| MD | HB235 | Pass | Altering from 45 to 15 the number of days that a political subdivision has to approve or deny a certain application for financial assistance under the Neighborhood Business Development Program from the Department of Housing and Community Development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 597 |
| MD | HB573 | Pass | Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt certain regulations related to affirmatively furthering fair housing; providing that certain discriminatory housing practices may be committed without intent; prohibiting a pers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 778 |
| MD | HB956 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community and Development to conduct a study on buildings in the State that are more than 40 years old and contain a condominium; and requiring the Department to report its findings to the General Assembly on o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 779 |
| MD | SB941 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Landlord and Tenant Affairs in consultation with the Attorney General to develop a plan to identify certain severe health and safety risk properties in the State and take relate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 631 |
| MD | SB937 | Pass | Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752 |
| MD | HB1218 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Landlord and Tenant Affairs in consultation with the Attorney General to develop a plan to identify certain severe health and safety risk properties in the State and take relate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 632 |
| MD | HB1466 | Pass | Expanding the definition of a qualified property for purposes of the Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 715 |
| MD | HB168 | Pass | Authorizing a county board of education to consider the provision of educator workforce housing as a school purpose under certain provisions of law; altering the eligible recipients of certain financial assistance and the housing innovation projects ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 678 |
| MD | SB829 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to study and make recommendations regarding laws to require certain local jurisdictions to allow certain residential or mixed-use developments as permitted use on certain parcels or lots z...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 725 |
| MD | HB1137 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to study and make recommendations regarding laws to require certain local jurisdiction to allow certain residential or mixed-use developments as a permitted use on certain parcels or lots ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 726 |
| MD | SB335 | Pass | Providing that a certain landlord may not refuse to rent to a prospective tenant who pays rent with the assistance of an income-based housing subsidy under certain circumstances; providing that a violation of a provision of the Act is a discriminator...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 773 |
| MD | SB388 | Pass | Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering the distribution of certain video lottery terminal proceeds; providing for certain requirements relating to the Small, Minor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 351 |
| MD | HB898 | Pass | Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; providing for certain requirements relating to the administration of the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account; providi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 352 |
| MD | SB641 | Pass | Establishing certain exceptions to State procurement requirements for certain contracts with nonprofit entities related to historic preservation, archaeology, and conservation service opportunities; and requiring certain contracts to include clauses ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 451 |
| MD | HB1252 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study and make recommendations on the availability and affordability of housing in Montgomery County; and requiring the Department to issue two interim reports and its final r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 582 |
| 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 | HB85 | Pass | Authorizing a Maryland nonstock corporation to convert to a cooperative limited equity housing corporation subject to certain requirements; requiring a cooperative limited equity housing corporation to provide a certain notice and offer to certain ho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 260 |
| MD | HB220 | Pass | Authorizing the installation of individual water submeters, used to determine the actual use of water, for each residential unit in an apartment house and mobile home parks; prohibiting the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house, or mobile...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 |
| MD | SB130 | Pass | Authorizing the installation of individual water submeters, used to determine the actual use of water, for certain apartment houses and mobile home parks; prohibiting the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house or a mobile home park, or a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261 |
| MD | HB640 | Pass | Modifying certain reporting requirements, boards, and commissions for practicability and efficiency; repealing certain reporting requirements that are unnecessary, obsolete, or duplicative; repealing as obsolete the Renewable Fuels Incentive Board, C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 |
| MD | HB1279 | Pass | Adding applications promoting certain workforce housing to the types of applications that certain regulations governing the application process for the catalytic revitalization project tax credit must emphasize.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 310 |
| 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 | HB343 | Pass | Requiring a recipient of certain funding from the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide information about certain housing counseling services that are available through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 64 |
| MD | SB274 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt certain regulations related to affirmatively furthering fair housing; prohibiting a person from acting in a certain manner that has a discriminatory effect; and providing that c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (33-11) |
| 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 | SB511 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a Maryland nonstock corporation to convert to a cooperative limited equity housing corporation subject to certain requirements; requiring a cooperative limited equity housing corporation to provide a certain notice and offer to certain ho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB774 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-07
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB267 | Engross
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] | 2026-04-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB402 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Common Ownership Community Oversight Division in the Department of Housing and Community Development to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring the Division to make an annual report to the General Assembly by December 1,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB989 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Aging, in consultation with the Department of Disabilities, the Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Human Services, to conduct a study on the calculation of inco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB455 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Transformational Project Financing Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to designate certain development districts as State-supported development districts; authorizing a governing body of a political subdiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB313 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a landlord to provide certain written disclosures before accepting an application or screening fee; providing that a prospective tenant shall be allowed to dispute and provide evidence regarding certain information contained in a tenant scr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB382 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring, beginning November 15, 2027, and each November 15 thereafter, certain broadband providers to report certain information to the Office of Statewide Broadband annually; and requiring by December 1, 2027, and each December 1 thereafter, the O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB691 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring each unit in the Executive Branch of State government responsible for issuing a permit related to housing construction to adopt procedures to streamline certain permitting processes for housing projects; requiring the State Housing Ombudsma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| 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 |
| MD | HB1073 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB998 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB453 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund to provide grants to low-income unit owners of condominiums with insufficient reserve accounts to enable a low-income unit owner to pay increased assessments necessary for a condomi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1460 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a landlord of an investor-owned single-family rental property from charging a tenant more than a certain amount in rent, utilities, and additional mandatory fees; requiring a landlord to disclose the fair market rent, last sale price of a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1501 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to operate a certification program for homeless shelters; prohibiting a certain homeless shelter from operating without a homeless shelter certification after a certain deadline; requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB127 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, on or before November 30, 2026, the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study and make recommendations on reducing food deserts in Baltimore County and submit its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB404 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to make a digital photographic image or signature available to the Special Investigations Unit of the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development or its successor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB709 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to make a digital photographic image or signature available to the Special Investigations Unit of the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development or its successor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB981 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain governing doc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-15
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1188 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposing an excise tax on the acquisition and excess ownership of certain single-family residences in the State by certain entities; providing for the calculation, collection, and distribution of the excise tax; establishing the Down Payment and Sett...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB571 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain broadband providers in the State to establish a program to provide certain broadband services to eligible low-income consumers on or before December 1, 2026; authorizing the Office of Statewide Broadband in the Department of Housing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB202 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Social Isolation and Loneliness Pilot Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Health to provide grants for the operating costs associated with the maintenance or expansion of programs that target vulnerable populations with socio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB728 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain exceptions to State procurement requirements for certain contracts with nonprofit entities related to historic preservation, archaeology, and conservation service opportunities; and requiring certain contracts to include certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-06
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | SB462 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
