| MD | SB187 | Pass | Altering the required specifications for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of General Services to submit a certain timeline of deliverables for the planning, design, and construction of the fa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 876 |
| 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 | SB12 | Pass | Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to residential rental units in apartment buildings with 10 or more individual dwelling units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2026, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning Oct...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 664 |
| MD | SB193 | Pass | Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain construction material or warehousing equipment that is purchased for use in the Mount Aetna Technology Park in Washington County; requiring the buyer to maintain for at least 3 years after...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 731 |
| 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 | HB854 | Pass | Establishing the Nonpublic Special Education School Renovation Program in the Interagency Commission on School Construction to provide grant funding to certain nonpublic special education schools for certain renovations and improvements to classrooms...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 768 |
| MD | HB894 | Pass | Providing for the automatic designation of certain transit-oriented developments as enterprise zones, subject to certain conditions; requiring the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to prioritize certain redevelopment projects when making loan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 |
| MD | SB739 | Pass | Requiring the University System of Maryland to conduct a study to evaluate the relationship between climate change, homeowner's insurance, and emergency and disaster preparedness; requiring the University, by July 1, 2027, to submit a report to the G...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 696 |
| 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 | HB1219 | Pass | Requiring the University System of Maryland to conduct a study to evaluate the relationship between climate change, homeowner's insurance, and emergency and disaster preparedness; requiring the University, by July 1, 2027, to submit its report to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 697 |
| MD | HB443 | Pass | Establishing a Class B-SEC (small event center) beer, wine, and liquor license in Prince George's County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County to issue the license for use in certain small event centers in the cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 838 |
| MD | HB845 | Pass | Altering the eligibility for the Community College Promise Scholarship to include residents of Delmar, Maryland who graduated from Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware; authorizing an institution of postsecondary education to award a scholarship un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 712 |
| MD | SB728 | Pass | Altering the eligibility for the Community College Promise Scholarship to include residents of Delmar, Maryland who graduated from Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware; authorizing an institution of postsecondary education to award a scholarship un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 713 |
| MD | HB1430 | Pass | Requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to distribute funds to public charter schools for capital improvements to public charter school facilities; beginning in fiscal year 2028, requiring the Governor to include in the annual bu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 767 |
| MD | SB448 | Veto | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $27,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB189 | Pass | Requiring a municipality, by July 1, 2027, to inventory all existing open drainage inlets in the municipality; requiring, by April 1, 2028, a municipality to develop a prioritization plan for improving existing open drainage inlets; and requiring, i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 356 |
| 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 | HB193 | Pass | Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 396 |
| MD | SB213 | Pass | Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395 |
| MD | HB569 | Pass | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County to use revenue from development impact fees to finance the capital costs related to the replacement of public school facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 585 |
| MD | HB850 | Pass | Requiring a home builder holding a property open to the public to display in a conspicuous manner a certain notice to prospective buyers disclosing the duties of a home builder sales representative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 544 |
| MD | HB864 | Pass | Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualifying new apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 410 |
| MD | HB870 | Pass | Requiring, beginning on July 1, 2026, a county or municipality to notify the Department of the Environment within 10 business days after a county or municipality accepts the permit application for a new building that has a proposed gross floor area ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 |
| MD | SB947 | Pass | Establishing the Board of Directors for Baltimore Core Transit Service in the Maryland Transit Administration as a governing body with certain authority over the provision of Baltimore Core Transit Service; establishing the Commuter Services Advisory...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 419 |
| MD | HB1081 | Pass | Establishing the Board of Directors for Baltimore Core Transit Service in the Maryland Transit Administration as a governing body with certain authority over the provision of Baltimore Core Transit Service; establishing the Commuter Services Advisory...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 420 |
| MD | SB833 | Pass | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County to use revenue from development impact fees to finance the capital costs related to the replacement of public school facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 586 |
| MD | SB762 | Pass | Authorizing, rather than requiring, a certain racing licensee to receive a grant for a capital construction plan from the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account; requiring the racing licensee that receives the grant without providing and expending a matc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 383 |
| MD | HB1171 | Pass | Altering the matters on which the student member of the Howard County Board of Education may vote.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 578 |
| MD | SB818 | Pass | Altering certain requirements related to the development of a certain project at State Center; and establishing a State Center Advisory Group to provide community input, inform the identification of potential community benefits associated with the pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 390 |
| MD | HB1581 | Pass | Altering the entities to which the State Racing Commission may issue a license and award racing days for racing at mile tracks; altering the definitions of "Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor" and "Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor fac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 376 |
| MD | HB1504 | Pass | Requiring the State Highway Administration to prioritize certain funding for the construction and reconstruction of sidewalks and bicycle pathways to sidewalks and bicycle pathways that are, or are adjacent to highways that are, subject to a complete...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 418 |
| MD | SB964 | Pass | Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualifying new apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 409 |
| 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 | HB1557 | Pass | Establishing a Real Estate Advisory Committee in the Department of General Services to advise the Department, the Board of Public Works, and the General Assembly on certain real estate matters; establishing additional requirements for the Board of Pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 368 |
| MD | SB673 | Pass | Requiring certain apprenticeship programs utilized in certain State procurements to have at least a 25% completion rate, as determined by the Maryland Department of Labor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 532 |
| MD | HB1598 | Pass | Authorizing, rather than requiring, a certain racing licensee to receive a grant for a capital construction plan from the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account without providing and expending a matching fund; requiring the racing licensee that receives ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382 |
| MD | HB395 | Pass | Repealing certain provisions of law requiring a person to hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit issued by the Department of the Environment before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO; and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 254 |
| 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 | SB371 | Pass | Repealing a provision of law requiring a person to hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit issued by the Department of the Environment before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO; and author...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253 |
| MD | HB600 | Pass | Increasing the amount of a certain required bond from $25,000 to $250,000 that the Treasurer and any Deputy Treasurer gives to the State of Maryland, the St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission, and the Commissioners of St. Mary's County; authorizi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 349 |
| MD | HB927 | Pass | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $27,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 343 |
| MD | SB653 | Pass | Requiring instead of authorizing the Board of Architects to deny, reprimand, or suspend a license to practice architecture or a permit to operate a business through which an individual may practice architecture under certain circumstances; authorizin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 245 |
| MD | HB1180 | Pass | Requiring instead of authorizing the Board of Architects to deny, reprimand, or suspend a license to practice architecture or a permit to operate a business through which an individual may practice architecture under certain circumstances; authorizin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 246 |
| MD | HB1247 | Pass | Altering the definition of "extraordinary development district" for the purpose of provisions of law governing tax increment financing to include a certain immersive entertainment venue; expanding the purposes for which bond proceeds may be used by P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348 |
| 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 | HB1513 | Pass | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Calvert County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $80,957,080 to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public buildings, roads, and facilities in Calvert Count...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 339 |
| MD | HB1017 | Pass | Prohibiting the State or a unit of local government from approving the construction or operation of a building, structure, or other real property for use as a detention facility by a private entity; establishing that a building, structure, or other r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173 |
| MD | SB1007 | Pass | Amending certain prior authorizations of State Debt to change the names of certain grantees, alter the authorized uses of certain grants, and extend the termination date of certain grants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 |
