| MD | HB575 | Pass | Requiring the student attendance policy of each county board of education to include a provision allowing an excused or discretionary absence for a public school student participating in civil engagement activities; and clarifying that civic engageme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 630 |
| 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 | HB1326 | Pass | Expanding the circumstances under which a report or record concerning child abuse or neglect may be disclosed by the Department of Human Services to include the administrator of a certain child care center, the coach, team administrator, or manager o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 790 |
| 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 | SB448 | Veto | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $27,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB359 | Pass | Requiring individuals who will have direct contact with children in certain child care facilities to submit to a criminal history records check; requiring the State Department of Education, by June 30, 2027, to establish a centralized unit for the pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361 |
| MD | HB501 | Pass | Altering the penalty for a subsequent conviction of sexual offense by a person in a position of authority; prohibiting a certain person in a position of authority from committing a certain violation involving a child at least 6 years younger than the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 426 |
| MD | HB635 | Pass | Requiring individuals who will have direct contact with children in certain child care facilities to submit to a criminal history records check; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a centralized unit for the processing and manage...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360 |
| MD | HB1156 | Pass | Altering a certain benefit amount for certain fire and rescue volunteers in Calvert County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556 |
| MD | HB108 | Pass | Establishing the Volunteer Services Program in the Division of Correction for the purpose of providing access to volunteers, including formerly incarcerated individuals to State correctional facilities to assist incarcerated individuals and organizat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 519 |
| MD | SB61 | Pass | Establishing the Volunteer Services Program in the Division of Correction for the purpose of providing access to volunteers, including formerly incarcerated individuals and organizations led by formerly incarcerated individuals, to State correctional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518 |
| MD | HB622 | Pass | Extending by one year the time period during which a holder of a certain dispensary license may continue to deliver medical cannabis; increasing from 10 to 20 the number of individuals a micro dispensary is permitted to employ; altering certain provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 375 |
| MD | SB579 | Pass | Requiring counties in which a volunteer fire company is located to offer no-cost preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines to volunteer firefighters volunteering and retired volunteer firefighters who volunteered with the vol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 |
| MD | HB927 | Pass | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $27,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 343 |
| MD | HB1109 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to organize the Maryland Medical Reserve Corps; requiring the Department to notify each health officer for a county of a certain procurement to offer the opportunity for the county health department to join...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 190 |
| 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 | SB790 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to organize the Maryland Medical Reserve Corps; altering the membership, leadership selection process, and staffing of the Commission on Public Health; requiring the Commission to provide guidance for the i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1574 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a certain grace period for the implementation of new or substantively amended regulations adopted on or after July 1, 2026, subject to certain conditions; and altering the requirements that the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| MD | HB1602 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring counties in which a volunteer fire company is located to offer no-cost preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines to volunteer firefighters volunteering and retired volunteer firefighters who volunteered with the vol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB447 | Engross
Sine Die | Expanding the circumstances under which a report or record concerning child abuse or neglect may be disclosed by the Department of Human Services to include the administrator of a certain child care center, the coach, team administrator, or manager o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Simpson, Arikan and Moreno) |
| MD | SB407 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the penalty for a subsequent conviction of sexual offense by a person in a position of authority; prohibiting a certain person in a position of authority from committing a certain violation involving a child at least 6 years younger than the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations 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 | HB1529 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing requirements for a local commission on common ownership communities established by local law in Baltimore County; requiring a Baltimore County common ownership community to register annually with the local commission; and requiring the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB555 | Intro
Sine Die | Revising, restating, and recodifying the laws of this State relating to the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-10
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB364 | Intro
Sine Die | Revising, restating, and recodifying the laws of this State relating to the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1208 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Calvert County to use certain revenue from certain payment in lieu of taxes agreements to fund certain support services organizations and support services programs in a certain manner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB378 | Intro
Sine Die | Allowing certain eligible taxpayers who volunteer in certain schools in Prince George's County a credit against the State income tax in an amount equal to $20 for each volunteer hour, not to exceed $500; requiring the State Department of Education, i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1521 | Intro
Sine Die | Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain contributions to organizations that support at-risk youth, volunteering at certain schools and recreation centers, and employing certain at-risk youth; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB961 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to include athletic officials in certain policies and in a certain program to provide awareness on a certain concussion protocol for certain public school and youth sports programs; establishing that certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB655 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that it is unlawful for a parent or guardian of a student in a public school to fail to seek and participate in counseling with the parent's or guardian's child after receiving a certain notice of violent and disruptive behavior; and req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB183 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Cyber Reserve within the Military Department; providing the purpose of the Maryland Cyber Reserve is to provide educational and technical support to prevent and resolve attacks against State, county, and local government age...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB24 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing each county board of education to use a chaplain as a volunteer aide in schools to provide support services to students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
