Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 191)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB391

Introduced
1/28/26  
Exempting a lease of county property for a term of 5 years or less and with an annual rent of not greater than $750 made by Dorchester County from certain notice requirements.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB612

Introduced
1/28/26  
Requiring the Director of Education and Workforce Skills Training for Correctional Institutions to consult with the State Correctional Ombudsman about the operation of education and workforce skills training programs in adult correctional institutions; establishing the Certified Peer Recovery Specialist Training Program for Incarcerated Individuals in the Maryland Department of Labor; and authorizing the Governor in fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter to provide sufficient funding for the program in the annual budget bill.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB590

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Enrolled
4/13/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Altering the name of the Howard County Agricultural Land Preservation Fund to be the Howard County Agricultural Preservation and Innovation Fund; and specifying that certain transfer tax proceeds that are distributed to the Fund are to be used to support the Agricultural Land Preservation Program and other programs, services, or initiatives to enhance the commercial viability or environmental sustainability of agriculture in the County.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB595

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/8/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Altering eligibility for a credit against the State income tax for physician preceptors by repealing a requirement that a student in a physician preceptorship program be enrolled in a medical school or medical training program in the State and reducing the required number of hours for a preceptor rotation for community-based clinical training; limiting to $100,000 the excess amount of tax credit certificates the Department may carry forward; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB591

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/13/26  
Prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, shoulder, median divide, or intersection determined by the county or a municipal corporation in the county in certain manners to be inherently dangerous; and prohibiting a police officer from issuing a citation for a violation of the Act unless appropriate signs have been installed.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB396

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Increasing the minimum and maximum salary amounts for the chief inspector employed by the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB592

Introduced
1/28/26  
Establishing the Task Force to Study Forced Infant Separation From Incarcerated Individuals to study and make recommendations regarding methods to reduce forced infant separation in the State and facilitate bonds between postpartum incarcerated individuals and their children; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2027.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB560

Introduced
1/28/26  
Repealing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain sales of certain personal property for use at certain qualified data centers under certain circumstances; and repealing the authorization for a governing body of a county or municipal corporation to reduce or eliminate the assessment of certain personal property used in certain qualified data centers.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB578

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Refer
3/13/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/9/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to review and, if warranted, update regulations related to the Irreplaceable Natural Areas Program by July 1, 2033, and at least every 10 years thereafter; requiring the Secretary to delist an endangered or threatened species under certain circumstances; authorizing the Secretary to adopt management protocols for designated essential habitats; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to promulgate regulations authorizing the taking of black vultures under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB599

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/23/26  
Engrossed
2/26/26  
Requiring that hospitals, to qualify for a license on or after October 1, 2026, qualify as a nonprofit organization under federal law and be registered as a nonprofit organization with the State; requiring hospitals that receive licensure on or after October 1, 2026, to maintain status as a nonprofit organization as a condition of licensure; and providing that, on or after October 1, 2026, the ownership of a licensed hospital may be transferred only to a nonprofit organization.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB414

Introduced
1/29/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Establishing a consumption-only nonprofit swim club license in Anne Arundel County which authorizes the license holder to allow members of the swim club and their guests to bring beer, wine, and liquor onto the licensed premises for on-premises consumption during designated events; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County to issue the license to a nonprofit swim club in Anne Arundel County; and providing for an annual license fee of $100.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB419

Introduced
1/29/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Report Pass
2/16/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/3/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Authorizing an individual registered by the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners to practice massage therapy in the State to continue to practice massage therapy beyond October 31, 2026; altering the requirements an individual must meet to qualify for a massage therapy license; repealing obsolete qualifications for registered massage practitioners; repealing the requirement that the imposition of a certain administrative penalty be subject to certain hearing requirements; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB412

Introduced
1/29/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Report Pass
3/23/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Enrolled
4/9/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Repealing the requirement that a forensic review board provide notice to certain individuals within a certain time period after issuing a recommendation; establishing the Community Forensic Aftercare Program in the Maryland Department of Health to monitor committed persons on conditional release and individuals with mental illness or an intellectual disability who are required to be monitored; prohibiting a court from issuing an order that authorizes or requires a Community Forensic Aftercare Program to make certain clinical decisions; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB409

Introduced
1/29/26  
Increasing the compensation of the president, vice president, and other members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to be $25,000, $24,000, and $23,000, respectively; and increasing the scholarship award to $23,000 for a student member of the board who completes a full term on the board for a term that begins on or after July 1, 2029.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB421

Introduced
1/29/26  
Prohibiting an institution of higher education from denying access or services to a student based on the student's diagnosis of sickle cell disease; requiring an institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations for students with sickle cell disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop an education and awareness campaign for institutions of higher education in the State regarding students with sickle cell disease; etc.