pass | Repealing the maximum age for children in certain residential child care programs who receive educational support; requiring operators of certain residential child care programs to provide certain educational opportunities to the children for whom th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 640 |
| MD | SB311 | Pass | Extending the time period during which a certain method is used to calculate compensatory education enrollment through fiscal year 2028; repealing a termination date for the use of funds under the Concentration of Poverty Grant Program for the purpos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 602 |
| MD | HB457 | Pass | Requiring each institution of higher education that provides on-campus housing to provide, free of charge, menstrual hygiene products in all student health centers at the institution on or before August 1, 2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 722 |
| MD | SB402 | Pass | Repealing the maximum age for children in certain residential child care programs who receive educational support; requiring operators of certain residential child care programs to provide certain educational opportunities to the children for whom th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 641 |
| MD | SB420 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 734 |
| MD | HB623 | Pass | Altering the definition of "military-connected student" under the Purple Star Schools Program to conform with certain terms defined under State law; and establishing the Purple Star Colleges Program to recognize certain colleges that provide strong s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 670 |
| MD | SB486 | Pass | Expanding eligibility under the Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program to include students attending the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and enrolled in certain Physician Assistant, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, or Veterinary Medic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 672 |
| MD | SB509 | Pass | Implementing the federal Workforce Pell Grant Program in the State through which Pell Grants may be awarded to students enrolled in a certain short-term program; requiring the Governor, after consultation with certain entities, to determine whether t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 724 |
| MD | HB852 | Pass | Altering the eligibility criteria for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include correctional officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680 |
| 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 | HB809 | Pass | Specifying the intern fellowships that exist in the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program; increasing the maximum scholarship award amount under the Program from $5,000 to $6,000; and requiring the Governor, beginning in f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 780 |
| MD | SB532 | Pass | Requiring each public senior higher education institution and community college to submit a report on contraception access to the Maryland Higher Education Commission each year by September 1; requiring the Commission to submit a report on contracept...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 675 |
| MD | HB845 | Pass | Altering the eligibility for the Community College Promise Scholarship to include residents of Delmar, Maryland who graduated from Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware; authorizing an institution of postsecondary education to award a scholarship un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 712 |
| MD | HB919 | Pass | Establishing the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Grant Program to provide grants to certain individuals with the goal of becoming a real estate appraiser in certain communities; providing the purpose of the Program is to assist in clo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 744 |
| 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 | SB657 | Pass | Establishing the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Grant Program to provide grants to certain individuals with the goal of becoming a real estate appraiser in certain communities; providing the purpose of the Program is to assist in clo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 743 |
| MD | SB709 | Pass | Altering the definition of "military-connected student" under the Purple Star Schools Program to conform with certain terms defined under State law; and establishing the Purple Star Colleges Program to recognize certain colleges that provide strong s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 671 |
| MD | HB1076 | Pass | Requiring each public senior higher education institution and community college to submit a report on contraception access to the Maryland Higher Education Commission each year; requiring the Commission to submit a report on contraception access to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 674 |
| MD | HB1075 | Pass | Expanding eligibility under the Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program to include students attending the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and enrolled in certain degree programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 673 |
| MD | SB728 | Pass | Altering the eligibility for the Community College Promise Scholarship to include residents of Delmar, Maryland who graduated from Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware; authorizing an institution of postsecondary education to award a scholarship un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 713 |
| MD | SB769 | Pass | Approving certain projects for the acquisition, development, and improvement of certain academic facilities for the University System of Maryland; authorizing the issuance of bonds by the University System of Maryland in a certain total principal amo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 601 |
| MD | SB805 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of law governing the recapture of certain amounts of the credit against the State income tax for certain individuals with student loan debt to require the recapture of the unused amount of the credit rather than the total ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 755 |
| MD | SB864 | Pass | Altering the definition of a "foster care recipient" to mean an individual who resided in an out-of-home placement on or after the individual's 8th birthday rather than 13th birthday for purposes of determining eligibility for a certain tuition exemp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 785 |
| MD | HB1305 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to include certain additional information in an annual report submitted to the General Assembly regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; and requiring the State Department of E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 723 |
| MD | HB1530 | Pass | Decreasing from 3 years to 2 years the number of years for which an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes before the academic year for eligibility to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption at a public institution of hig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 799 |
| MD | SB720 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to local school systems, educators, parents, and students through an online platform; requiring the Department to develop certain guidelines, best prac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 634 |
| MD | SB243 | Pass | Applying certain provisions of law regarding priority registration at public institutions of higher education, resources and support at community colleges, senatorial and Delegate scholarships, and preferences in hiring by the Public Service Commissi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 |
| MD | HB718 | Pass | Establishing that certain provisions of law governing information technology plans apply to certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a policy of the State that State and higher education employee e-mail systems and resources are ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 438 |
| MD | HB721 | Pass | Applying certain provisions of law regarding priority registration at public institutions of higher education, resources and support at community colleges, senatorial and Delegate scholarships, and preferences in hiring by the Public Service Commissi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 |
| 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 | HB342 | Pass | Requiring that an institution from which an applicant for a forestry license graduates on completion of a certain curriculum has certain approval and accreditation; authorizing an applicant to qualify for a forestry license if the State Board of Fore...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 275 |
| MD | HB429 | Pass | Establishing, beginning July 1, 2028, the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food preve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250 |
| 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 | HB771 | Pass | Requiring each health occupations board to allow an applicant seeking license or certificate renewal to receive continuing education credits for completing a certain human trafficking awareness training program, conduct outreach to make individuals r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 205 |
| MD | SB599 | Pass | Establishing, beginning July 1, 2028, the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food preve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 249 |
| MD | SB18 | Pass | Establishing a provisional social work license through which an individual issued a provisional social work license may receive a full license; requiring the Board, beginning November 1, 2026, to issue a provisional license to an applicant who, excep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226 |
| MD | HB427 | Pass | Extending to December 31, 2027, the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study and make recommendations related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; adding a representative of a historically Black college or uni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 207 |
| 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 |
