| MD | HB200 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, publish, and maintain a real property flood risk disclosure statement form that includes certain information about a property's flood risk and history; and requiring, beginning July, 1, 2027, a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 776 |
| MD | HB552 | Pass | Establishing the Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children; requiring the Commission to direct and oversee the investigation by contracting with qualified professional experts, universities, research institutions, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 608 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1466 | Pass | Expanding the definition of a qualified property for purposes of the Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 715 |
| MD | HB1300 | Pass | Renaming the African American Heritage Preservation Program to be the Speaker Adrienne A. Jones African American Heritage Preservation Program; repealing the authority of the Secretary of Human Services to appoint the executive director of the Maryla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 792 |
| MD | SB35 | Pass | Designating the megalodon as the State shark; designating The Natural History Society of Maryland as the State natural sciences museum; and requiring the Governor to annually proclaim October 1 as Purple Lights Night to honor individuals in the State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 505 |
| MD | HB661 | Pass | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of January as Muslim American Heritage month and the month of May as Jewish American Heritage month; and requiring the proclamations to urge certain organizations to observe the months with certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 358 |
| MD | SB641 | Pass | Establishing certain exceptions to State procurement requirements for certain contracts with nonprofit entities related to historic preservation, archaeology, and conservation service opportunities; and requiring certain contracts to include clauses ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 451 |
| MD | SB280 | Pass | Altering certain terminology relating to State parks that preserve and interpret the history of certain populations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 271 |
| MD | HB404 | Pass | Altering certain terminology relating to State parks that preserve and interpret the history of certain populations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 272 |
| MD | HB654 | Pass | Authorizing the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority to award certain grants and loans for certain purposes; authorizing the Authority to require matching funds in whatever proportion the Authority considers appropriate; repealing certain requirements f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 276 |
| MD | SB638 | Pass | Authorizing the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority to award grants and loans to local jurisdictions to develop certain management plans and encourage revitalization of and reinvestment in certified heritage area resources; decreasing from 10% to 7% or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 277 |
| MD | SB336 | 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 208 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | HB1312 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing certain persons to use specie for the payment of certain debts, taxes, fees, or other obligations; and prohibiting a person from being required to accept specie as payment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Zucker) Adopted |
| 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 | HB627 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Commission on Historic, Cultural, and Civic Contributions in Education to study and make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission about certain lessons currently taught in public sc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-02
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1059 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a program designed to assist with the accurate teaching of Asian American history; requiring the Department to identify certain courses and materials and make available a certain professional d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB352 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and make available an Old Line Plate with a certain numeric-only registration number for certain motor vehicles; and requiring the Administration to ensure that an Old Line Plate issued to an elig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB160 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a State entity or a political subdivision of the State from assigning a Confederate name to real property owned by the State or political subdivision; and defining "Confederate name" as any name that commemorates or references any aspect ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB97 | Engross
Sine Die | Designating the megalodon (Otodus megalodon) as the State shark.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HJ3 | Intro
Sine Die | Acknowledging the importance of teaching a culturally diverse curriculum in elementary and secondary schools in the State; providing that curricula taught in elementary and secondary schools should include the history of communities that have experie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HJ8 | Intro
Sine Die | Issuing an apology and acknowledging the State's complicity and negligence in allowing the perpetration of acts of racial terror lynching; and committing to taking reparative actions as recommended by the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB912 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempting a vehicle that was registered as a historic motor vehicle before July 1, 2025, from the requirements of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1495 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a single registration plate to all classes of vehicles; and prohibiting persons who are issued a Class L (historic) registration plate from violating the terms of issuance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB486 | Engross
Sine Die | Designating November 14 as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day to commemorate Ruby Bridges, who became the first African American student to integrate an all-white school in New Orleans, Louisiana; requiring the State Department of Education to provide r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB4 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that a motor vehicle be at least 25 years old in order to be eligible for registration as a historic motor vehicle; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to reinstate, under certain circumstances, the historic motor vehicle registr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB125 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that a motor vehicle be at least 25 years old in order to be eligible for registration as a historic motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB773 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a motor vehicle to be at least 30 years old to be eligible for registration as a historic vehicle and at least 40 years old to be eligible for registration as a street rod vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1432 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing motor vehicles that are registered in the State and were previously registered as Class L (historic) vehicles to be insured by certain specialty insurance policies; exempting motor vehicles that are registered in the State and were previo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB392 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering eligibility for certain programs; providing certain mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB884 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, to address a funding disparity, that the Governor include at least $5,000,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the annual budget bill each fiscal year until a total amount of $321,181,312 is appropriated; and authorizing the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1236 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempting from a prohibition on restrictions on use for accessory dwelling units certain property located within a district designated to be of historic significance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB946 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "qualified rehabilitation expenditure", for purposes of the Historic Revitalization Tax Credit, to repeal the exclusion of expenditures for a certain rehabilitation that is otherwise funded, financed, or reimbursed by certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB1240 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "sporting event" for purposes of provisions of law governing sports wagering to include historical horse races; authorizing certain sports wagering facility licensees to accept wagers on historical horse races that are made...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1301 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a local jurisdiction to authorize any person aggrieved by a decision of a historic preservation commission to appeal the decision to the board of appeals of the local jurisdiction or the appropriate circuit court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB135 | Intro
Sine Die | Designating the megalodon (Otodus megalodon) as the State shark.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB173 | Intro
Sine Die | Designating the Natural History Society of Maryland as the State natural science museum.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | SB308 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of January as Muslim American Heritage month and the month of May as Jewish American Heritage month; and requiring the proclamations to urge certain organizations to observe the months with certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB751 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim November 7 as Victims of Communism Memorial Day; and directing the Department of Legislative Services to send a copy of the Act to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | SJ3 | Intro
Sine Die | Issuing an apology and acknowledging the State's complicity and negligence in allowing the perpetration of acts of racial terror lynching; and committing to taking reparative actions as recommended by the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1202 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education to develop certain content standards regarding the culture and history of Palestine to be included in certain State standards for social studies; requiring the Department to develop certain curriculum guides and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Ways and Means Committee |
