Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 153)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB966

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring an appeals process established by the State Board of Education not to exceed 90 days for appeals of actions taken by a county board of education for removal of the county superintendent or a member of the county board of education; and authorizing an extension of the appeals process if due process demands the extension or the State Board determines that an extension is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB657

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Establishing the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Grant Program to provide grants to certain individuals with the goal of becoming a real estate appraiser in certain communities; providing the purpose of the Program is to assist in closing appraisal gaps that occur in historically redlined neighborhoods and underrepresented communities; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer the Program.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB654

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Enrolled
4/13/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Increasing the age to 62 at which certain members of the State Police Retirement System are required to retire; increasing the age to 62 at which certain retirees must end participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Program; and authorizing certain individuals, subject to certain limitations and requirements, to elect to extend their participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Program.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB685

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
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 to link to a centralized resource platform, and an after-action review plan; requiring each local school system to adopt a response policy based on the model policy by September 1, 2027, and post in a conspicuous place on its website a link to a certain centralized resource platform; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB970

Introduced
2/6/26  
Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; renaming "renewable energy credits" to be "clean energy credits"; adding energy generated from certain nuclear energy generating stations as a Tier 2 renewable source eligible for inclusion in the clean energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act retroactively.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB695

Introduced
2/6/26  
Prohibiting a person from swiping the driver's license or ID card of an individual except for certain purposes; prohibiting a person that swipes a driver's license or ID card from storing, selling, or sharing the personal information collected except under certain circumstances; authorizing certain persons to use personal information collected through swiping only for certain purposes; authorizing a governmental entity to swipe only for certain purposes; establishing a violation of the Act as an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1005

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Requiring the Department of Human Services, by May 1, 2028, to develop a certain form for the submission of a written report concerning suspected child abuse or neglect for cases in which the victim is currently at least 18 years old; requiring the Department to consult with certain individuals, entities, and the State's Attorney in the process of developing the form; requiring the form to include certain information including, if known, information on whether the accused individual currently has access to children; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB975

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/13/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Enrolled
4/7/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Prohibiting licensed massage therapists, registered massage practitioners, and third parties directed by licensed massage therapists or registered massage practitioners from placing, publishing, or distributing certain advertisements; and requiring that if an advertisement for massage therapy services lists the name of a licensed massage therapist or registered massage practitioner, the name displayed on the advertisement must be consistent with the name of the individual on the Board issued license or registration.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB991

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/21/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Extending from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. rather than 9 p.m. the hours during which a holder of a Class HC (health club) beer and wine license in Harford County may sell alcoholic beverages.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB982

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Engrossed
4/9/26  
Refer
4/10/26  
Altering the definition of a "foster care recipient" to mean an individual who resided in an out-of-home placement on or after the individual's 8th birthday rather than 13th birthday for purposes of determining eligibility for a certain tuition exemption.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB719

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/13/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
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 commingle sewage sludge to reduce the total concentration of regulated PFAS in the final material to levels below 25 parts per billion, subject to certain regulations; establishing certain monitoring protocols; authorizing the establishment of pretreatment standards; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1016

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/21/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Enrolled
4/11/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Applying certain provisions of law establishing that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State to licensed architects employed by certain employers that relocate the majority of its employees outside the State or have its principal place of business outside the State.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB659

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring public and nonpublic primary and secondary schools to adopt certain written student privacy policies and procedures; and requiring nonpublic prekindergarten programs and nonpublic primary and secondary schools to report certain information about certain incidents of alleged discrimination to the State Department of Education annually.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB702

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring the Behavioral Health Administration to adopt regulations authorizing a behavioral health program to relocate to another site.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB680

Introduced
2/6/26  
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.