| MD | HB6 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735 |
| MD | HB3 | Pass | Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798 |
| MD | HB141 | Pass | Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park or the University of Maryland, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 774 |
| MD | SB6 | Pass | Providing collective bargaining rights to nontenure track faculty of system institutions of higher education, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland whose primary assignments involve academic instruction, including teachers, re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 695 |
| MD | SB324 | Pass | Establishing a direct admission program at participating public senior higher education institutions for eligible high school students beginning in the 2028-2029 academic year; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the State Department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613 |
| MD | HB457 | Pass | Requiring each institution of higher education that provides on-campus housing to provide, free of charge, menstrual hygiene products in all student health centers at the institution on or before August 1, 2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 722 |
| MD | SB420 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 734 |
| MD | SB486 | Pass | Expanding eligibility under the Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program to include students attending the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and enrolled in certain Physician Assistant, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, or Veterinary Medic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 672 |
| MD | SB529 | Pass | Requiring the University System of Maryland to develop, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, certain recommendations for a Southern Maryland Early college Teacher Pathway Program and a t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 766 |
| MD | SB532 | Pass | Requiring each public senior higher education institution and community college to submit a report on contraception access to the Maryland Higher Education Commission each year by September 1; requiring the Commission to submit a report on contracept...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 675 |
| MD | HB809 | Pass | Specifying the intern fellowships that exist in the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program; increasing the maximum scholarship award amount under the Program from $5,000 to $6,000; and requiring the Governor, beginning in f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 780 |
| MD | SB597 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership in the University System of Maryland to provide a single nexus for certain stakeholders in artificial intelligence initiatives to advance artificial intelligence in the State; establishing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 633 |
| MD | HB1076 | Pass | Requiring each public senior higher education institution and community college to submit a report on contraception access to the Maryland Higher Education Commission each year; requiring the Commission to submit a report on contraception access to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 674 |
| MD | HB1075 | Pass | Expanding eligibility under the Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program to include students attending the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and enrolled in certain degree programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 673 |
| 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 | SB769 | Pass | Approving certain projects for the acquisition, development, and improvement of certain academic facilities for the University System of Maryland; authorizing the issuance of bonds by the University System of Maryland in a certain total principal amo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 601 |
| MD | SB720 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to local school systems, educators, parents, and students through an online platform; requiring the Department to develop certain guidelines, best prac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 634 |
| 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 | HB1530 | Pass | Decreasing from 3 years to 2 years the number of years for which an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes before the academic year for eligibility to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption at a public institution of hig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 799 |
| MD | HB1540 | Pass | Repealing the sunset termination of a requirement for the Governor to include $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for certain purposes related to the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center; and altering certain findings by the General...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 797 |
| MD | SB776 | Pass | Establishing the Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children to research the history, operations, and resident deaths at the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children and provide a complete and public a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 607 |
| MD | HB1280 | Pass | Requiring the University of Maryland, College Park, with assistance from the Department of Human Services, to conduct a feasibility study for establishing and operating the Supporting Our Caregiver Infrastructure Program; and requiring the University...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 704 |
| MD | SB809 | Pass | Requiring the University of Maryland, College Park, with assistance from the Department of Human Services, to conduct a feasibility study for establishing and operating the Supporting Our Caregiver Infrastructure Program; and requiring the Comptrolle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 705 |
| MD | SB243 | Pass | Applying certain provisions of law regarding priority registration at public institutions of higher education, resources and support at community colleges, senatorial and Delegate scholarships, and preferences in hiring by the Public Service Commissi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 |
| MD | HB721 | Pass | Applying certain provisions of law regarding priority registration at public institutions of higher education, resources and support at community colleges, senatorial and Delegate scholarships, and preferences in hiring by the Public Service Commissi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 |
| MD | HB718 | Pass | Establishing that certain provisions of law governing information technology plans apply to certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a policy of the State that State and higher education employee e-mail systems and resources are ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 438 |
| 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 | 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 | SB28 | Pass | Altering the collective bargaining process for certain State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee certain aspects of collective bargaining, establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 156 |
| MD | HB604 | Pass | Altering the collective bargaining process for certain State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee certain aspects of collective bargaining and establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 155 |
| MD | SB523 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources in coordination with the Department of the Environment to identify certain vernal pools in the State; requiring the Department to create and maintain a certain list of vernal pools in the State in a certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 164 |
| MD | SB136 | Pass | Applying certain provisions of law governing collective bargaining for State employees to police officers of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission who, in an official capacity, are authorized to make arrests and who are not supervisory, manag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 65 |
| MD | HB106 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing collective bargaining rights to nontenure track faculty of system institutions of higher education, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland whose primary assignments involve academic instruction, including teachers, resea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB222 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring each county board of education to update certain policies to include information on authorized possession of naloxone or other opioid overdose-reversing medication by certain high school students and immunity from liability; and altering th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (31-6) |
| MD | SB212 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (137-0) |
| MD | HB479 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the University System of Maryland to develop, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, certain recommendations for a Southern Maryland Early College Teacher Pathway Program and a t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB518 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to adopt regulations to reduce or mitigate the effects of problem gambling; requiring the regulations to establish a voluntary exclusion list; requiring the Commission to provide contact infor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB611 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing certain application, license, permit, and license transfer fees related to alcoholic beverages in Prince George's County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | HB700 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing a direct admission program at participating public senior higher education institutions for certain eligible high school students beginning in the 2028-2029 academic year; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the State Dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| MD | HB1057 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to Local school systems, educators, parents, and student through an online platform; requiring the Department to publish certain guidance for certain g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB598 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Board of Physicians, beginning January 1, 2028, to issue a limited license, not to exceed 3 years, to practice medicine to an internationally trained physician under certain circumstances; prohibiting the renewal of a limited l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance |
| MD | HB701 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources in coordination with the Department of the Environment to identify certain vernal pools in the State; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to create and maintain a certain list of vernal pools in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB195 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission, in collaboration with Bowie State University, Morgan State University, and the Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling, to conduct certain studies that identify certain trends and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
Third Readings Passed with Amendments (43-0) |
| MD | SB629 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing that certain provisions of law governing information technology plans apply to certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a certain policy of the State relating to State and higher education employee e-mail systems and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-30
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB649 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Commission on Civil Rights to enforce a prohibition against discrimination and retaliation in educational institutions based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender id...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-27
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB84 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at the University of Maryland, College Park or the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student who is a teaching, administrative,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | SB983 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing the requirement that a proposed new academic program be a graduate program in order for the Maryland Higher Education Commission or institutions of higher education in the State to file an objection to implementation of the proposed program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB410 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing requirements and prohibitions regarding food labeling; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in conjunction with the University of Maryland Extension and food donation organizations, to create educational materials to inform c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1231 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "dually enrolled student" to include both a nonpublic secondary school student and a homeschool student in Washington County so that these students are eligible to apply for the Part-Time Grant Program and the Early College...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1313 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that incarcerated individuals are exempt, subject to certain conditions, from paying tuition at public institutions of higher education in the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Appropriations Committee |
