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MDSB937PassProhibiting 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...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752
MDSB661Engross
50%
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...
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2026-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHJ1Intro
25%
Honoring Charles "Charlie" James Kirk.
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2026-03-11
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHJ8Intro
25%
Issuing an apology and acknowledging the State's complicity and negligence in allowing the perpetration of acts of racial terror lynching; and committing to taking reparative actions as recommended by the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Co...
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2026-03-11
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1073Intro
25%
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...
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2026-03-03
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDSB679Intro
25%
Altering the eligibility criteria for the filing of a certain motion to reduce the duration of a sentence.
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2026-03-02
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1489Intro
25%
Altering the eligibility criteria for the filing of a certain motion to reduce the duration of a sentence.
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2026-02-25
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB588Intro
25%
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim May 5 as Missing and Murdered American Indian and Alaskan Native Women and Girls Awareness Day; and requiring the Department of State Police to report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026, on whether...
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2026-02-16
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee
MDSJ3Intro
25%
Issuing an apology and acknowledging the State's complicity and negligence in allowing the perpetration of acts of racial terror lynching; and committing to taking reparative actions as recommended by the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Co...
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2026-02-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB1406Intro
25%
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...
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2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB713Intro
25%
Establishing that a person committed to the Maryland Department of Health after a verdict of not criminally responsible for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree is not eligible for discharge for at least a certain period of time ...
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2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB781Intro
25%
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum resources and county boards of education to develop and incorporate instruction on the consequences of a conviction for felony murder for public middle school students in the State.
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2026-02-11
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB868Intro
25%
Requiring the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to develop curriculum resources and develop and incorporate instruction on the consequences of a conviction for felony murder for middle school students in Baltimore City public schools.
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2026-02-11
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB697Intro
25%
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence in a State or local correctional facility for murder in the first degree that occurred on or after October 1, 2026...
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2026-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB463Intro
25%
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 in a State or local correctional facility.
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2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB475Intro
25%
Prohibiting the Department of Juvenile Services from hiring or retaining an individual convicted of certain crimes.
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2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB84Intro
25%
Authorizing the introduction of evidence that a certain defendant was the victim of domestic violence and that the domestic violence was a significant contributing factor to the commission of a certain crime as a mitigating factor at sentencing of t...
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2026-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB180Intro
25%
Altering the time period after which a court is required to dismiss a certain charge against a defendant found incompetent to stand trial under certain circumstances; and requiring a court to provide a certain notice and provide an opportunity to be ...
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2026-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB67Intro
25%
Altering the time period after which a court is required to dismiss a certain charge against a defendant found incompetent to stand trial under certain circumstances; and requiring a court to provide a certain notice and provide an opportunity to be ...
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2026-01-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB138Intro
25%
Authorizing the introduction of evidence that a certain defendant was the victim of domestic violence and that the domestic violence was a significant contributing factor to the commission of a certain crime as a mitigating factor at sentencing of t...
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2026-01-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB105Intro
25%
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...
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2026-01-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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