| MD | SB48 | Pass | Clarifying the type of proposals and plans that require the approval of the State Superintendent of Schools; requiring a county board of education to request and receive approval from the State Superintendent before a county board may proceed with ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | SB802 | Pass | Adding a substitute member to the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County; establishing a certain special event permit that the Board may issue to a holder of a Class 3 winery license or a Class 4 limited winery license; establishing certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 827 |
| 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 | HB1203 | Pass | Adding a substitute member to the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County; establishing a certain special event permit that the Board may issue to a holder of a Class 3 winery license or a Class 4 limited winery license; establishing certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 828 |
| 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 | SB974 | Pass | Specifying that the inspector for the Board of License Commissioners for Caroline County is the county codes administrator or an individual the Board appoints as inspector.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 833 |
| MD | HB945 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to notify and consult with the local health department for the county in which a nursing home is located if the Department initiates an investigation of a nursing home complaint alleging actual harm; establ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 684 |
| 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 | SB286 | Pass | Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to post a user-friendly, searchable database of active elevator inspection certificates on the Maryland Department of Labor's website; and requiring the database to be searchable by street address, cit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 398 |
| MD | SB314 | Pass | Establishing a certain immunity from liability for a person who donates a pet item or dispenses a donated pet item; and authorizing the State Department of Agriculture to inspect donated commercial feed and establish procedures for handling donated c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 464 |
| MD | HB553 | Pass | Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to post a user-friendly, searchable database of active elevator inspection certificates on the Maryland Department of Labor's website; and requiring the database to be searchable by street address, cit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 397 |
| 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 | HB625 | Pass | Requiring research facilities that are located in the State and required to submit an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Form 7023 to pay contributions for the Human-Relevant Research Fund to the Department of Agriculture, rather than the Mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 385 |
| MD | SB585 | Pass | Requiring research facilities that are located in the State and required to submit an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Form 7023 to pay contributions for the Human-Relevant Research Fund to the Department of Agriculture, rather than the Mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 384 |
| 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 | HB1372 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in collaboration with the Office of Health Care Quality within the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a process to receive and publish certain inspection information on the Commission's Maryland Q...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369 |
| 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 | 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 | SB656 | Pass | Making a violation of certain provisions of law regarding the manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale certain cosmetic products an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; providing that a person who violates the is liable for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 |
| MD | SB778 | Pass | Establishing a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing the State Board of Pharmacy to issue a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing a health care provider to hold an ownership interest in a clinical research pharmacy under certain cir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 206 |
| MD | HB1533 | Pass | Making a violation of certain provisions of law regarding the manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale certain cosmetic products an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; providing that a person who violates the Act is liable...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 284 |
| MD | HB613 | Pass | Authorizing a person to use living shorelines as a certain erosion control measure; applying the Act only to a shoreline stabilization project for which any portion of the project is in an area that is not designated as appropriate for structural sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 321 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1426 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing the State Board of Pharmacy to issue a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing a health care provider to hold an ownership interest in a clinical research pharmacy under certain cir...
[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 | HB146 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a landlord of property that is served by an on-site wastewater system to ensure, on or before July 1, 2028, and before each new tenant occupies the property thereafter, that the system has been inspected and pumped out in a certain manner; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Senate Refuses Recede |
| 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 | SB181 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to prohibit the donation of certain processed venison to certain entities unless the deer was harvested using nonlead ammunition or a bow and arrow; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB165 | Engross
Sine Die | Extending the date from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2027, by which the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals, is required to adopt certain regulations; and extending the date from July 1, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB373 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to conduct unannounced inspections of the office of certain dentists to determine compliance with certain guidelines for infection control; altering the grounds for discipline of dentists, dental hygien...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1631 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 | 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 | HB1373 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to study and make recommendations on establishing an independent regulatory framework for after school and out of school time child care programs; and requiring the Department to submit a report of its find...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1468 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a hospital to prepare a safe discharge labor plan before discharging or transferring a patient in active labor, subject to a certain exception; requiring a hospital to maintain records of safe discharge labor plans for at least 21 years; re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB379 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Prince George's County Council and the Governing Body of Prince George's County to defer the payment of the school facilities surcharge and the public safety and behavioral health surcharge until the final inspection of the new reside...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB949 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Agriculture, based on a finding of Palmer amaranth on land, to issue an order to an owner of the land to eradicate the Palmer amaranth within 2 weeks after the order was issued and requiring the Department to inspect the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB613 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Agriculture, based on a finding of Palmer amaranth on land, to issue an order to an owner of the land to eradicate the Palmer amaranth within 2 weeks after the order was issued and requiring the Department to inspect the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB878 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct at least two on-site unannounced inspections of each certified recovery residence annually; authorizing the Department to direct the recovery residence credentialing entity to revoke the certific...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1627 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that the Office of the Inspector General for Howard County shall have access to and inspect certain public records under certain circumstances; prohibiting a custodian from denying the Office of the Inspector General for Howard County acces...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
