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MDHB776PassRequiring an intake officer to file a petition alleging that a child under the age of 13 years is a child in need of supervision if the child is alleged to have committed an act that results in the death of a victim; and requiring a law enforcement o...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 635
MDSB29PassAltering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition se...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439
MDHB426PassAuthorizing a party to the guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person to request a stay of certain civil actions or proceedings on the filing of a petition for guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person; requiring a ce...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 538
MDSB294PassProhibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing or record to a nonparty unless the court or the party redacts certain identifying information relating to a cer...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542
MDSB320PassAuthorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of a disposition under a certain provision of law if the disposition was included in a case that was disposed of by the court with a no finding designation or designated by the court as having b...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465
MDHB17PassAltering certain criteria for determining the venue for administrative or judicial probate of decedents who were not domiciled in the State; providing that, for purposes of the application of the Maryland inheritance tax, the situs of intangible pers...
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2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 504
MDHB377PassAltering certain provisions of law to include physician assistants in the health care practitioners who may take certain actions, including actions related to the guardianship of disabled persons, admission of individuals to mental health facilities,...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 223
MDSB326PassAltering certain provisions of law to include physician assistants in the health care practitioners who may take certain actions, including actions related to the guardianship of disabled persons, admissions to mental health facilities and the Emerge...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 222
MDHB578PassRequiring 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 ...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 211
MDSB412PassRepealing the requirement that a forensic review board provide notice to certain individuals within a certain time period after issuing a recommendation; establishing the Community Forensic Aftercare Program in the Maryland Department of Health to mo...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 237
MDSB417PassProhibiting employers and their agents, representatives, and designees from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant takes certain actions regarding employer-sponsored meetings during wh...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 221
MDSB431PassRequiring 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...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 212
MDHB980PassRequiring the Secretary of Human Services to establish and maintain a Guardianship Assistance Program to promote the placement and maintenance of children in permanent guardianship homes by providing guardianship assistance to guardians of minor chil...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158
MDHB1181PassAltering provisions relating to children who are placed in an out-of-home placement by a local department of social services under a voluntary placement agreement; requiring, by October 1, 2029, the Department of Human Services and the Maryland Depar...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159
MDSB831PassEstablishing certain civil penalties for violations of law involving the employment of minors; prohibiting employers from allowing the formation of a certain organization or entity under certain circumstances; authorizing certain private employees to...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167
MDSB707PassDefining "danger to the life or safety of the individual or of others" for purposes of the involuntary admission of individuals with mental disorders to a facility or Veterans' Administration hospital and the emergency evaluation of individuals with ...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 177
MDSB333PassEntering into the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact; authorizing a podiatrist to practice in a participating state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact Commission to overs...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 71
MDHB619PassEntering into the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact; authorizing a podiatrist to practice in a participating state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact Commission to overs...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 70
MDHB44Engross
50%
Altering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition se...
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2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB450Engross
50%
Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing or record to a nonparty unless the court or the party redacts certain identifying information relating to a cer...
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2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
MDSB996Engross
50%
Requiring the Secretary of Human Services to establish and maintain a Guardianship Assistance Program to promote the placement and maintenance of children in permanent guardianship homes by providing guardianship assistance to guardians of minor chil...
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2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB45Engross
50%
Prohibiting employers and their agents, representatives, and designees from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant takes certain actions regarding employer-sponsored meetings during wh...
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2026-04-07
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB860Engross
50%
Specifying that a petition for emergency evaluation is effective for 5 days after being endorsed by a certain court; authorizing a court, on a certain motion and on certain findings, to extend a petition for up to 5 days at a time, not to exceed a to...
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2026-03-24
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB83Engross
50%
Altering and establishing provisions relating to the surrender of firearms by a respondent under the domestic violence statutes; and requiring the law enforcement agency that served the order to take certain actions within 3 business days after servi...
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2026-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB658Engross
50%
Repealing the requirement that a forensic review board provide notice to certain individuals within a certain time period after issuing a recommendation to the court; establishing the Community Forensic Aftercare Program in the Maryland Department of...
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2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB1480Engross
50%
Establishing certain civil penalties for violations of law involving the employment of minors; prohibiting employers from allowing the formation of a certain organization or entity under certain circumstances; authorizing certain private employees to...
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2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB1605Intro
25%
Repealing the requirement that county governments are required to pay 50% of the amount of compensation to individuals erroneously convicted of a crime the individual did not commit.
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2026-03-20
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB56Intro
25%
Requiring that each legislative district established for the purpose of electing members of the House of Delegates consist of three single-member delegate districts; requiring the General Assembly to enact a law establishing and governing a Legislati...
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2026-03-11
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1198Intro
25%
Providing that a debtor may provide certain notice to a creditor and request that the creditor cease debt collection activity relating to a coerced debt; authorizing a debtor, after providing a creditor with certain notice, to bring an action against...
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2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB1553Intro
25%
Requiring an order for guardianship of the person of a disabled person to allow for certain visitation; authorizing an interested person to file a certain petition for guardianship of the person of a disabled person on the grounds that the disabled a...
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2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB1586Intro
25%
Authorizing a person to petition for a protective order against another person who the petitioner alleges has engaged in controlling or coercive behavior toward the petitioner; and defining "coercive control" as a pattern of emotional or psychologica...
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2026-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB287Intro
25%
Requiring inclusion of certain conditions for lifetime sexual offender supervision; requiring a sexual offender management team to report a certain violation of a condition of lifetime sexual offender supervision to the office of a certain State's At...
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2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB998Intro
25%
Prohibiting the park owner of a mobile home park from increasing certain rent more than a certain percentage annually unless authorized by the Department of Housing and Community Development under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedure...
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2026-02-23
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB190Intro
25%
Requiring each county to adopt a charter by December 31, 2032, using a certain procedure; altering the method by which a county shall adopt a charter under certain circumstances; requiring the charter to provide for the election of members of the cou...
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2026-02-20
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee
MDHB1539Intro
25%
Establishing the Maryland Labor Relations Board as an independent unit of State government to oversee collective bargaining activities for certain private sector employees; establishing certain rights for employees and employers related to collective...
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2026-02-20
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee
MDHB1322Intro
25%
Specifying that certain areas on campuses of public institutions of higher education are public forums subject to certain restrictions and requirements; authorizing members of the campus community to engage in certain expressive activity on campus; a...
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2026-02-17
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB220Intro
25%
Requiring inclusion of certain conditions for lifetime sexual offender supervision; requiring a sexual offender management team to report a certain violation of a condition of lifetime sexual offender supervision to the office of a certain State's At...
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2026-02-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1141Intro
25%
Increasing the minimum population threshold for municipal incorporation to 600 residents; requiring a certain organizing committee to make certain determinations and provide a certain report to the county commissioners or county council of a certain ...
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2026-02-16
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee
MDHB1339Intro
25%
Altering provisions of law relating to the handgun roster, including requiring the Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee, to conduct a certain legal review of a petition to place a handgun on the handgun roster and to make a certain de...
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2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB1600Intro
25%
Requiring that books and records kept by or on behalf of certain homeowners associations be posted online; clarifying that a governing body of a homeowners association may secure a line of credit or loan to fund reserves; requiring that certain homeo...
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2026-02-16
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1403Intro
25%
Authorizing the people to petition to a vote a proposal to add to, amend, and repeal the public general laws or the Maryland Constitution under certain circumstances and establishing the Initiative process; and requiring that the amendment be submitt...
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2026-02-13
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee
MDSB650Intro
25%
Requiring a certain on-site interview following a report of suspected child abuse to be with the child's parent or guardian rather than the child's caretaker; requiring a local department of social services or a law enforcement agency to provide a ce...
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2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB830Intro
25%
Altering provisions of law relating to the handgun roster, including requiring the Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee, to conduct a certain legal review of a petition to place a handgun on the handgun roster and to make a certain de...
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2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB919Intro
25%
Requiring that books and records kept by or on behalf of certain homeowners associations be posted online; clarifying that a governing body of a homeowners association may secure a line of credit or loan to fund reserves; requiring that certain homeo...
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2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB499Intro
25%
Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations for the secure storage and use of voter data from the list of registered voters and specifying procedures and requirements relating to electronic signatures; establishing and altering certai...
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2026-02-06
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee
MDSB525Intro
25%
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of any misdemeanor or felony conviction a certain period of time after the completion of the sentence, parole, probation, and any other form of mandatory treatment associated with the conviction...
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2026-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB890Intro
25%
Requiring a certain on-site interview following a report of suspected child abuse to be with the child's parent or guardian rather than the child's caretaker; and requiring a local department of social services or a law enforcement agency to provide ...
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2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB650Intro
25%
Repealing a certain provision relating to strategic lawsuits against public participation; authorizing a person served with a pleading asserting a certain cause of action based on the person's communication related to a governmental proceeding or exe...
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2026-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB169Intro
25%
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of any misdemeanor or felony conviction a certain period of time after the completion of the sentence, parole, probation, and any other form of mandatory treatment associated with the conviction...
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2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB397Intro
25%
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of a conviction of failure to obey a court order to report to a place of confinement; and prohibiting a person from filing a petition for expungement of a conviction of failure to obey a court o...
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2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee
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