| MD | SB238 | Pass | Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for mult...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 616 |
| MD | HB340 | Pass | Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for mult...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 617 |
| MD | HB396 | Pass | Repealing the maximum age for children in certain residential child care programs who receive educational support; requiring operators of certain residential child care programs to provide certain educational opportunities to the children for whom th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 640 |
| MD | SB402 | Pass | Repealing the maximum age for children in certain residential child care programs who receive educational support; requiring operators of certain residential child care programs to provide certain educational opportunities to the children for whom th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 641 |
| MD | HB623 | Pass | Altering the definition of "military-connected student" under the Purple Star Schools Program to conform with certain terms defined under State law; and establishing the Purple Star Colleges Program to recognize certain colleges that provide strong s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 670 |
| MD | SB685 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a model sexual abuse and sexual misconduct response policy that includes, at minimum, a communications plan, an e-mail and other electronic communication documents retention policy, a requirement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 639 |
| MD | SB709 | Pass | Altering the definition of "military-connected student" under the Purple Star Schools Program to conform with certain terms defined under State law; and establishing the Purple Star Colleges Program to recognize certain colleges that provide strong s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 671 |
| MD | SB729 | Pass | Altering the Access to Counsel in Evictions Program to expand access to legal representation and other services under the Program to individuals who occupy premises of a mobile home park.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 754 |
| MD | SB808 | Pass | Altering the process through which health care providers apply to participate on a carrier's provider panel, including certain notice requirements; repealing the authorization for a carrier to charge a certain application fee; requiring carriers to u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 706 |
| MD | HB1093 | Pass | Altering the process through which health care providers apply to participate on a carrier's provider panel, including certain notice requirements; repealing the authorization for a carrier to charge a certain application fee; requiring carriers to u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 707 |
| MD | SB509 | Pass | Implementing the federal Workforce Pell Grant Program in the State through which Pell Grants may be awarded to students enrolled in a certain short-term program; requiring the Governor, after consultation with certain entities, to determine whether t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 724 |
| MD | SB311 | Pass | Extending the time period during which a certain method is used to calculate compensatory education enrollment through fiscal year 2028; repealing a termination date for the use of funds under the Concentration of Poverty Grant Program for the purpos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 602 |
| MD | HB266 | Pass | Authorizing the Information Technology Investment Fund, at the discretion of the Secretary of Information Technology, to be used to support State-owned communication sites, communication facilities, and telecommunications equipment used in connection...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 |
| MD | SB85 | Pass | Authorizing the Information Technology Investment Fund, at the discretion of the Secretary of Information Technology, to be used to support State-owned communication sites, communication facilities, and telecommunications equipment used in connection...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436 |
| MD | SB141 | Pass | Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| MD | SB816 | Pass | Establishing the Neighborhood Development and Social Connection Program within the West North Avenue Development Authority to provide technical support and grants to certain organizations to implement programs that foster social connections and activ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 389 |
| MD | HB1276 | Pass | Establishing the Neighborhood Development and Social Connection Program within the West North Avenue Development Authority to provide technical support and grants to certain organizations to implement programs that foster social connections and activ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 388 |
| MD | SB818 | Pass | Altering certain requirements related to the development of a certain project at State Center; and establishing a State Center Advisory Group to provide community input, inform the identification of potential community benefits associated with the pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 390 |
| MD | HB839 | Pass | Establishing certain public comment requirements and recording requirements for the Board of Community College Trustees for Frederick County; and requiring the members of the Board to undergo at least every 2 years, training specific to board governa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 576 |
| MD | SB417 | Pass | Prohibiting employers and their agents, representatives, and designees from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant takes certain actions regarding employer-sponsored meetings during wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 221 |
| MD | HB735 | Pass | Delaying the implementation of the Earned Income Tax Credit Assistance Program until taxable year 2030; requiring the Comptroller's Office, on or before December 1, 2026, to study and make recommendations regarding outreach efforts to encourage eligi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 201 |
| MD | SB519 | Pass | Delaying the implementation of the Earned Income Tax Credit Assistance Program until taxable year 2030; requiring the Comptroller's Office, on or before December 1, 2026, to study and make recommendations regarding outreach efforts to encourage eligi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 202 |
| MD | SB94 | Pass | Prohibiting a lender from accepting a tip from a consumer or giving a consumer the option to provide a tip; altering the timeline for certain refunds; subjecting certain earned wage access providers and loan lenders to certain consumer loan requireme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 170 |
| MD | SB91 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Elections to designate a contact person for the Address Confidentiality Program; providing that the contact person acts as the contact for inquiries about the Program from local boards of elections and Program participant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 109 |
| MD | HB265 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Elections to designate a contact person for the Address Confidentiality Program; and providing the contact person acts as the contact for inquiries about the Program from local boards of elections and Program participants...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 108 |
| MD | HB957 | Pass | Requiring each local school system to designate a local point of contact for certain communications, to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards, and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 34 |
| MD | SB601 | Pass | Requiring each local school system to designate a local point of contact for certain communications, to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards, and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 35 |
| MD | SB65 | Engross
Sine Die | Applying certain campaign finance requirements for a political committee to exploratory committees; establishing requirements and prohibitions for exploratory committees relating to the establishment of the committees, receipt of funds, and permissib...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (99-35) |
| MD | SB180 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept an oral communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a fair housing testing program operated by the federal government, the State, a local government, or a nonprofit civil r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (113-19) |
| MD | SB348 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the requirement that a hospital or freestanding birthing center contact the birth parent after the delivery of a newborn following a high-risk pregnancy to evaluate the birthing parent's status and, as necessary, provide certain information ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (100-34) |
| 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 | HB145 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1168 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a model sexual abuse and sexual misconduct response policy that includes, at minimum, certain components; requiring each local school system to adopt a response policy based on the model policy ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB4 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain charitable organizations, including certain private foundations, from participating in or intervening in a political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate for public office; authorizing the Secretary of State and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB45 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting employers and their agents, representatives, and designees from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant takes certain actions regarding employer-sponsored meetings during wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-07
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 | HB627 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Commission on Historic, Cultural, and Civic Contributions in Education to study and make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission about certain lessons currently taught in public sc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-02
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB69 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing a termination provision relating to provisions of law establishing a nonprofit organizations navigator within the Department of Commerce; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Government, Labor, and Elections 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 | HB1059 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a program designed to assist with the accurate teaching of Asian American history; requiring the Department to identify certain courses and materials and make available a certain professional d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1463 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to hire a constituent services liaison before the beginning of the 2026-2027 school year; requiring the president of the county board, in consultation with counsel for the county board, to negotiat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment 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 | HB1619 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain requirements related to the development of a certain project at State Center; establishing a State Center Advisory Group to provide community input on the development of State Center, leverage benefits from the development for neighb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB538 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring each 4-year institution of higher education in the State, by July 1, 2027, that admits first-time undergraduate students to prominently display on its publicly accessible prospective student website a link to the U.S. Department of Educatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB56 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that each legislative district established for the purpose of electing members of the House of Delegates consist of three single-member delegate districts; requiring the General Assembly to enact a law establishing and governing a Legislati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1334 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each county board of education to develop a parent and family engagement policy on or before the start of the 2027-2028 school year; requiring each public school in the State to develop a Parent-School Compact beginning in the 2028-2029 sch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1293 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring behavioral health programs that own, lease, operate, or control an inpatient facility to take certain affirmative and reasonable steps to determine whether a resident is required to register under the Maryland Sex Offender Registry; and req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1586 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a person to petition for a protective order against another person who the petitioner alleges has engaged in controlling or coercive behavior toward the petitioner; and defining "coercive control" as a pattern of emotional or psychologica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB917 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the circumstances under which a carrier may retroactively deny reimbursement; altering the information a carrier is required to provide to a health care provider if the carrier retroactively denies reimbursement; prohibiting a carrier from r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB992 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device producer responsibility program plan and annual report, registration, and review fee account within the Fund; repealing certain provisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
