| MD | SB334 | Pass | Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2027, a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, receiving, or transferring a certain machine gun convertible pistol, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Department of State Polic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 771 |
| MD | HB738 | Pass | Altering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; providi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 751 |
| MD | SB651 | Pass | Altering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; providi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 750 |
| MD | SB691 | Pass | Altering the definition of "contingency clause" as the term applies to the circumstances under which a residential real estate contract may be terminated by a purchaser; and altering the time period within which a holder of trust money must distribut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 716 |
| MD | SB765 | Pass | Altering eligibility for certain services and programs offered by the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to include certain persons acting on behalf of a deceased homeowner or an heir or a legatee of a deceased homeowner; establishing a Legacy Protection Progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 719 |
| MD | HB1148 | Pass | Altering eligibility for certain services and programs offered by the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to include certain persons acting on behalf of a deceased homeowner or an heir or a legatee of a deceased homeowner; establishing a Legacy Protection Progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 718 |
| MD | SB131 | Pass | Clarifying that a communication between an attorney and a client that acts as a fiduciary is subject to the attorney-client privilege even if fiduciary funds are used to compensate the attorney for services rendered to the client.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 500 |
| MD | HB65 | Pass | Clarifying that a communication between an attorney and a client that acts as a fiduciary is subject to the attorney-client privilege even if fiduciary funds are used to compensate the attorney for services rendered to the client.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 501 |
| MD | HB17 | Pass | Altering certain criteria for determining the venue for administrative or judicial probate of decedents who were not domiciled in the State; providing that, for purposes of the application of the Maryland inheritance tax, the situs of intangible pers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 504 |
| MD | SB250 | Pass | Conforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 508 |
| MD | SB277 | Pass | Altering certain criteria for determining the venue for administrative or judicial probate of decedents who were not domiciled in the State; providing that, for purposes of the application of the Maryland inheritance tax, the situs of intangible pers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 503 |
| MD | HB426 | Pass | Authorizing a party to the guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person to request a stay of certain civil actions or proceedings on the filing of a petition for guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person; requiring a ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 538 |
| MD | HB596 | Pass | Conforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 509 |
| MD | HB822 | Pass | Providing that the maximum annual salary of the clerks of the circuit courts and the registers of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 565 |
| MD | HB963 | Pass | Altering the prohibition on a register of wills or court granting letters in administrative or judicial probate to certain individuals who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537 |
| 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 | SB939 | Pass | Providing that the exemption for owner-occupied residential real property in a bankruptcy proceeding includes certain real property held in a revocable trust; and altering the amount of the exemption for owner-occupied residential real property in a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 400 |
| MD | HB1345 | Pass | Establishing that, under the Maryland Trust Act, a certain in terrorem clause contained in a trust is void under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 502 |
| MD | SB558 | Pass | Establishing the Chesapeake Bay Enhancement Program in the Department of Natural Resources to provide funding for certain oyster propagation and replenishment projects that mitigate the effects of certain transportation projects on the State's oyster...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 552 |
| MD | HB270 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Maryland Trust Fund Board of Trustees, the Maryland Veterans Commission, the Maryland Commission on Caregiving, and the Maryland Youth Advisory Council by adding a military-connected individual or organization as a memb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 267 |
| MD | SB353 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain restrictions for the commencement of a foreclosure and an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB523 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing certain restrictions for the commencement of a foreclosure and an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Henson) Adopted |
| MD | HB577 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2027, a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, receiving, or transferring a certain machine gun convertible pistol, subject to certain exceptions; and authorizing the Department of State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB192 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the membership of the Maryland Trust Fund Board of Trustees, the Maryland Veterans Commission, the Maryland Commission on Caregiving, and the Maryland Youth Advisory Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Third Reading Passed (135-0) |
| MD | HB1029 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "contingency clause" as the term applies to the circumstances under which a residential real estate contract may be terminated by a purchaser; and altering the time period from 30 days to 5 days, within which a holder of tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1098 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempting certain owner-occupied residential real property from execution on a judgment in a certain amount and subject to certain adjustments; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB471 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that the maximum annual salary of the clerks of the circuit courts and the registers of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1553 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an order for guardianship of the person of a disabled person to allow for certain visitation; authorizing an interested person to file a certain petition for guardianship of the person of a disabled person on the grounds that the disabled a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1566 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifying that the holder of a promissory note, other instrument, or other obligation secured by a recorded deed of trust is entitled to the benefits of the deed of trust notwithstanding any person recorded in the land records as the holder.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-10
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB976 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing, from $11,600 to $16,000, the annual salary of a judge of the Orphans' Court in Wicomico County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-06
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1314 | Intro
Sine Die | Continuing the Urban Trees Program administered by the Chesapeake Bay Trust; and making permanent a requirement that the Governor include $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Urban Trees Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB199 | Intro
Sine Die | Conforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB185 | Intro
Sine Die | Adding to the circumstances under which an individual who creates a trust for the benefit of the individual's spouse may not be considered the settlor of the trust with regard to the individual's interest in the trust.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1588 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing, from $11,600 to $16,000, the annual salary of a judge of the Orphans' Court in Wicomico County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-15
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1402 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a medical examiner in receipt of notice that a deceased individual was Muslim to release the body of the deceased within 48 hours after the completion of the autopsy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1238 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposing a surtax on the Maryland taxable income of individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000,000; providing for the calculation, administration, and enforcement of the surtax; imposing a one-time wealth tax on the amount by which the net ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1127 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding eligibility for the homestead property tax credit to include additional residences in Washington County; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB931 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the contents of a certain financial disclosure statement to include a schedule of certain interests in a virtual currency held by certain officials and candidates for office; and adding domestic partners and registered domestic partners to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB549 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the contents of a certain financial disclosure statement to include a schedule of certain interests in a virtual currency held by certain officials and candidates for office; and adding domestic partners and registered domestic partners to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-06
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB331 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a produ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB67 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a certain Ten Commandments Monument to be placed on the grounds of the Maryland State House; requiring the Commission on Artistic Property to oversee the care and maintenance of the monument; and establishing the Commission on the Ten Comma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB82 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering an exemption from the recordation tax and State and county transfer tax for transfers between related business entities to include transfers involving common law trusts; and applying the Act to instruments of writing recorded on or after Jul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-24
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB342 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a produ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-23
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB375 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing, under certain circumstances, a personal representative to petition the orphans' court to interpret a decedent's will in accordance with the decedent's intent as demonstrated by certain extrinsic evidence; authorizing the personal represe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB21 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB33 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering an exemption from the recordation tax and State and county transfer tax for transfers between related business entities to include transfers involving common law trusts; and applying the Act to instruments of writing recorded on or after Jul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-15
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB190 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing, under certain circumstances, a personal representative to petition the orphans' court to interpret a decedent's will in accordance with the decedent's intent as demonstrated by certain extrinsic evidence; authorizing the personal represe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
