| MD | SB322 | Pass | Providing that a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 year and is currently serving the sentence imposed for the conviction, including a term of parole or probation, or has been convicted of a crime involvin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 875 |
| MD | SB791 | Pass | Prohibiting local correctional facilities from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 872 |
| 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 | HB108 | Pass | Establishing the Volunteer Services Program in the Division of Correction for the purpose of providing access to volunteers, including formerly incarcerated individuals to State correctional facilities to assist incarcerated individuals and organizat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 519 |
| MD | HB115 | Pass | Requiring by January 1, 2028, the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to jointly develop and implement certain procedures and a certain electronic transmission process for the restoration of voter re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 428 |
| MD | SB61 | Pass | Establishing the Volunteer Services Program in the Division of Correction for the purpose of providing access to volunteers, including formerly incarcerated individuals and organizations led by formerly incarcerated individuals, to State correctional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518 |
| MD | SB241 | Pass | Requiring by January 1, 2028, the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to jointly develop and implement certain procedures and a certain electronic transmission process for the restoration of voter re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427 |
| MD | HB501 | Pass | Altering the penalty for a subsequent conviction of sexual offense by a person in a position of authority; prohibiting a certain person in a position of authority from committing a certain violation involving a child at least 6 years younger than the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 426 |
| 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 | SB407 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the penalty for a subsequent conviction of sexual offense by a person in a position of authority; prohibiting a certain person in a position of authority from committing a certain violation involving a child at least 6 years younger than the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB689 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the requirements of the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to include studying programs and services to prevent recidivism by individuals in the State after release from incarceration...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB620 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the list of convictions that subject a defendant to enhanced sentencing for wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun to include certain extra-jurisdictional crimes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1467 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a specified conviction from another state or a federal, military, or Native American tribal court may serve as a predicate crime for a specified enhanced penalty for certain repeat sex offenders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings 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 | HB1419 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Centralized Background Check Division in the Department of State Police; requiring the Division to require each unit of State and local government to take certain actions; requiring the Division to provide or coordinate certain suppo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1347 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Task Force to Study Postrelease Services and Requirements; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1406 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a person charged with murder or manslaughter in any degree or a crime under Title 3, Subtitle 2 of the Criminal Law Article to assert the defense that the person acted in self-defense and need not prove that the person believed danger was...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1338 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the eligibility standards and requirements for the issuance of provisional driver's licenses and original driver's licenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB856 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the eligibility standards and requirements for the issuance of provisional driver's licenses and original driver's licenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1061 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the list of convictions that subject a defendant to enhanced sentencing for wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun to include certain extra-jurisdictional crimes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB341 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the purchase, installation, and use of a certain portable solar energy generating system for certain purposes; altering the renewable energy portfolio standard; requiring that certain alternative compliance fees be paid into a certain esc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB183 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Cyber Reserve within the Military Department; providing the purpose of the Maryland Cyber Reserve is to provide educational and technical support to prevent and resolve attacks against State, county, and local government age...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB414 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 year and is currently serving the sentence imposed for the conviction, including a term of parole or probation, or has been convicted of a crime involvin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB475 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Department of Juvenile Services from hiring or retaining an individual convicted of certain crimes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB345 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the purchase, installation, and use of a certain portable solar energy generating system for certain purposes; altering the renewable energy portfolio standard; requiring that certain alternative compliance fees be paid into a certain esc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB105 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
