Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 2)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB1

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Engrossed
2/3/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a uniform policy, to be used by each law enforcement agency, prohibiting the use of a face covering in the performance of duty; requiring the Commission to develop a certain uniform policy requiring the use of worn identification by a law enforcement officer in the course of duty; requiring a law enforcement officer to wear identification while in the performance of duty in the State, with a certain exception; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB100

Introduced
1/14/26  
Expanding the eligibility for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program to an applicant who is or was eligible for the Chapter 35 Survivors' Dependents' Educational Assistance benefit as determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and authorizing certain methods for verifying eligibility of these individuals for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB9

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Establishing, beginning in calendar year 2026, November 11 as a tax-free day each year during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for sales to certain veterans if the taxable price of the item for sale is less than $2,000; authorizing the Comptroller, in the Comptroller's sole discretion, to suspend the tax-free day; and requiring an individual, in order to qualify for the exemption, to provide to the vendor evidence of eligibility for the exemption.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB22

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
4/7/26  
Enrolled
4/9/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Requiring the Department of Disabilities to establish affordable and accessible housing programs; authorizing the Department to establish one or more affiliated foundations to work with certain programs and units of the Department to solicit and accept funds, partner with individuals and entities, and promote certain activities that support certain projects; prohibiting an affiliated foundation from influencing certain determinations made by the Department; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB160

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/13/26  
Refer
3/17/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Enrolled
4/7/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Requiring a certain licensed firearms dealer to notify the Secretary of State Police within 24 hours after discovering certain crimes have occurred or certain security features have been compromised; providing a civil penalty of up to $250 for a first violation of the Act and up to $1,000 for a second or subsequent violations; and providing that the license of a person who knowingly and willfully violates the Act may be suspended or revoked.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB157

Introduced
1/14/26  
Establishing competitive proof of concept procurements as an authorized procurement method; providing that a competitive proof of concept procurement may have multiple phases of evaluation; requiring a unit of State government to obtain the approval of the Chief Procurement Officer or a designee before conducting a certain competitive proof of concept procurement; altering the required contents of a competitive proof of concept procurement solicitation; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB217

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim May as Maryland Native Plant Month in recognition of the benefits that native plants have on Maryland's natural environment; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and environmental organizations and businesses to observe Maryland Native Plant Month properly.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB127

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring, on or before November 30, 2026, the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study and make recommendations on reducing food deserts in Baltimore County and submit its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and Environment, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Environment and Transportation Committee.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB214

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring institutions of higher education to develop and implement an academic forgiveness policy on or before August 1, 2026, that applies to applicants who earned unsatisfactory or failing grades at a prior institution of higher education under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB269

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Enrolled
4/8/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts or another body designated by the Supreme Court of Maryland to administer and implement certain provisions of law relating to financial disclosure statements for State officials of the Judicial Branch and candidates to be a State official of the Judicial Branch and maintain and make available to the public the records and statements of State officials of the Judicial Branch and candidates to be a State official of the Judicial Branch; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB105

Introduced
1/14/26  
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiting a deduction of diminution credits of more than 10% of an incarcerated individual's aggregate sentence for crimes of violence for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB106

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Engrossed
4/6/26  
Refer
4/7/26  
Providing collective bargaining rights to nontenure track faculty of system institutions of higher education, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland whose primary assignments involve academic instruction, including teachers, researchers, and department heads and those in comparable positions; and establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for nontenure track faculty.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB32

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/3/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Extending from 30 to 90 days the period of time before applying for a license to participate in a boxing, kick boxing, wrestling, or mixed martial arts contest and before participating in the contest during which certain blood testing may be conducted for purposes of submission of the results to the State Athletic Commission.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB179

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring the Department of Commerce to create and maintain a complaint portal for reporting when a governmental unit takes longer than 60 days to process an application for a license, form, certificate, certification, permit, or registration for a business or nonprofit organization; and requiring the Department, by September 15, 2026, and each September 15 thereafter, to submit an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the complaints filed through the portal.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB100

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/9/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Enrolled
4/7/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Requiring buses operating on fixed local routes funded by a county or municipal corporation and operated by the county or municipal corporation or a contractor for the county or municipal corporation to allow passengers to embark and disembark at the entrance of early voting centers located within one-half mile of the route.