Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 3)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB140

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Refer
3/13/26  
Report Pass
4/6/26  
Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, or isolation; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; and imposing certain penalties based on the aggregate value of the government benefits involved in the violation; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB237

Introduced
1/14/26  
Prohibiting a lender from accepting a tip from a consumer or giving a consumer the option to provide a tip; altering the timeline for certain refunds; subjecting certain earned wage access providers and loan lenders to certain consumer loan requirements; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB44

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Engrossed
4/13/26  
Altering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and a certain statement about a question on the ballot be written in plain language; requiring certain boards of elections to post the text of ballot measures for at least 90 days before the general election; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB31

Introduced
1/14/26  
Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at any time before a hearing is held by the hearing board for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB87

Introduced
1/14/26  
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain costs paid or incurred by an individual for certain energy efficient home improvements made to the individual's residence during the taxable year, subject to certain limitations; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB80

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Enrolled
4/7/26  
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 House Bill HB47

Introduced
1/14/26  
Establishing the Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names to develop and implement a framework to identify real property owned by the State or a political subdivision that bears a Confederate name; and requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding the real property that should be renamed and report its findings to the Governor, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, the governing body of each county, and the General Assembly by October 1, 2033.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB212

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher education in the State.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB46

Introduced
1/14/26  
Establishing the Gambling Prevention Technology Pilot Program in the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission; requiring Bowie State University and Morgan State University to participate in the Pilot Program; requiring the Commission, in collaboration with certain entities, to designate certain no gambling zones on each campus, develop certain informational signage, and identify and implement certain technologies; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on the Pilot Program on or before January 1, 2031.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB297

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/11/26  
Engrossed
3/13/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/10/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Establishing the MDiplomaWorks pathway as an alternative method of earning a high school diploma in the State; providing the MDiplomaWorks pathway is a method to recognize and certify high school diploma achievement through demonstrated academic and career competencies, including workforce experience; and requiring, in calendar years 2027 and 2028, the Department of Labor to publish on its website information on the MDiplomaWorks pathway to inform potentially eligible applicants.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB248

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/9/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Repealing the requirement that the photograph included on an identification card, a driver's license, or a moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration be in color.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB59

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring certain expedited proceedings in a wrongful detainer action if the property that is the subject of the action is, at the time of the complaint, advertised or listed for sale or lease by the complainant and requiring that notice of a hearing or appeal be served in person or, under certain circumstances, posted conspicuously on the property; requiring the District Court or the circuit court to issue a warrant within 24 hours if the court rules in favor of the complainant in an expedited wrongful detainer action; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB117

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring each county board of education to establish a policy to obtain at least one airway clearing device per school and to authorize school nurses and other school personnel to use an airway clearing device in certain emergency situations; and requiring the State Department of Education to develop and disseminate a form for public schools to report each incident requiring the use of an airway clearing device.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB24

Introduced
1/14/26  
Authorizing each county board of education to use a chaplain as a volunteer aide in schools to provide support services to students.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB255

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Enrolled
4/8/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Altering the stated purpose of the Pamela J. Kelly Tree-Mendous Maryland Program to include the promotion of community participation in tree planting and stewardship and the planting and maintenance of native trees and shrubs through community forestry activities.