| MD | HB738 | Pass | Altering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; providi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 751 |
| MD | HB951 | Pass | Repealing a requirement that a printed deed or other instrument offered for recordation include certain margins; and requiring the clerk of the circuit court of a county to date each change or correction made to information in the general alphabetica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 746 |
| MD | SB651 | Pass | Altering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; providi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 750 |
| MD | SB729 | Pass | Altering the Access to Counsel in Evictions Program to expand access to legal representation and other services under the Program to individuals who occupy premises of a mobile home park.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 754 |
| MD | SB760 | Pass | Repealing a requirement that a printed deed or other instrument offered for recordation include certain margins; and requiring the clerk of the circuit court of a county to date each change or correction made to information in the general alphabetica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 745 |
| MD | SB814 | Pass | Prohibiting certain service agreements for residential property entered into before June 1, 2023, if the service provider is not considered in good standing with the State Department of Assessment and Taxation on or after June 1, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 738 |
| MD | SB313 | Pass | Authorizing the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland and a judge who serves as an administrative judge for a circuit court or the District Court to receive an annual stipend in addition to the judge's annual salary; and altering the compens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564 |
| MD | HB493 | Pass | Increasing from five to six the number of associate judges in the District Court in District 11 by increasing from two to three the number of associate judges appointed from Washington County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474 |
| MD | HB608 | Pass | Authorizing the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland and a judge who serves as an administrative judge for a circuit court or the District Court to receive an annual stipend in addition to the judge's annual salary; and altering the compens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 |
| MD | HB822 | Pass | Providing that the maximum annual salary of the clerks of the circuit courts and the registers of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 565 |
| MD | HB1062 | Pass | Authorizing a circuit court to authorize or direct a transaction that grants access to financial records or establishes eligibility for government assistance programs for a minor or disabled person under a certain circumstance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 433 |
| MD | SB413 | Pass | Transferring the authority to regulate certain crematories and reduction facilities from the Office of Cemetery Oversight to the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors; altering the circumstances under which the Governor may remove an appoin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187 |
| MD | HB698 | Pass | Transferring the authority to regulate certain crematories and reduction facilities from the Office of Cemetery Oversight to the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors; altering the circumstances under which the Governor may remove an appoin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 |
| MD | HB980 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 |
| MD | SB907 | Pass | Altering the definition of "abuse" to include female genital mutilation for the purposes of a provision of law requiring certain persons to provide notice of suspected abuse or neglect of a child or make a written report of suspected abuse or neglect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 28 |
| MD | HB1389 | Pass | Altering the definition of "abuse" to include female genital mutilation for the purposes of a provision of law requiring certain persons to provide notice of suspected abuse or neglect of a child or make a written report of suspected abuse or neglect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 29 |
| MD | HB907 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing that it is a misdemeanor to intentionally cause offensive contact, engage in conduct tending to put another in fear of offensive contact, or attempt to cause offensive contact; providing a penalty for a person who violates the Act of imp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (44-0) |
| MD | HB336 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a District Court commissioner to issue a summons based on an application for a statement of charges filed by a certain individual under certain circumstances; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from issuing an arrest warrant based ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (35-11) |
| MD | SB514 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a District Court commissioner may not issue an arrest warrant under certain circumstances; establishing that it is a misdemeanor to intentionally cause offensive contact, engage in conduct tending to put another in fear of offensive co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Moon, Cardin and Valentine) |
| MD | SB996 | Engross
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB543 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing from three to four the number of resident judges of the Circuit Court for St. Mary's County; and increasing from five to six the number of associate judges in the District Court in District 11 by increasing from two to three the number of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Smith) Adopted |
| MD | HB649 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Commission on Civil Rights to enforce a prohibition against discrimination and retaliation in educational institutions based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender id...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-27
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB202 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at a certain time for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB661 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a person to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication that is a recording or part of a recording of the commission or attempted commission of a certain crime; providing that the contents of a certain intercepted communication an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| 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 | HB1290 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a child who is the subject of a child in need of assistance proceeding to be present at the proceeding; and authorizing the court to exclude the child from a proceeding if the child's attorney requests to waive the child's presence at the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB159 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the prohibition against taking and breaking open a letter; providing that a person may not knowingly and intentionally open mail addressed to another without permission of the person or an authorized designee; providing certain penalties for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB279 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the establishment of a medication review committee within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services that convenes to determine whether to approve the administration of psychotropic medication to a certain incarcerated indi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1191 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing a limited license to do business as a temporary event-based dealer in the State; authorizing a person that does not maintain a fixed business address in the State to apply for a limited license; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to issu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HJ6 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the compensation of the members of the Judiciary in this State in accordance with Section 1-708 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
Assigned a resolution number - Joint Resolution 4 |
| MD | SB471 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that the maximum annual salary of the clerks of the circuit courts and the registers of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SJ2 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the compensation of the members of the Judiciary in this State in accordance with Section 1-708 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
Assigned a resolution number - Joint Resolution 2 |
| 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 | HB361 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing to two the number of resident judges of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1536 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from voluntarily assisting in immigration enforcement under certain circumstances and requiring a person who assists immigration enforcement to make and maintain certain records; authorizing a person injured by a violation of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB95 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring both parties to be married, rather than one party, to appear before the clerk of a circuit court to apply for a marriage license; and authorizing the clerk of a circuit court to accept an affidavit rather than an application from both parti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-27
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB574 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Prince George's County Teen Pregnancy Support Program to provide certain students attending a public high school in Prince George's County with certain assistance relating to child care and parenting; requiring the Circuit Court for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB845 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an election director of a local board of elections to immediately remove a registered voter from the statewide voter registration list when the local board receives a certain report that the registered voter is deceased; requiring the elect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1356 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing an employer to require an applicant to disclose the applicant's engagement in certain actions only if the disclosure is related to certain job requirements; prohibiting an employer from taking certain adverse action against an employee if...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1064 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Office of the Inspector General; transferring the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education and the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Health to be within the Maryland Office of the Inspector General; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1085 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Office of the Inspector General; establishing the State Transparency Commission to appoint and provide oversight for the Inspector General of the State; providing for the qualifications, salary, and term of office of the Ins...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Government, Labor, and Elections 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 | HB1262 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that a federal law enforcement officer's powers granted under a certain provision of law may be exercised only when the federal law enforcement officer is acting in accordance with State law; prohibiting a law enforcement officer or a la...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1555 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the length of the term of the members of the Accountability and Implementation Board; authorizing a public school or local school system to appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings after receiving a decision by the Accountability and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1571 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the Access to Counsel in Evictions Program to expand access to legal representation and other services under the Program to individuals who occupy premises of a mobile home park; authorizing a prospective resident of a mobile home park to br...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1594 | Intro
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] | 2026-02-15
To House Rules and Executive Nominations 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 | SB725 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a clerk of the circuit court from recording an instrument that effects a change of ownership of real property from the United States to certain persons unless the instrument is accompanied by a Certificate of Compliance; requiring the Off...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB854 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that a federal law enforcement officer's powers granted under a certain provision of law may be exercised only when the federal law enforcement officer is acting in accordance with State law; prohibiting a law enforcement officer of law ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
