| MD | HB999 | Pass | Authorizing the holder of a Class 9 limited distillery license to manufacture, rectify, or bottle more than one brand of alcoholic beverage; and authorizing the holder to manufacture or rectify up to 31,000 gallons of product of an entity other than ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 860 |
| MD | SB852 | Pass | Authorizing a holder of a barbershop and beauty salon license in Anne Arundel County to provide to a customer on any one visit 1.7 ounces of liquor for on-premises consumption in addition to beer and wine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 846 |
| MD | HB1286 | Pass | Authorizing a holder of a barbershop and beauty salon license in Anne Arundel County to provide to a customer during any one visit not more than 1.7 ounces of liquor for on-premises consumption in addition to beer and wine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 847 |
| MD | HB456 | Pass | Establishing, in Howard County, a gift basket permit that authorizes a permit holder to sell and deliver gift baskets containing beer, wine, or liquor to certain individuals under certain circumstances; providing that certain distance requirements do...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 817 |
| MD | HB1532 | Pass | Transferring the electric universal service program to the Office of Home Energy Programs and requiring the Office to authorize benefits under the program for certain electric customers; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 353 |
| MD | HB870 | Pass | Requiring, beginning on July 1, 2026, a county or municipality to notify the Department of the Environment within 10 business days after a county or municipality accepts the permit application for a new building that has a proposed gross floor area ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 |
| MD | HB1523 | Pass | Altering the violations of law with respect to which the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission is authorized to issue a citation or charging document; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, exposing f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 354 |
| MD | SB820 | Pass | Altering the violations of law with respect to which the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission is authorized to issue a citation; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, exposing for sale, or advertisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355 |
| MD | HB220 | Pass | Authorizing the installation of individual water submeters, used to determine the actual use of water, for each residential unit in an apartment house and mobile home parks; prohibiting the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house, or mobile...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 |
| MD | SB130 | Pass | Authorizing the installation of individual water submeters, used to determine the actual use of water, for certain apartment houses and mobile home parks; prohibiting the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house or a mobile home park, or a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261 |
| MD | HB535 | Pass | Increasing from $50,000 to $100,000 the maximum amount of annual revenue a business may generate from the sale of cottage food products to be considered a cottage food business.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 320 |
| MD | HB613 | Pass | Authorizing a person to use living shorelines as a certain erosion control measure; applying the Act only to a shoreline stabilization project for which any portion of the project is in an area that is not designated as appropriate for structural sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 321 |
| MD | SB413 | Pass | Transferring the authority to regulate certain crematories and reduction facilities from the Office of Cemetery Oversight to the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors; altering the circumstances under which the Governor may remove an appoin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187 |
| MD | HB698 | Pass | Transferring the authority to regulate certain crematories and reduction facilities from the Office of Cemetery Oversight to the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors; altering the circumstances under which the Governor may remove an appoin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 |
| MD | HB925 | Pass | Establishing restrictions on the land application, on or after October 1, 2028, of sewage sludge with total concentrations of certain regulated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances equal to or greater than certain levels; authorizing, on or after Octo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 330 |
| MD | HB969 | Pass | Requiring the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to display certain information in a conspicuous manner; requiring all electricity possessed, offered, or exposed for sale and sold at r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 281 |
| MD | SB649 | Pass | Requiring the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to display certain information in a conspicuous manner; requiring all electricity possessed, offered, or exposed for sale and sold at r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280 |
| MD | SB719 | Pass | Establishing restrictions on the land application, on or after October 1, 2028, of sewage sludge with total concentrations of certain regulated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances equal to or greater than certain levels; authorizing a person to commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329 |
| MD | HB253 | Pass | Altering the requirements for regulations related to the issuance of a heavy weight port corridor permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 120 |
| MD | SB149 | Pass | Altering the requirements for regulations related to the issuance of a heavy weight port corridor permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 121 |
| MD | SB841 | Engross
Sine Die | Transferring the electric universal service program to the Office of Home Energy Programs and requiring the Office to authorize benefits under the program for certain electric customers; establishing he Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonpr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation |
| MD | SB866 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to direct chain restaurants to its website for the purpose of explaining the purpose of and ho a chain restaurant may comply with certain requirements; and requiring certain chain restaurants to display a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators A. Washington, Lam and Mautz) |
| MD | HB1621 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring certain wastewater treatment plants to maintain a publicly accessible website on which certain information relating to certain discharges is required to be published in a certain manner; and requiring certain wastewater treatment plants to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| MD | SB1008 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the holder of a Class 1 wholesaler's license to acquire and deliver cannabinoid beverages to the holder of a Class A alcoholic beverages license that has been issued a certain permit; authorizing a local board of license commissioners to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1048 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations relating to the sale of food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content by a chain restaurant by January 1, 2027, and to direct chain restaurants to its websi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance 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 | HB1380 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for a certain supply of prescription drugs used for gender-affirming care, hormone therapy, or reproductive health in certain circumstances; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB976 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" in the calculation for State education aid to include the average number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 on September 30 and May 31 of the prior school year; requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB344 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the requirements for signs displaying a standard price and a conditional price for motor fuel products at retail service stations; and authorizing the Comptroller to assess certain penalties under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB988 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing certain provisions of law establishing and governing building energy performance standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB712 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" in the calculation for State education aid to include the average number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 on September 30 and May 31 of the prior school year; requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To Senate Budget and Taxation 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 | HB1576 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the sales and use tax on the sale of electronic smoking devices and vaping liquid; and requiring the increased revenue from the sales and use tax on electronic smoking devices and vaping liquid under the Act to be distributed to the Maryla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1388 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the rotational harvest pilot program for oysters to be implemented by the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Department to open certain areas of the Chesapeake Bay to the rotational harvest of oysters in certain manners; requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1534 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an owner or operator of a data center to comply with certain standards under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of the Environment to establish by regulation certain sound and vibration controls and requirements for backup powe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1560 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish and implement a pilot program for ecosystem value-oriented forest management plans to provide additional incentives for enrolling in and extending commitments to forest conservation and manag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
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 | SB75 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a food retailer to offer to purchase a Class A license from a Class A license holder under certain circumstances; and authorizing a food retailer to apply to a local licensing board for a Class A license under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB718 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a Class L beer, wine, and liquor permit in Frederick County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Frederick County to issue the permit to a holder of a manufacturer's license that also holds a Class DBR brewery license or a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB950 | Intro
Sine Die | Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB755 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from establishing a recreational catch and release season for striped bass; requiring the Department to establish certain recreational and charter boat summer and fall striped bass seasons and a trophy ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB875 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the rotational harvest pilot program for oysters to be implemented by the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Department to open certain areas of the Chesapeake Bay to the rotational harvest of oysters in certain manners; requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB331 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a produ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB736 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the alcoholic beverage tax rates for ready-to-drink cocktails at 60 cents for each gallon or 15.85 cents for each liter; and defining "ready-to-drink cocktail" as a beverage that contains distilled spirits mixed with nonalcoholic beverag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB551 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing prohibitions relating to drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB368 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing requirements for the use of living shorelines and nonstructural stabilization measures in Calvert County and St. Mary's County; and exempting property located in Calvert County and St. Mary's County from certain general requirements rega...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB264 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing minimum detectable disinfectant residual level requirements, disinfectant residual testing requirements, and related requirements for the control of Legionella bacteria and other pathogens in the public water supply; requiring the Depart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-23
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB327 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing prohibitions relating to drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB342 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a produ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-23
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB78 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain providers and laboratories to provide certain written information to patients receiving prostate-specific antigen testing; and requiring clinical laboratories that administer prostate-specific antigen tests to follow certain disclos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
