| MD | SB242 | Pass | Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 |
| MD | SB314 | Pass | Establishing a certain immunity from liability for a person who donates a pet item or dispenses a donated pet item; and authorizing the State Department of Agriculture to inspect donated commercial feed and establish procedures for handling donated c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 464 |
| MD | SB418 | Pass | Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, for the duration of the assignment or detail, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state under certain circu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 |
| MD | HB625 | Pass | Requiring research facilities that are located in the State and required to submit an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Form 7023 to pay contributions for the Human-Relevant Research Fund to the Department of Agriculture, rather than the Mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 385 |
| MD | SB585 | Pass | Requiring research facilities that are located in the State and required to submit an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Form 7023 to pay contributions for the Human-Relevant Research Fund to the Department of Agriculture, rather than the Mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 384 |
| MD | HB1120 | Pass | Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 |
| MD | SB625 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, and to adopt regulations and standards governing the permitting of carbon dioxide capture, removal, and sequestration projects that utilize bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 411 |
| MD | HB272 | Pass | Altering the type of toilet that certain food establishments may use to comply with the requirement to provide a convenient lavatory; requiring that the fee for an on-farm food service facility license be determined by the Maryland Department of Heal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 189 |
| MD | HB429 | Pass | Establishing, beginning July 1, 2028, the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food preve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250 |
| MD | HB547 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Agriculture, by December 1, 2026, and each December 1 thereafter, to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on additional types of equipment that the Secretary recommends should qualify for the subtraction modifica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 327 |
| 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 | SB423 | Pass | Prohibiting a research facility or a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes; prohibiting a research facility or testing facility from performing devocalization procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a test...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 230 |
| MD | SB599 | Pass | Establishing, beginning July 1, 2028, the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food preve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 249 |
| MD | HB238 | Pass | Altering the voting membership of the Maryland Heritage Area Authority; increasing the number of voting members of the Authority that constitutes a quorum from 9 to 10; repealing the requirement that the Authority send copies of boundary maps to cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 123 |
| MD | SB226 | Pass | Altering the voting membership of the Maryland Heritage Area Authority; increasing the number of voting members of the Authority that constitutes a quorum from 9 to 10; repealing the requirement that the Authority send copies of boundary maps to cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124 |
| MD | SB231 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from slaughtering or causing the slaughter of a racehorse in the State for certain commercial purposes; prohibiting a person from purchasing, selling, transferring, offering for sale, importing into the State, or transporting a r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84 |
| MD | HB228 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from slaughtering or causing the slaughter of a racehorse in the State for certain commercial purposes; prohibiting a person from purchasing, selling, transferring, offering for sale, importing into the State, or transporting a r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 83 |
| MD | SB861 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations that consider certain best management practices for stormwater management for agritourism; and requiring Montgomery County and the Montgomery Soil Conservation District jointly, in cons...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 13 |
| MD | HB420 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| MD | HB666 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a research facility or a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes; prohibiting a research facility or testing facility from performing devocalization procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a test...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB817 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment, by January 1, 2028, to develop, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, and adopt regulations and standards governing the permitting of carbon dioxide capture, removal, and sequestration projec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB267 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing certain policies and processes to facilitate the development of residential housing in the State; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the Department of Housing and Commu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB301 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing certain governmental entities to waive certain fees imposed by statute for veterans; and requiring certain governmental entities to adopt regulations before waiving certain fees imposed by statute for veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1626 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Food Security Coordination Office within the Department of Agriculture; requiring the Department to establish a rural-to-urban produce distribution program to connect local farmers with urban and suburban communities experiencing foo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-17
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1631 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Agriculture to establish a hemp manufacturing license and licensing procedure that authorizes a licensee to engage in certain activities subject to certain penalties; authorizing a person who holds a hemp manufacturi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB949 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Agriculture, based on a finding of Palmer amaranth on land, to issue an order to an owner of the land to eradicate the Palmer amaranth within 2 weeks after the order was issued and requiring the Department to inspect the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB613 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Agriculture, based on a finding of Palmer amaranth on land, to issue an order to an owner of the land to eradicate the Palmer amaranth within 2 weeks after the order was issued and requiring the Department to inspect the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1342 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing grants to controlled-environment or hydroponic farmers under the Urban Agriculture Water and Power Infrastructure Grant Fund; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a certain one-stop portal as a centralized source of certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB994 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Agriculture to establish a hemp manufacturing license and licensing procedure that authorizes a licensee to engage in certain activities subject to certain penalties; authorizing a person who holds a hemp manufacturi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1551 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Dog Breeder Accountability Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring, on or before July 1, beginning in 2028, a dog breeder to register annually with the Department of Agriculture and, at the time of registration, pay an annual r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1594 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing certain governmental entities to waive certain fees imposed by statute for veterans; and requiring certain governmental entities to adopt regulations before waiving certain fees imposed by statute for veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-15
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1006 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Talbot County Board of Education to operate all the schools within the county using a scheduling model that eliminates early dismissal days to allow for less than 180 school days if the minimal hours of attendance are met; and requiri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1237 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain requirements for a pesticide business licensee that has a subscription contract for pest control with a residential customer; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a Residential Pollinator Protection and Neighbor N...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1212 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Natural Resources jointly to convene a workgroup to examine challenges and opportunities in the State related to seafood marketing; and on or before December 1, 2026, requiring the Secretary...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1225 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the per port registration fee charged for a weight and measure used for the retail sale of electricity as a motor fuel from exceeding the fee charged per meter for a retail motor fuel dispenser meter; requiring funding for the purchase of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB916 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Natural Resources jointly to convene a workgroup to examine challenges and opportunities in the State related to seafood marketing; and on or before December 1, 2026, requiring the Secretary...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB422 | Intro
Sine Die | Applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; requiring certain research facilities and testing facilities to submit to the Department of Agriculture certain in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB665 | Intro
Sine Die | Applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; requiring certain research facilities and testing facilities to submit to the Department of Agriculture certain in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB91 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from distributing, selling, or using corn, soybean, or wheat seeds that have been coated in or treated with neonicotinoid pesticides; prohibiting an individual from applying neonicotinoid pesticides to treat outdoor ornamental pl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
