| 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 | HB187 | Pass | Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of a disposition under a certain provision of law if the disposition was included in a case that was disposed of by the court with a no finding designation or designated by the court as having b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 466 |
| MD | SB162 | Pass | Repealing the sentencing date limitation of October 1, 2021, for an individual convicted as an adult of an offense committed when the individual was a minor to file a motion to reduce the duration of the sentence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 498 |
| MD | SB294 | Pass | Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing or record to a nonparty unless the court or the party redacts certain identifying information relating to a cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542 |
| MD | SB320 | Pass | Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of a disposition under a certain provision of law if the disposition was included in a case that was disposed of by the court with a no finding designation or designated by the court as having b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465 |
| MD | HB491 | Pass | Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from making a certain request for verbal acknowledgement in an interaction with a person suspected to have been subjected to sexually assaultive behavior or who claims to have been subjected to sexually assaultive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 406 |
| MD | SB475 | Pass | Providing that the creative expression of a criminal defendant or juvenile respondent is not admissible against the defendant or respondent unless the court makes certain findings, subject to a certain exception; and providing that the Act does not p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517 |
| MD | SB465 | Pass | Providing that during the trial of a criminal case in which a defendant is charged with an assault in the second degree, a certain statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the statement is offered against a party that has engaged in, directed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 529 |
| MD | SB531 | Pass | Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from making a certain request for verbal acknowledgement in an interaction with a person suspected to have been subjected to sexually assaultive behavior or who claims to have been subjected to sexually assaultive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 407 |
| MD | SB634 | Pass | Authorizing the Office of the State Prosecutor to investigate a threat made against a judge or judge-elect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 480 |
| MD | HB1030 | Pass | Authorizing the Office of the State Prosecutor to investigate a threat made against a judge or judge-elect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 479 |
| MD | HB1222 | Pass | Increasing the salary for the Prince George's County State's Attorney from $199,000 to $250,000; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent State's Attorney for Prince George's County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 584 |
| MD | HB338 | Pass | Altering and expanding the jurisdiction of the Maryland Capitol Police of the Department of General Services; and establishing that the Department has statewide jurisdiction over and full police authority for the enforcement of the criminal laws and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 264 |
| MD | SB298 | Pass | Altering and expanding the jurisdiction of the Maryland Capitol Police of the Department of General Services; and establishing that the Department has statewide jurisdiction over and full police authority for the enforcement of the criminal laws and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263 |
| MD | HB557 | Pass | Providing that "department" does not include the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services for purposes of certain provisions prohibiting a department from refusing to issue an occupational license or certificate based on a certain convic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 302 |
| MD | HB640 | Pass | Modifying certain reporting requirements, boards, and commissions for practicability and efficiency; repealing certain reporting requirements that are unnecessary, obsolete, or duplicative; repealing as obsolete the Renewable Fuels Incentive Board, C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 |
| MD | HB289 | Pass | Authorizing the Central Collection Unit and the Child Support Administration to certify certain information about certain restitution, child support, and State debt obligors to a video lottery operator for purposes of enforcing a requirement to inter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 88 |
| MD | SB176 | Pass | Authorizing the Central Collection Unit and the Child Support Administration to certify certain information about certain restitution, child support, and State debt obligors to a video lottery operator for purposes of enforcing a requirement to inter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 87 |
| MD | HB336 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a District Court commissioner to issue a summons based on an application for a statement of charges filed by a certain individual under certain circumstances; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from issuing an arrest warrant based ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (35-11) |
| MD | HB450 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing or record to a nonparty unless the court or the party redacts certain identifying information relating to a cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB1105 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for a civil suit to enforce certain local consumer protection codes for which equitable relief, a fine, or a penalty is provided.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (37-0) |
| MD | HB1441 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a citation issued for violations relating to public consumption of alcohol and possession of an open container to contain notice that fines for the violation may be prepaid; establishing a maximum fine for public consumption and open contai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Motion Special Order until 4/13 (Senator Hayes) Adopted |
| MD | HB687 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that the creative expression of a criminal defendant or juvenile respondent is not admissible against the defendant or respondent unless the court makes certain findings, subject to a certain exception; and providing that the Act does not p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB310 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of records relating to an alleged violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law or any other traffic law, ordinance, or regulation by a minor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB464 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Commission to Examine the Expungement Laws of Maryland; and requiring the Commission to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB483 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Judiciary to shield all cases meeting certain criteria on or before July 1, 2028; and requiring the Judiciary to shield certain newly eligible cases on a monthly basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB661 | Engross
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1226 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain persons from knowingly operating, offering, conducting, engaging in, or promoting illegal online gambling in the State; prohibiting certain persons from knowingly supporting, directly or indirectly, the operation, conduct, or prom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB1054 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing the statute of limitations from 2 years to 3 years for prosecutions relating to the commission of, attempt to commit, or conspiracy to commit a criminal offense under the Maryland Public Ethics Law and other criminal provisions prohibiting...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1348 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing mandated reporters to report suspected labor trafficking or sex trafficking of a child to a regional navigator; and authorizing the Attorney General or a State's Attorney to investigate and prosecute human trafficking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1320 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a law enforcement officer or a District Court commissioner to inform a victim or a victim's representative of the victim's or victim's representative's ability to request a certain notification; and providing a process for a victim or a vic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1605 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the requirement that county governments are required to pay 50% of the amount of compensation to individuals erroneously convicted of a crime the individual did not commit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB688 | Engross
Sine Die | Reclassifying, as a misdemeanor instead of a felony, a certain offense relating to the prohibition against intercepting and disclosing any wire, oral, or electronic communications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1036 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General to investigate the death of a person that occurs in connection with an interaction with federal law enforcement or federal immigration enforcement; requiring the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1266 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the deadline by which a certain law enforcement agency must submit a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit and associated reference standards to a forensic laboratory for analysis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1363 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a person to register as a domestic violence offender with a certain supervising authority if the person is convicted of at least two domestically related crimes; requiring certain information to be included in a registration statement; esta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1394 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a person to pay certain restitution to a child if the person violated the prohibition against operating a motor vehicle or vessel while impaired or under the influence resulting in the death of the child's parent or guardian; and establishi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB678 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the requirements for a sworn affidavit submitted for judicial authorization to initiate a forensic genetic genealogical DNA analysis and search (FGGS).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB717 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the deadline by which a certain law enforcement agency must submit a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit and associated reference standards to a forensic laboratory for analysis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB477 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that during the trial of a criminal case in which a defendant is charged with an assault in the second degree, a certain statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the statement is offered against a party that has engaged in, directed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB679 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the eligibility criteria for the filing of a certain motion to reduce the duration of a sentence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1489 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the eligibility criteria for the filing of a certain motion to reduce the duration of a sentence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB205 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that an incarcerated individual who is serving a certain sentence for a certain sexual crime may be considered for parole only one time after becoming eligible; providing that if a victim, victim's family, victims' advocacy organization, or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB287 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring inclusion of certain conditions for lifetime sexual offender supervision; requiring a sexual offender management team to report a certain violation of a condition of lifetime sexual offender supervision to the office of a certain State's At...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB436 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB876 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the sentencing date limitation of October 1, 2021, for an individual convicted as an adult of an offense committed when the individual was a minor to file a motion to reduce the duration of the sentence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB715 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Algorithmic Addiction Fund to be administered by the Maryland Department of Health; providing the Fund consists of all civil penalties received by the State from any source resulting, directly or indirectly, from a judgment against o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB220 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring inclusion of certain conditions for lifetime sexual offender supervision; requiring a sexual offender management team to report a certain violation of a condition of lifetime sexual offender supervision to the office of a certain State's At...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB495 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a certain individual duly and in good faith attending a certain court proceeding is immune from a certain immigration arrest in connection with attendance at a court proceeding under certain circumstances; and prohibiting a person from...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1146 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in a medical facility or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
