Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 83)
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB665
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
1/30/26
Applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; requiring certain research facilities and testing facilities to submit to the Department of Agriculture certain information regarding dogs and cats on or before January 31 each year; and requiring a school or an institution of higher education that uses animals for certain purposes to submit a report on the results of certain inspections to the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB423
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
3/16/26
Engrossed
3/19/26
Refer
3/20/26
Report Pass
4/8/26
Enrolled
4/13/26
Chaptered
4/28/26
Passed
4/28/26
Prohibiting a research facility or a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes; prohibiting a research facility or testing facility from performing devocalization procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB624
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
1/30/26
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
Passed
4/28/26
Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to comply with certain staffing standards to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring each staffing committee to develop a staffing plan; requiring the chief nursing executive of each hospital to produce a draft clinical staffing plan and submit it to the clinical staffing committee of the hospital; requiring, beginning in 2028, by July 1 each year, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB644
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
1/30/26
Altering the application requirements for a certain property tax exemption for a dwelling house owned by the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB659
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
1/30/26
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include, as a member, an early childhood development professional with extensive experience in the operations of a child care business and early childhood curriculum and development; and requiring the Governor to appoint the early childhood development member, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of three qualified individuals submitted from the Office of Child Care Advisory Council.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB630
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
1/30/26
Prohibiting a person from operating an immigration detention facility at a building, structure, or facility that was not originally designed and constructed for the purpose of housing or detaining individuals.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB422
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
1/30/26
Applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; requiring certain research facilities and testing facilities to submit to the Department of Agriculture certain information regarding dogs and cats on or before January 31 each year; and requiring a school or an institution of higher education that uses animals for certain purposes to submit a report on the results of certain inspections to the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB427
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
1/30/26
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of personal property consisting of all the personal property of certain qualified data centers and set a special personal property tax rate for the subclass; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB432
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
1/30/26
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds certain entities accountable for tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; authorizing the Attorney General to hire outside counsel to assist with an action under the Act if the Attorney General makes a certain determination; establishing the Climate Crimes Accountability Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB661
Introduced
1/30/26
Refer
1/30/26
Report Pass
3/21/26
Engrossed
3/23/26
Refer
3/23/26
Report Pass
4/6/26
Enrolled
4/10/26
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of January as Muslim American Heritage month and the month of May as Jewish American Heritage month; and requiring the proclamations to urge certain organizations to observe the months with certain programs and activities.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB701
Introduced
2/2/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
4/8/26
Engrossed
4/9/26
Refer
4/10/26
Refer
4/13/26
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources in coordination with the Department of the Environment to identify certain vernal pools in the State; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to create and maintain a certain list of vernal pools in the State in a certain manner; and requiring the Department of the Environment to designate staff to receive training in vernal pool identification and to notify the Department of Natural Resources under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB675
Introduced
2/2/26
Refer
2/2/26
Requiring local law enforcement agencies in the State that operate a correctional facility to enter into an immigration enforcement agreement by January 1, 2027; and establishing penalties for local law enforcement agencies that fail to comply with the requirements of this Act.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB671
Introduced
2/2/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
3/18/26
Engrossed
3/18/26
Refer
3/19/26
Report Pass
4/6/26
Enrolled
4/9/26
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill, for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, a minimum appropriation for the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman from certain money remitted by managed care organizations and, under certain circumstances, general funds.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB471
Introduced
2/2/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
3/16/26
Engrossed
3/19/26
Refer
3/20/26
Providing that the maximum annual salary of the clerks of the circuit courts and the registers of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect on the day before the clerk or the register begins a new term of office; and repealing as obsolete a certain minimum salary requirement for the register of wills for Baltimore City.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB694
Introduced
2/2/26
Refer
2/2/26
Report Pass
4/9/26
Engrossed
4/9/26
Refer
4/10/26
Requiring the Office of the Comptroller, by December 1, 2026, to study and report to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding certain matters related to an addition modification under the Maryland income tax for certain income exempt from federal tax by federal law or treaty but not State tax.