| MD | HB456 | Pass | Establishing, in Howard County, a gift basket permit that authorizes a permit holder to sell and deliver gift baskets containing beer, wine, or liquor to certain individuals under certain circumstances; providing that certain distance requirements do...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 817 |
| MD | HB1176 | Pass | Requiring, in the submission of the annual budget to the Howard County Council, the Howard County Executive to include the percentage of the county's general fund revenue, excluding one-time expenses, that is allocated to the operating budget of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 580 |
| MD | HB1172 | Pass | Repealing the requirement that a certain individual designate a certain representative as an ex officio member of the Board of Directors of the Howard County Economic Development Authority; altering the frequency of certain Board meetings from at lea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 579 |
| 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 | SB1003 | Pass | Altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Howard County and altering the annual salary of the State's Attorney of Howard County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 581 |
| 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 | HB590 | Pass | Altering the name of the Howard County Agricultural Land Preservation Fund to be the Howard County Agricultural Preservation and Innovation Fund; and specifying that certain transfer tax proceeds that are distributed to the Fund are to be used to sup...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 346 |
| 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 |
| MD | HB1116 | Engross
50% | Authorizing a designated Howard County department to place certain surveillance systems at certain dumping sites in Howard County; requiring the District Court, in consultation with the designated department, to prescribe a certain citation form; req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB623 | Engross
50% | Establishing a Class C-PCL (premium cigar lounge) alcoholic beverages license for use in conjunction with a tobacconist license; authorizing a local licensing board to issue the license; authorizing a local licensing board to permit the owner or oper...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted |
| MD | SB225 | Engross
50% | Providing for the designation of the Carroll Creek, Gwynns Falls, Jones Falls, and Herring Run watersheds as interjurisdictional flood hazard watersheds for certain planning purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1352 | Engross
50% | Requiring certain contractors to ensure that at least 35% of apprenticeship hours on certain projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB520 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the county councils of certain charter counties, notwithstanding certain provisions of law, to set by simple majority vote of its members then serving a property tax rate that is higher than the property tax rate authorized under a county...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1169 | Engross
50% | Authorizing Howard County to decrease the maximum speed limit to not less than 15 miles per hour on highways after performing an engineering and traffic investigation; and prohibiting Howard County from implementing a new speed monitoring system to e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1163 | Intro
25% | Authorizing the General Assembly to lower the age at which an individual may vote in an election for members of the Howard County Board of Education; and altering the minimum age at which an individual in Howard County may vote in an election for mem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | SB1004 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Howard County Board of Education to close public schools in the county to students beginning in the 2027-2028 school year in observance of Yom Kippur and Juneteenth and to observe the first day of Diwali, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, Lunar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-24
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1627 | Intro
25% | 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 |
| MD | HB831 | Intro
25% | Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain manag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1174 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Howard County Board of Education to close public schools in the county to students beginning in the 2027-2028 school year in observance of Yom Kippur and Juneteenth and to observe the first day of Diwali, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, Lunar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1162 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Special Secretary of Overdose Response to provide funding to counties for medication-assisted treatment programs; requiring certain counties to submit a certain report; authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB922 | Intro
25% | Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain manag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1170 | Intro
25% | Expanding the authorization to place and use speed monitoring systems on highways in Howard County to include U.S. Route 1 (Washington Boulevard).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB674 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain transportation plans; establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transpor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB916 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain transportation plans; establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transpor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB516 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to establish certain procedures for receiving, reviewing, and investigating certain complaints regarding matters under the jurisdiction of the Department; requiring the Department to employ one investigators...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
