Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 111)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB622

Introduced
2/5/26  
Requiring the use of the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund for providing loans and grants for building electrification and transportation electrification.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB625

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
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 biochar or wood vault technologies by January 1, 2028.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB915

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/21/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Establishing the Workgroup on Aging Out of Foster Care to identify the types of resources available for youth who have aged out of foster care to help them achieve self-sufficiency, determine the effectiveness of currently available resources and identify the challenges with current services and programs offered before a youth ages out of the system; and requiring the Workgroup to submit a report of its findings and recommendations by June 1, 2027, to the General Assembly.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB924

Introduced
2/5/26  
Prohibiting certain conduct relating to child exploitation material; establishing a civil action for a certain violation of the Act; authorizing the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions of the Act; defining "computer-generated image" in certain provisions relating to crimes involving child pornography to include an image created through the use of artificial intelligence software; and increasing from 16 to 18 the requisite age of a child considered to be a victim of certain child pornography crimes.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB590

Introduced
2/5/26  
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in collaboration with the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, the Department of Transportation, and the Maryland Energy Administration, and in coordination with certain entities and persons, to complete a study and develop a report evaluating the potential design and implications of implementing an economy-wide cap-and-invest program that will help the State achieve certain emissions reductions and provide a sustainable funding source for certain initiatives.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB950

Introduced
2/5/26  
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 purchase or condemnation, convert its street lighting service to a customer-owned street lighting tariff, enter into an agreement to purchase electricity, and contract with an electric company for the maintenance of the street lighting equipment; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB632

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Establishing the Office of State Elected Officials Information Privacy in the Department of Legislative Services; authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the protected individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or that the governmental entity or person remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB927

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/21/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/10/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
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 the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB619

Introduced
2/5/26  
Establishing requirements for the cleaning and sanitization of certain solid waste containers; requiring the owner of a solid waste container to contract with a professional cleaning service to clean and sanitize the container at least once per month and maintain documentation of each cleaning and sanitization service rendered; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB596

Introduced
2/5/26  
Exempting certain large load customers from requirements to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a certain process for large load customers to interconnect to the electric system; establishing requirements for a large load customer to interconnect to the electric system and contract for service; authorizing certain large load customers to receive certain prioritization; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB618

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/23/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Authorizing the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics to exempt a member of the General Assembly, a filed candidate for election to the General Assembly, or a member-elect of the General Assembly from the prohibition against receiving earned income from an executive unit or political subdivision of the State under certain circumstances; and requiring the Committee to issue an opinion to provide guidance to the members of the Maryland General Assembly on compliance with the Act.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB616

Introduced
2/5/26  
Establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller; requiring by January 31 each year, a business entity that acted as a data broker during the previous calendar year to submit a certain form to the Comptroller and pay a fee determined by the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to make the information submitted by business entities publicly available on the Office's website; requiring the Comptroller to report certain information to the General Assembly by December 31 annually; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB957

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/21/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Enrolled
4/8/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
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 years; requiring the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology to annually review and, if necessary, update the State minimum cybersecurity standards; requiring the Department to advise local school systems on certain functions; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB613

Introduced
2/5/26  
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 land every 2 weeks until the Department determines that the Palmer amaranth has been eradicated.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB900

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Exempting an applicant for a senatorial scholarship from certain examination requirements if the applicant is registered for or is planning to complete the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria of the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Program; and authorizing the use of senatorial and Delegate scholarships for applicants who plan to complete the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria of the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Program for expenses to register for the Program.