| MD | SB58 | Pass | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on real property if use of the real property has b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 642 |
| MD | HB161 | Pass | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on real property if use of the real property has b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 643 |
| MD | HB359 | Pass | Altering eligibility for a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on certain urban agricultural property; and requiring a county or municipal corporation that grants the tax credit to provide notice of the termina...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 769 |
| MD | SB739 | Pass | Requiring the University System of Maryland to conduct a study to evaluate the relationship between climate change, homeowner's insurance, and emergency and disaster preparedness; requiring the University, by July 1, 2027, to submit a report to the G...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 696 |
| MD | HB1219 | Pass | Requiring the University System of Maryland to conduct a study to evaluate the relationship between climate change, homeowner's insurance, and emergency and disaster preparedness; requiring the University, by July 1, 2027, to submit its report to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 697 |
| MD | HB252 | Pass | Authorizing regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment to include requirements for any person who is accredited by the Department to provide lead paint abatement services to be covered by a reasonable performance bond or reasonable liab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 359 |
| 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 | 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 | SB625 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, and to adopt regulations and standards governing the permitting of carbon dioxide capture, removal, and sequestration projects that utilize bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 411 |
| 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 | HB220 | Pass | Authorizing the installation of individual water submeters, used to determine the actual use of water, for each residential unit in an apartment house and mobile home parks; prohibiting the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house, or mobile...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 |
| 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 | SB130 | Pass | Authorizing the installation of individual water submeters, used to determine the actual use of water, for certain apartment houses and mobile home parks; prohibiting the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house or a mobile home park, or a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261 |
| MD | HB321 | Pass | Extending the deadline by which the Department of the Environment is required to submit a certain report on the synthetic turf industry and synthetic turf disposal from July 1, 2026, to January 15, 2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 326 |
| 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 | HB395 | Pass | Repealing certain provisions of law requiring a person to hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit issued by the Department of the Environment before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO; and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 254 |
| 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 | HB613 | Pass | Authorizing a person to use living shorelines as a certain erosion control measure; applying the Act only to a shoreline stabilization project for which any portion of the project is in an area that is not designated as appropriate for structural sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 321 |
| MD | SB371 | Pass | Repealing a provision of law requiring a person to hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit issued by the Department of the Environment before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO; and author...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253 |
| MD | HB590 | Pass | Altering the name of the Howard County Agricultural Land Preservation Fund to be the Howard County Agricultural Preservation and Innovation Fund; and specifying that certain transfer tax proceeds that are distributed to the Fund are to be used to sup...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 346 |
| MD | HB578 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to review and, if warranted, update regulations related to the Irreplaceable Natural Areas Program by July 1, 2033, and at least every 10 years thereafter; requiring the Secretary to delist an endangered ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 211 |
| MD | SB431 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to review and, if warranted, update regulations related to the Irreplaceable Natural Areas Program by July 1, 2033, and at least every 10 years thereafter; requiring the Secretary to delist an endangered o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 212 |
| MD | HB663 | Pass | Requiring, beginning on or before July 1, 2026, and every 6 months thereafter, the Department of the Environment to report to the General Assembly on any changes in federal environmental policy that have been deemed legally valid by a final decision ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 |
| MD | HB833 | Pass | Reestablishing the Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland with an altered membership and mandate; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before Dece...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 |
| MD | SB523 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources in coordination with the Department of the Environment to identify certain vernal pools in the State; requiring the Department to create and maintain a certain list of vernal pools in the State in a certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 164 |
| MD | SB553 | Pass | Reestablishing the Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland with an altered membership and mandate; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report to the Legislative Policy Committee by December 1, 2026, and a final repo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252 |
| MD | HB925 | Pass | Establishing restrictions on the land application, on or after October 1, 2028, of sewage sludge with total concentrations of certain regulated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances equal to or greater than certain levels; authorizing, on or after Octo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 330 |
| 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 | SB719 | Pass | Establishing restrictions on the land application, on or after October 1, 2028, of sewage sludge with total concentrations of certain regulated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances equal to or greater than certain levels; authorizing a person to commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329 |
| MD | SB940 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop a statewide action plan for the enforcement of standards for secondary maximum contaminant levels to address water discoloring, taste, and odor at community water systems and nontransient, noncom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 286 |
| MD | HB1196 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop a statewide action plan for the enforcement of standards for secondary maximum contaminant levels to address water discoloring, taste, and odor at community water systems and nontransient, noncom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 287 |
| MD | HB254 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to facilitate community participation in project planning and development; establishing the Resilience Through Restoration Capital Grant Fund to provide funding for nature-based restoration projects inten...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 76 |
| 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 | HB238 | Pass | Altering the voting membership of the Maryland Heritage Area Authority; increasing the number of voting members of the Authority that constitutes a quorum from 9 to 10; repealing the requirement that the Authority send copies of boundary maps to cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 123 |
| MD | SB226 | Pass | Altering the voting membership of the Maryland Heritage Area Authority; increasing the number of voting members of the Authority that constitutes a quorum from 9 to 10; repealing the requirement that the Authority send copies of boundary maps to cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124 |
| MD | HB554 | Pass | Adding the Chair of the House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee to the Legislative Policy Committee; and updating the committees of the General Assembly that receive certain required reports and notices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 152 |
| MD | SB861 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations that consider certain best management practices for stormwater management for agritourism; and requiring Montgomery County and the Montgomery Soil Conservation District jointly, in cons...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 13 |
| MD | HB1071 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations that consider certain best management practices for stormwater management for agritourism; requiring Montgomery County and the Montgomery Soil Conservation District, in consultation wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14 |
| MD | HB701 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources in coordination with the Department of the Environment to identify certain vernal pools in the State; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to create and maintain a certain list of vernal pools in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1621 | Engross
50% | Requiring certain wastewater treatment plants to maintain a publicly accessible website on which certain information relating to certain discharges is required to be published in a certain manner; and requiring certain wastewater treatment plants to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| MD | HB146 | Engross
50% | Requiring a landlord of property that is served by an on-site wastewater system to ensure, on or before July 1, 2028, and before each new tenant occupies the property thereafter, that the system has been inspected and pumped out in a certain manner; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Senate Refuses Recede |
| MD | SB59 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation |
| MD | HB437 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted |
| MD | HB817 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Department of the Environment, by January 1, 2028, to develop, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, and adopt regulations and standards governing the permitting of carbon dioxide capture, removal, and sequestration projec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB165 | Engross
50% | Extending the date from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2027, by which the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals, is required to adopt certain regulations; and extending the date from July 1, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB284 | Pass | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; authorizing the Secretary of Health to establish the retention ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 |
| MD | HB1022 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting manufacturers from selling, offering for sale, distributing, or distributing for sale in the State, certain products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals on or after certain dates; establishing registra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB108 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the Department of the Environment to impose an administrative penalty for certain violations related to water use and dam safety; repealing a certain limitation on the Department's authority to issue certain orders and notices related to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB203 | Engross
50% | Authorizing regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment to include requirements for any person who is accredited by the Department to provide lead paint abatement services to be covered by a reasonable performance bond or reasonable liab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
