| MD | HB3 | Pass | Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798 |
| MD | SB242 | Pass | Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 |
| MD | SB607 | Pass | Increasing from $15,000 to $20,000 over a period of 5 taxable years the amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 686 |
| MD | SB927 | Pass | Establishing a related event promoter's permit in Baltimore City for the Kappa Alpha Psi 2027 Conclave; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a related event promoter's permit to certain applicants under certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 843 |
| 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 | HB149 | Pass | Authorizing a county or municipal corporation to designate assistant fire marshals with the approval of the State Fire Marshal or to request that the State Fire Marshal designate certain fire marshals and requiring the State Fire Marshal to adopt cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 422 |
| MD | SB418 | Pass | Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, for the duration of the assignment or detail, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state under certain circu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 |
| MD | HB1120 | Pass | Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 |
| MD | HB1156 | Pass | Altering a certain benefit amount for certain fire and rescue volunteers in Calvert County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556 |
| MD | SB968 | Pass | Exempting the driver's seat of a school bus from the requirement that a school bus be constructed with certain materials that enable it to meet all the criteria of the school bus seat upholstery fire block test established by the National School Tran...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524 |
| 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 | HB347 | Pass | Establishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal suffering from hypertension are presumed to have an occupational disease ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 300 |
| MD | HB532 | Pass | Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182 |
| MD | SB439 | Pass | Prohibiting an employer from taking certain discriminatory employment actions against a fire and rescue public safety employee based on the employee's use of medical cannabis, subject to certain conditions; and requiring an employer to report an inci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 183 |
| MD | SB445 | Pass | Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181 |
| MD | SB579 | Pass | Requiring counties in which a volunteer fire company is located to offer no-cost preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines to volunteer firefighters volunteering and retired volunteer firefighters who volunteered with the vol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | HB20 | Pass | Reestablishing a related event promoter's permit in Baltimore City; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a related event promoter's permit to certain applicants under certain circumstances; and requiring a holder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 74 |
| 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 | HB234 | Pass | Repealing a requirement that a certain police employee or deputy State fire marshal is entitled to a certain pay rate on promotion to a higher rank if a certain other police employee or deputy State fire marshal in the same rank is at a lower pay rat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 133 |
| MD | SB74 | Pass | Repealing a requirement that a certain police employee or deputy State fire marshal is entitled to a certain pay rate on promotion to a higher rank if a certain other police employee or deputy State fire marshal in the same rank is at a lower pay rat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 134 |
| MD | SB136 | Pass | Applying certain provisions of law governing collective bargaining for State employees to police officers of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission who, in an official capacity, are authorized to make arrests and who are not supervisory, manag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 65 |
| MD | HB848 | Pass | Requiring the State Fire Prevention Commission to adopt regulations that incorporate by reference sections 30.7.5 and 31.7.5 of the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) Life Safety Code (2024 Edition) and authorize the placement of trash and r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 66 |
| MD | SB624 | Pass | Requiring certain short-term rental units to post certain evacuation diagrams and certain emergency telephone numbers in the unit and to provide certain fire extinguishers and smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms in the unit; requiring a certain s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 10 |
| MD | SB621 | Pass | Requiring the State Fire Prevention Commission to adopt regulations that incorporate by reference sections 30.7.5 and 31.7.5 of the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) Life Safety Code (2024 Edition) and authorize the placement of trash and r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 67 |
| MD | HB1221 | Pass | Requiring certain short-term rental units to post certain evacuation diagrams and certain emergency telephone numbers in the unit and to provide certain fire extinguishers and smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms in the unit; requiring a certain s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 9 |
| MD | SB212 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (137-0) |
| MD | HB420 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| MD | HB653 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing from $15,000 to $20,000 over a period of 5 taxable years the amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB797 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting an employer from taking certain discriminatory employment actions against a fire and rescue public safety employee based on the employee's use of medical cannabis, subject to certain conditions; and requiring an employer to report an inci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Finance |
| MD | HB1602 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring counties in which a volunteer fire company is located to offer no-cost preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines to volunteer firefighters volunteering and retired volunteer firefighters who volunteered with the vol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| 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 | SB513 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a county or municipal corporation to designate certain fire marshals with the approval of the State Fire Marshal or to request that the State Fire Marshal designate certain fire marshals and requiring the State Fire Marshal to adopt certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB90 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal suffering from hypertension are presumed to have an occupational disease ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB1022 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 | SB301 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing certain governmental entities to waive certain fees imposed by statute for veterans; and requiring certain governmental entities to adopt regulations before waiving certain fees imposed by statute for veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1018 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum mandatory standards governing the care, custody, and conditions of civil detainees in immigration detention facilities; altering cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB520 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the county councils of certain charter counties, notwithstanding certain provisions of law, to set by simple majority vote of its members then serving a property tax rate that is higher than the property tax rate authorized under a county...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB895 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the School Mapping Data Program and providing that the School Safety Subcabinet may provide funding from the Safe Schools Fund to a public safety agency; establishing the School Mapping Data Program in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1609 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing certain fire, rescue, and ambulance organizations conducting certain gaming events in Frederick County to accept credit from a person as payment to play a gaming device at the gaming event.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1459 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an owner or operator of a stationary energy storage system to pay for certain fire response training and equipment for certain local fire departments with certain fire suppression responsibilities; and requiring the State Fire Marshal to ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB985 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum mandatory standards governing the care, custody, and conditions of civil detainees in immigration detention facilities; altering cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB832 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting State law enforcement agencies from hiring individuals who were hired as sworn officers by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after January 20, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1245 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Baltimore First Responders Child Care Support and Accessibility Program within the State Department of Education's Office of Child Care to support and expand a pilot program in Baltimore City that provides monthly child care allowanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1328 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the School Mapping Data Program and providing that the School Safety Subcabinet may provide funding from the Safe Schools Fund to a public safety agency; establishing the School Mapping Data Program in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1175 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain policies and processes to facilitate the development of residential housing in the State; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the Department of Housing and Commu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To House Economic Matters Committee |
