| MD | SB325 | Pass | Requiring the approval of a housing development project application by a local regulatory authority or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be governed only by certain laws and regulations in effect at the time of submission ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 590 |
| MD | SB323 | Pass | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed any crime punishable by life imprisonment; requiring an intake officer to aut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 609 |
| MD | HB548 | Pass | Requiring the approval of a housing development project application by a local regulatory authority or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be governed only by certain laws and regulations in effect at the time of submission ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 |
| MD | HB130 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force to Study Deed Fraud; requiring the Task Force to review the incidence of deed fraud in Maryland, including the number of complaints, resolved deed fraud cases, amount of restitution awarded, and geographic and demographic ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 399 |
| MD | SB230 | Pass | Establishing that engaging in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other in connection with a first-, second-, or third- degree burglary constitutes sexual offense in the third degree; and altering the definitions of "tier I sex off...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 499 |
| MD | HB1008 | Pass | Authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to delay or deny a disbursement from the account of a certain individual or the account on which a certain individual is a beneficiary; requiring a fiduciary institution, under certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 510 |
| MD | SB753 | Pass | Authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to delay or deny a disbursement from the account of a certain individual or the account on which a certain individual is a beneficiary; requiring a fiduciary institution, under certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511 |
| 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 | HB1152 | Pass | Requiring the Department of State Police to conduct a study regarding the employment and use of special police officers; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before Dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 |
| MD | HB338 | Pass | Altering and expanding the jurisdiction of the Maryland Capitol Police of the Department of General Services; and establishing that the Department has statewide jurisdiction over and full police authority for the enforcement of the criminal laws and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 264 |
| MD | SB298 | Pass | Altering and expanding the jurisdiction of the Maryland Capitol Police of the Department of General Services; and establishing that the Department has statewide jurisdiction over and full police authority for the enforcement of the criminal laws and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263 |
| MD | SB828 | Pass | Reserving jurisdiction with respect to certain federal land in the State under certain conditions; authorizing the Central Collection Unit of the Department of Budget and Management to collect a certain amount of delinquent federal funds; authorizing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 248 |
| MD | SB626 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Health to keep and maintain a birth information history for each individual for whom a certificate of birth is issued under a certain provision of law; requiring the Secretary to maintain a database of birth information his...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Lam, A. Washington and Ready) |
| MD | HB706 | Engross
Sine Die | Reserving jurisdiction with respect to certain federal land in the State under certain conditions; authorizing the Central Collection Unit of the Department of Budget and Management to collect a certain amount of delinquent federal funds; authorizing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB515 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Commission, in carrying out certain responsibilities relating to evaluating facility resources to meet certain financial requirements and reviewing costs and rates of hospital services, to take into account all reasonable costs incurr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Third Reading Passed (131-2) |
| 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 | SB5 | Engross
Sine Die | Proposing a constitutional amendment to require that a special election be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections that are held in the second year of a term to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-27
Third Reading Passed (93-33) |
| 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 | SB225 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing for the designation of the Carroll Creek, Gwynns Falls, Jones Falls, and Herring Run watersheds as interjurisdictional flood hazard watersheds for certain planning purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Environment and Transportation 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 | 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 | HB256 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Highway Administration to implement a program of safety corridor speed monitoring systems for use in areas determined to be of high risk to vulnerable road users; authorizing a local jurisdiction to use speed monitoring systems ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB884 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet skill-based gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Inter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1363 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a person to register as a domestic violence offender with a certain supervising authority if the person is convicted of at least two domestically related crimes; requiring certain information to be included in a registration statement; esta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB212 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to take possession of certain motor vehicle registration cards and registration plates that were issued by another jurisdiction but is being used or displayed on a motor vehicle by a person who has been a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB154 | Engross
Sine Die | Adding Article 12 of the Uniform Commercial Code to the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code to establish provisions governing the transfer of property rights in certain controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, and controllable payment int...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-06
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB436 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB906 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a certain individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl, the use of which results in the death of or serious bodily injury to another; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1386 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a certain individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl, the use of which results in the death of or serious bodily injury to another; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1361 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that a certain conspiracy involving a controlled dangerous substance crime has the same penalty as the underlying crime; providing for the venue for prosecution of a certain crime related to a controlled dangerous substance; and providin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1589 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-15
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB660 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a law enforcement agency to respond to a report of an immigration enforcement activity within the agency's jurisdiction; requiring a law enforcement officer responding to a report of an immigration enforcement activity to observe and report...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1343 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Internet gaming a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB888 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifying that certain requirements apply only to districts for the election of members of the Senate of Maryland and the House of Delegates; authorizing the General Assembly to grant original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of Maryland to review ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB885 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming and online bingo operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB488 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifying that certain requirements apply only to districts for the election of members of the Senate of Maryland and the House of Delegates; authorizing the General Assembly to grant original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of Maryland to review ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB506 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Transformational Project Financing Program in the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to designate certain development districts as State-supported development districts; authorizing a governing body of a political subdivision ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB692 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the prohibition against taking and breaking open a letter; prohibiting the theft of mail under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from possessing an arrow key under certain circumstances; and providing for concurrent jurisdiction in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB616 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the jurisdiction of the Health Services Cost Review Commission; and requiring the Commission, in carrying out certain responsibilities relating to evaluating facility resources to meet certain financial requirements and reviewing costs and r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB409 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed any crime punishable by life imprisonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB36 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting local jurisdictions from adopting or enforcing certain zoning provisions relating to lot size, dimensions, setback requirements, lot coverage, and design or architectural elements for certain single-family homes with certain exceptions; p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-27
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB482 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain standards for the drawing of legislative districts; establishing standards for the drawing of congressional districts; establishing the Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Commission as an independent unit o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB134 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a rebuttable presumption relating to the best interest of an alleged incapacitated or protected person in an action under the Act; authorizing a certain person to petition a certain court for reasonable visitation with a certain alleged ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB58 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a county that submits an application to the Secretary of Transportation for funding for certain transportation services for elderly and disabled persons to identify interjurisdictional paratransit service routes between facilities within ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB239 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting local jurisdictions from adopting or enforcing certain zoning provisions relating to lot size, dimensions, setback requirements, lot coverage, and design or architectural elements for certain single-family homes; prohibiting local jurisdi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB138 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that engaging in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other in connection with a first-, second-, or third- degree burglary constitutes sexual offense in the third degree; and altering the definitions of "tier I sex off...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB104 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring single-member delegate districts; altering certain standards for the drawing of legislative districts; establishing standards for the drawing of congressional districts; establishing the Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Appor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB171 | Intro
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] | 2026-01-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
