Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 120)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0240

Introduced
1/15/26  
Establishing the Office of Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council to provide feedback to the Office of Health Care Quality regarding maintaining oversight of health care facilities and to notify the Secretary of Health if the Office is negligent in providing oversight of health care facilities; and requiring the Advisory Council, beginning in 2027, and by December 1 annually, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0241

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Refer
3/9/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Requiring by January 1, 2028, the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to jointly develop and implement certain procedures and a certain electronic transmission process for the restoration of voter registration for individuals released from incarceration at a State correctional facility; requiring the Department to transmit a list that includes the name and certain other information for individuals released from incarceration to the State Board of Elections on a monthly basis; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0243

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Report Pass
2/23/26  
Engrossed
2/26/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
4/7/26  
Applying certain provisions of law regarding priority registration at public institutions of higher education, resources and support at community colleges, senatorial and Delegate scholarships, and preferences in hiring by the Public Service Commission to the spouses of active service members and veterans; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0239

Introduced
1/15/26  
Authorizing a member of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to receive certain service credit on the redeposit of contributions from the Employees' Pension System or the Teachers' Pension System.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0189

Requiring, beginning in the 2028-2029 school year, each public middle school and each public high school to begin instruction not earlier than 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively, unless granted a waiver by the State Board of Education under certain circumstances; and requiring each county board of education and each public charter school to implement a certain public service campaign to raise awareness of sleep deprivation and later school start times.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0190

Requiring each county to adopt a charter by December 31, 2032, using a certain procedure; altering the method by which a county shall adopt a charter under certain circumstances; requiring the charter to provide for the election of members of the county council by the voters of councilmanic districts; limiting the applicability of certain constitutional provisions governing code home rule counties; and requiring the amendment proposed by the Act be submitted to the qualified voters of the State for approval or rejection.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0191

Prohibiting a merchant, in a certain transaction, from prohibiting a person from making a cash payment to purchase an essential consumer good, requiring a person to purchase an essential consumer good by using a credit or debit card, or charging or collecting from a person a higher price than for an equivalent cashless transaction for making a cash payment for the purchase of an essential consumer good, subject to certain exceptions; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0197

Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State and sales of firearms to residents of the State; requiring the Comptroller to distribute a portion of the tax revenues to the Maryland Violence Intervention Program, the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention, the Coordinated Community Supports Partnership, the Survivors of Homicide Victims Program, the Trauma Physician Services Fund, and the Cowley Shock Trauma Center; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0198

Requiring law enforcement agencies to notify the State's Attorney if a student is a suspect in an investigation of certain offenses and if the student no longer is a suspect; authorizing the State's Attorney to notify the local superintendent or the superintendent's designee if the student is a suspect in an investigation of certain offenses; and requiring the State's Attorney to notify the local superintendent or the superintendent's designee if a student is no longer a suspect in certain investigations.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0183

Repealing the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0184

Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause physical injury, serious emotional distress, or economic damages; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; providing penalties of 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of up to $10,000 or both where one victim is involved, and for two or more victims the term of imprisonment is up to 10 years and the fine is up to $15,000 or both; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0185

Adding to the circumstances under which an individual who creates a trust for the benefit of the individual's spouse may not be considered the settlor of the trust with regard to the individual's interest in the trust.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0187

Authorizing the expungement of a disposition under a certain provision of law if the disposition was included in a case that was disposed of by the court with a no finding designation or designated by the court as having been terminated without finding.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0188

Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; requiring, beginning in 2027, the maximum weekly benefit to be 40% of the state average weekly wage; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0194

Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in consultation with the Department of Labor to develop an Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Pilot Program to provide incarcerated individuals at the Baltimore City Correctional Center the opportunity to serve as paid apprentices in an agency or a unit of State or local government or with a private entity; and requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2029, on the implementation of the Program.