| MD | HB711 | Pass | Prohibiting a certain controller from knowingly selling the personal data of a consumer to a certain governmental unit that has engaged in or supported civil immigration enforcement under certain circumstances; requiring a custodian of a public recor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 874 |
| 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 | HB306 | Pass | Providing that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch may not take an adverse action against a dealer for disclosing on its website that the advertised price of a vehicle is the manufacturer's minimum allowable advertised price and that the d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 770 |
| MD | SB469 | Pass | Altering the cap, from 3% to 1%, on a certain assessment allocation percentage required to be calculated by the Board of Directors of the Industry Automobile Insurance Association; and authorizing the Executive Director of the Maryland Automobile Ins...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 742 |
| MD | HB816 | Pass | Altering the cap on a certain assessment allocation percentage required to be calculated by the Board of Directors of the Industry Automobile Insurance Association; authorizing the Executive Director of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to estab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 741 |
| MD | HB882 | Pass | Repealing the requirement that the Governor include in the annual budget bill a $350,000 appropriation to the State's Consumer Health Information Hub; requiring the Hub to carry out certain duties to the extent funding is available; and repealing the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 657 |
| MD | SB729 | Pass | Altering the Access to Counsel in Evictions Program to expand access to legal representation and other services under the Program to individuals who occupy premises of a mobile home park.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 754 |
| MD | SB813 | Pass | Prohibiting certain insurers and dental plan organizations from prohibiting an assignment of benefits to a provider who is a dentist by an insured or refusing to directly reimburse a nonpreferred provider who is a dentist; requiring a nonpreferred pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 737 |
| MD | SB865 | Pass | Extending the termination date of the Workgroup on the Affordability of Private Passenger Automobile Insurance from June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2027, and altering the membership and duties of the Workgroup.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 786 |
| MD | HB1091 | Pass | Prohibiting certain insurers and dental plan organizations from prohibiting an assignment of benefits to a provider who is a dentist by an insured or refusing to directly reimburse a nonpreferred provider who is a dentist; requiring a nonpreferred pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 736 |
| 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 | SB556 | Pass | Authorizing the Public Service Commission to require a water company, sewage disposal company, or water and sewage disposal company to adopt a certain limited-income mechanism subject to the approval of the Commission; and requiring the Commission to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 525 |
| MD | SB606 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to submit a certain report to certain committees of the General Assembly by September 1, 2026, on E-ZPass discount plans and unused commuter trips that contains certain data; requiring the Authority to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488 |
| MD | HB1008 | Pass | Authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to delay or deny a disbursement from the account of a certain individual or the account on which a certain individual is a beneficiary; requiring a fiduciary institution, under certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 510 |
| MD | SB757 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Commerce to develop and maintain a searchable online database, to be known as the Maryland Local Sourcing Portal, to connect businesses in the State with local sources for supplies and inventory; and requiring the Departme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 423 |
| MD | SB753 | Pass | Authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to delay or deny a disbursement from the account of a certain individual or the account on which a certain individual is a beneficiary; requiring a fiduciary institution, under certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511 |
| 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 | 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 | HB103 | Pass | Altering certain exemptions relating to a prohibition on a consumer contract that sets a shorter time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract under certain circumstances; prohibiting a consumer contract from waiving, limiting, impairing,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 308 |
| MD | SB94 | Pass | Prohibiting a lender from accepting a tip from a consumer or giving a consumer the option to provide a tip; altering the timeline for certain refunds; subjecting certain earned wage access providers and loan lenders to certain consumer loan requireme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 170 |
| 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 | HB597 | Pass | Altering the beginning and ending dates for the Community Choice Aggregation Pilot Program, from beginning on April 1, 2024, to April 1, 2026, and from ending 7 years after the beginning date to 9 years after the beginning date; and altering the date...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 |
| 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 | 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 | HB895 | Pass | Prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party delivery service provider from engaging in the practice of dynamic pricing or using consumer personal data to set a price for consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party deli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 154 |
| 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 | HB480 | Pass | Requiring a transportation network company to maintain a deactivation policy that provides the policies and procedures for the deactivation of operators; prohibiting a transportation network company from deactivating an operator for certain violation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 232 |
| MD | SB740 | Pass | Requiring a transportation network company to maintain a deactivation policy that provides the policies and procedures for the deactivation of operators; prohibiting a transportation network company from deactivating an operator for certain violation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 231 |
| MD | HB1357 | Pass | Requiring, beginning April 1, 2028, manufacturers of menstrual hygiene products to include a list of all ingredients listed in order of predominance and displayed prominently in conspicuous type on each consumer-facing package of menstrual hygiene pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 241 |
| MD | HB1395 | Pass | Requiring, to make a claim under a warranty for certain agricultural equipment, a consumer to provide written notice to certain parties to report a nonconformity, defect, or condition occurring in certain agricultural equipment; requiring certain par...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307 |
| MD | SB656 | Pass | Making a violation of certain provisions of law regarding the manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale certain cosmetic products an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; providing that a person who violates the is liable for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 |
| MD | HB1533 | Pass | Making a violation of certain provisions of law regarding the manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale certain cosmetic products an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; providing that a person who violates the Act is liable...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 284 |
| 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 | 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 | SB504 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a certain controller from knowingly selling the personal data of a consumer to a certain governmental unit that has engaged in or supported civil immigration enforcement under certain circumstances; requiring a custodian of a public recor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB866 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to direct chain restaurants to its website for the purpose of explaining the purpose of and ho a chain restaurant may comply with certain requirements; and requiring certain chain restaurants to display a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators A. Washington, Lam and Mautz) |
| MD | HB1105 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for a civil suit to enforce certain local consumer protection codes for which equitable relief, a fine, or a penalty is provided.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (37-0) |
| MD | HB1621 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 | SB841 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 he Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonpr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation |
| 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 | SB297 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch may not take an adverse action against a dealer for disclosing on its website that the advertised price of a vehicle is the manufacturer's minimum allowable advertised price and that the d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB564 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Division of Data Protection within the Office of the Attorney General to investigate and bring civil actions related to violations; establishing the Maryland Data Privacy Implementation and Innovation Workgroup to study Maryland's co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB605 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct a study and make recommendations on the potential scope, structure, and implementation of Commission oversight of broadband service and voice over Internet protocol service; and requiring the Commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Motion Special Order until 4/10 (Senator Ready) Adopted |
| MD | HB1037 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct a study and make recommendations on the potential scope, structure and implementation of Commission oversight of broadband service and voice over Internet protocol service; and requiring the Commissi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Motion Special Order until 4/10 (Senator Salling) Adopted |
| MD | SB789 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to study and report on the repair and training requirements of advanced driver assistance systems; and requiring the Administration to reports its findings and recommendations to the Senate Judicial Proceedi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB849 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring, to make a claim under a warranty for certain agricultural equipment, a consumer to provide written notice to certain parties to report a nonconformity, defect, or condition occurring in certain agricultural equipment; requiring certain par...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB351 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring an insurer that issues or delivers private passenger motor vehicle insurance policies in the State to disclose the use of a program that measures the operation of an insured vehicle and to establish a process by which a policyholder may cor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB402 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Common Ownership Community Oversight Division in the Department of Housing and Community Development to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring the Division to make an annual report to the General Assembly by December 1,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB883 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a developer of artificial intelligence from making, or knowingly causing artificial intelligence to make, certain representations or statements or to provide certain services or experiences relating to behavioral health care; requiring ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1226 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain persons from knowingly operating, offering, conducting, engaging in, or promoting illegal online gambling in the State; prohibiting certain persons from knowingly supporting, directly or indirectly, the operation, conduct, or prom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
