| MD | SB148 | Pass | Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a 9-1-1 specialist; and requiring the Department of Emergency Management to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 877 |
| MD | HB57 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Civic Excellence Program for public high school students that exhibit civic readiness and engagement; requiring a certain capstone project be included in the Program; authorizing a local school system to participate in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 676 |
| MD | SB204 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Civic Excellence Program that recognizes the civic readiness and civic engagement of public high school students in the State; requiring that a certain capstone project be included in the Program; authorizing a local school ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 677 |
| MD | HB235 | Pass | Altering from 45 to 15 the number of days that a political subdivision has to approve or deny a certain application for financial assistance under the Neighborhood Business Development Program from the Department of Housing and Community Development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 597 |
| MD | SB168 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, in coordination with certain entities, to evaluate the use of blockchain technology for securely recording and verifying real property ownership and leases and to assess its potential for us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 748 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | SB325 | Pass | Requiring the approval of a housing development project application by a local regulatory authority or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be governed only by certain laws and regulations in effect at the time of submission ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 590 |
| 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 | HB548 | Pass | Requiring the approval of a housing development project application by a local regulatory authority or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be governed only by certain laws and regulations in effect at the time of submission ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 |
| MD | SB442 | Pass | Establishing an exemption to the population ratio quota for certain Class A (off-sale) and Class D (off-sale) licenses in Anne Arundel County for an application filed on or after January 1, 2023, and approved by the Board of License Commissioners bef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 859 |
| MD | SB450 | Pass | Authorizing the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections to deny the issuance or renewal of a commercial license or permit in the county if the applicant has unpaid personal property taxes except under certain circumstances; and authorizing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 803 |
| MD | HB810 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, in coordination with certain entities, to evaluate the use of blockchain technology for securely recording and verifying real property ownership and leases and to assess its potential for us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 747 |
| MD | HB854 | Pass | Establishing the Nonpublic Special Education School Renovation Program in the Interagency Commission on School Construction to provide grant funding to certain nonpublic special education schools for certain renovations and improvements to classrooms...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 768 |
| MD | HB929 | Pass | Authorizing the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections to deny the issuance or renewal of a commercial license or permit in the county if the applicant has unpaid personal property taxes except under certain circumstances; and authorizing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 802 |
| MD | SB807 | Pass | Requiring that a holder of a Class 8 farm brewery license engage in certain agritourism activity; altering certain standards and requirements for food service under a Class 8 farm brewery license; providing an exception to a prohibition against issui...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 861 |
| MD | SB805 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of law governing the recapture of certain amounts of the credit against the State income tax for certain individuals with student loan debt to require the recapture of the unused amount of the credit rather than the total ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 755 |
| MD | SB767 | Pass | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City and the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a commercial building that is rented o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 603 |
| MD | SB765 | Pass | Altering eligibility for certain services and programs offered by the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to include certain persons acting on behalf of a deceased homeowner or an heir or a legatee of a deceased homeowner; establishing a Legacy Protection Progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 719 |
| MD | SB802 | Pass | Adding a substitute member to the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County; establishing a certain special event permit that the Board may issue to a holder of a Class 3 winery license or a Class 4 limited winery license; establishing certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 827 |
| MD | SB927 | Pass | Establishing a related event promoter's permit in Baltimore City for the Kappa Alpha Psi 2027 Conclave; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a related event promoter's permit to certain applicants under certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 843 |
| MD | SB891 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for screening for perinatal behavioral health conditions at certain times; requiring the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 636 |
| MD | SB937 | Pass | Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752 |
| MD | HB1148 | Pass | Altering eligibility for certain services and programs offered by the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to include certain persons acting on behalf of a deceased homeowner or an heir or a legatee of a deceased homeowner; establishing a Legacy Protection Progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 718 |
| MD | HB1203 | Pass | Adding a substitute member to the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County; establishing a certain special event permit that the Board may issue to a holder of a Class 3 winery license or a Class 4 limited winery license; establishing certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 828 |
| MD | HB1118 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for screening for perinatal behavioral health conditions at certain times; requiring the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 |
| MD | HB1321 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to identify, inform, and assist Child Care Scholarship Program applicants who qualify for enrollment in publicly funded prekindergarten, Head Start, and Early Head Start subject to certain conditions; requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 |
| MD | HB1330 | Pass | Altering, beginning in taxable year 2027, the homeowners' property tax credit application cycle to be year-round for each taxable year; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 782 |
| MD | HB1526 | Pass | Establishing in Carroll County a Class 1 distillery on-premises consumption permit; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Carroll County to issue the permit to a holder of a Class 1 distillery license; authorizing the holder of a permit ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 836 |
| MD | SB972 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue Class B beer, wine, and liquor licenses for the odd side of the 1000 block of West Baltimore Street and the even side of the 800 block of North Charles Street in the 40th alco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 822 |
| MD | HB753 | Pass | Requiring the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to develop a process to allow a homeowner to designate a family member or another representative of the homeowner to communicate and work with the Ombudsman on the homeowner's behalf; requiring the dwelling of a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 777 |
| MD | HB1096 | Pass | Requiring the collector for each county to include in the written materials sent with each property tax bill a website address or quick-response code for a county government webpage that lists each property tax credit that is available to taxpayers i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 610 |
| MD | HB849 | Pass | Prohibiting a freeze in enrollment in the Child Care Scholarship Program from including certain individuals enrolled in certain governmental support programs, children with siblings enrolled in the Program, and children who are homeless; requiring th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 594 |
| 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 | HB842 | Pass | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling house of a s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 647 |
| 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 | HB1474 | Pass | Repealing certain prohibitions on a transfer to different premises or a conversion to a different class of license that apply to certain alcoholic beverages licenses issued, reissued, or transferred by the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 832 |
| MD | HB998 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a Class 7 micro-brewery license to the holder of a Class B-D-7 license in the 46th alcoholic beverages district, subject to a certain limitation; requiring the Board to establ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 844 |
| 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 | SB378 | Pass | Renaming the Young Readers Matching Grant Program to be the Young Readers Grant Program; altering the purpose and application requirements of the Program; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $450,000 for th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 625 |
| MD | SB642 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a Class 7 micro-brewery license to the holder of a Class B-D-7 license in the 46th alcoholic beverages district, subject to a certain limitation; requiring the Board to establ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 845 |
| MD | SB426 | Veto | Requiring a custodian to deny inspection of certain records pertaining to a divorce proceeding except under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | HB264 | Pass | Limiting the personal information that may be collected, maintained, processed, and retained by units of State government under certain circumstances; requiring certain personal information to be deleted or de-identified under certain circumstances; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| MD | SB10 | Pass | Requiring the State Highway Administration to approve, deny, or return as incomplete an application for the use of a certain speed monitoring system within 120 days after receipt of the application; providing that if the Administration does not appro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 534 |
| MD | HB328 | Pass | Requiring an applicant for appointment as a commissioner of a bicounty commission to submit a certain statement to the Prince George's County Office of Ethics and Accountability; requiring the chief administrative officer for Prince George's County t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 558 |
| MD | HB461 | Pass | Establishing the Rural Readiness Program administered by the Rural Maryland Council to provide assistance to rural communities to enhance their capacity for economic development; requiring priority to be given when making certain grants to entities t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
