| MD | HB320 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on real property that is located in a Rural Legacy Area, subject to certain land preservation programs, and for whic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 |
| 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 | SB851 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on real property that is located in a Rural Legacy Area and for which the property owner has sold certain developmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 619 |
| 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 | SB223 | Pass | Transferring the Jane E. Lawton Conservation Loan Program from the Maryland Energy Administration to the Maryland Clean Energy Center; requiring the Center to hold the Jane E. Lawton Conservation Fund and invest and reinvest the money of the Fund; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 372 |
| MD | HB870 | Pass | Requiring, beginning on July 1, 2026, a county or municipality to notify the Department of the Environment within 10 business days after a county or municipality accepts the permit application for a new building that has a proposed gross floor area ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 |
| MD | HB1267 | Pass | Requiring a certain local zoning authority to designate and maintain certain property in a zoning classification that restricts the uses in a certain manner under certain circumstances; requiring the appropriate authority to maintain certain property...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB247 | Pass | Altering certain standards and requirements for variances from land use requirements under the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 79 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | SB754 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a local jurisdiction to enact local laws providing for or requiring the preservation of natural resources through certain mechanisms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Environment and Transportation 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 | HB1024 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the State or any of its instrumentalities or political subdivisions from taking certain property that is subject to a perpetual agricultural or conservation easement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB609 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing a requirement that for fiscal years 2027, 2028, and 2029 $25,000,000 of the balance of a special fund dedicated to certain land preservation programs be allocated to the General Fund of the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Appropriations 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 | 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 | SB834 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a unit of State government from implementing or enforcing, after July 1, 2026, certain provisions of law relating to energy efficiency and conservation programs, services, and plans that support certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1560 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish and implement a pilot program for ecosystem value-oriented forest management plans to provide additional incentives for enrolling in and extending commitments to forest conservation and manag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB967 | 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] | 2026-02-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB733 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain definitions and defining certain terms applicable to land use; altering requirements for the appointment and removal of members of a board of appeals; altering and repealing certain powers of a board of appeals; and altering the proc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB373 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Governor to withdraw the State from participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB424 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing a requirement that for fiscal years 2027, 2028, and 2029 $25,000,000 of the balance of a special fund dedicated to certain land preservation programs be allocated to the General Fund of the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB66 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Governor to withdraw the State from participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB79 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB245 | Intro
Sine Die | Transferring the Jane E. Lawton Conservation Loan Program from the Maryland Energy Administration to the Maryland Clean Energy Center; repealing the authority of the Maryland Energy Administration to adopt regulations to implement the Program; and al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
