| MD | SB820 | Pass | Altering the violations of law with respect to which the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission is authorized to issue a citation; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, exposing for sale, or advertisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355 |
| MD | HB1523 | Pass | Altering the violations of law with respect to which the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission is authorized to issue a citation or charging document; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, exposing f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 354 |
| 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 | 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 | SB866 | Engross
50% | 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 | SB841 | Engross
50% | 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 | HB1000 | Engross
50% | Requiring, beginning July 1, 2026, the school mapping data produced with funding from the School Mapping Data Program to contain site- specific labeling for bodies of water in the 1-mile radius surrounding the school grounds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB167 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to establish a certain process to include a notation of veteran status on a license, permit, registration, or public profile.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1048 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations relating to the sale of food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content by a chain restaurant by January 1, 2027, and to direct chain restaurants to its websi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1150 | Engross
50% | Authorizing pharmacists, under certain circumstances, to prescribe, administer, and dispense certain drugs or devices and perform and interpret certain laboratory tests; repealing provisions establishing and governing the Nonoccupational Postexposure...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB196 | Engross
50% | Altering the definition of "baby food" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing baby food testing to include infant cereal; altering the defined term "toxic heavy metal" to be "toxic element" for purposes of certain provisions of law gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB410 | Engross
50% | Establishing requirements and prohibitions regarding food labeling; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in conjunction with the University of Maryland Extension and food donation organizations, to create educational materials to inform c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1631 | Intro
25% | Requiring the State Department of Agriculture to establish a hemp manufacturing license and licensing procedure that authorizes a licensee to engage in certain activities subject to certain penalties; authorizing a person who holds a hemp manufacturi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB992 | Intro
25% | Altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device producer responsibility program plan and annual report, registration, and review fee account within the Fund; repealing certain provisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB994 | Intro
25% | Requiring the State Department of Agriculture to establish a hemp manufacturing license and licensing procedure that authorizes a licensee to engage in certain activities subject to certain penalties; authorizing a person who holds a hemp manufacturi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1556 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a person from placing an advertisement for a sugary beverage on certain property unless the advertisement includes a certain warning.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB546 | Intro
25% | Establishing requirements and prohibitions regarding food and milk product labeling; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to create a marketing program and educational materials to inform consumers about the meaning of quality dates and sa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB889 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a person from engaging in surveillance-based price setting to set the price of consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer from using electronic shelving labels to display the prices of consumer goods, and instead requiring th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1237 | Intro
25% | Establishing certain requirements for a pesticide business licensee that has a subscription contract for pest control with a residential customer; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a Residential Pollinator Protection and Neighbor N...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB838 | Intro
25% | Altering the definition of "cottage food product" for purposes of provisions of law governing the sale of cottage food products to include nonpotentially hazardous foods, rather than nonhazardous foods, as specified in regulations adopted by the Mary...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB655 | Intro
25% | Altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device producer responsibility program plan and annual report, registration, and review fee account within the Fund; repealing certain provisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB124 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a person from offering for sale in the State a gene structure- or function-modifying product unless the product is labeled in a prominent and conspicuous manner with the words "gene structure- or function-modifying product" and all potent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB331 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a produ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB506 | Intro
25% | Authorizing pharmacists, under certain circumstances, to prescribe, administer, and dispense certain drugs or devices and perform and interpret certain laboratory tests; repealing provisions establishing and governing the Nonoccupational Postexposure...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB342 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a produ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-23
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB181 | Intro
25% | Requiring restaurants to make available to each customer a certain written disclosure of each main food allergen, if any, that the restaurant knows or reasonably should know is an ingredient in each menu item.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB92 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a person from selling, offering for sale, or distributing for sale beverage containers that are connected to other beverage containers with a plastic ring connector unless the plastic ring connector is made of a biodegradable material.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
