Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 15)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB457

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Requiring each institution of higher education that provides on-campus housing to provide, free of charge, menstrual hygiene products in all student health centers at the institution on or before August 1, 2028.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB451

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Report Pass
4/6/26  
Altering the membership and duties of the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council; requiring the Council to submit annual reports of its work and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026, and each year thereafter; and repealing the termination date of the Council.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB527

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction or the Commissioner's designee to remove an incarcerated individual from home detention for violating a condition of the incarcerated individual's placement in home detention.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB526

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Requiring a settling defendant in a tort action for money damages to provide a proposed release to a plaintiff within 10 days and to pay all sums due to a plaintiff under a settlement agreement within 15 days; providing for the protection by a plaintiff of certain third-party rights of recovery or subrogation; and establishing the accrual of interest on settlement sums under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB501

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Altering the penalty for a subsequent conviction of sexual offense by a person in a position of authority; prohibiting a certain person in a position of authority from committing a certain violation involving a child at least 6 years younger than the person in a position of authority; prohibiting a person who has been previously convicted of a certain crime from committing a certain violation; adding sexual offense by a person in a position of authority as a predicate crime for sexual solicitation of a minor; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB491

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from making a certain request for verbal acknowledgement in an interaction with a person suspected to have been subjected to sexually assaultive behavior or who claims to have been subjected to sexually assaultive behavior.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB499

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations for the secure storage and use of voter data from the list of registered voters and specifying procedures and requirements relating to electronic signatures; establishing and altering certain provisions governing the petition process, including provisions regarding the collection and invalidation of signatures, the use of electronic signatures, and attestations by petition circulators; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB572

Introduced
1/28/26  
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 HB459

Introduced
1/23/26  
Establishing the standard of review that the State Board of Education must use when considering an appeal of certain actions taken by a county board of education; and establishing a limit of 90 days on the duration of a stay ordered by the State Superintendent of Schools of a certain action taken by a county board.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB516

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to establish certain procedures for receiving, reviewing, and investigating certain complaints regarding matters under the jurisdiction of the Department; requiring the Department to employ one investigators for each of five regions of the State to investigate complaints; and requiring, beginning fiscal year 2027, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 for the hiring of five investigators.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB498

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
2/23/26  
Engrossed
2/26/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Enrolled
4/7/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Repealing the exemption from the certificate of need requirement for a change in bed capacity for intermediate care facilities that offer substance use disorder treatment services; providing a certificate of need is not required for a change in bed capacity at certain facilities offering certain treatment services if a written notice is filed with the Commission 45 days before the facility's establishment, the facility is consistent with the State Health Plan, will result in more efficient service delivery, and is in the public interest; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB525

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
3/21/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Requiring each county board of education to develop and implement, by the 2027-2028 school year, a policy prohibiting the use of certain electronic communication devices by a student during the academic school day; and prohibiting the policy from restricting the use of an electronic communication device for purposes of accommodations related to a disability, including for any purpose in a student's individual education program, to address a documented health issue, to access language translation tools, or to meet caregiving responsibilities.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB479

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Engrossed
4/13/26  
Requiring the University System of Maryland to develop, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, certain recommendations for a Southern Maryland Early College Teacher Pathway Program and a teacher preparation pathway in a certain manner; establishing the Southern Maryland Early College Teacher Pathway Program Workgroup; requiring, the Governor to include an appropriation of $125,000 in fiscal years 2028 and 2029, to support the Workgroup's recommendations; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB482

Introduced
1/23/26  
Altering certain standards for the drawing of legislative districts; establishing standards for the drawing of congressional districts; establishing the Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Commission as an independent unit of State government to divide the State into certain legislative districts and congressional districts subject to certain requirements and procedures; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB464

Introduced
1/23/26  
Repealing provisions of law relating to no-knock search warrants; providing that a search warrant may not authorize a law enforcement officer to enter a building, apartment, premises, place, or thing to be searched without first giving notice of the officer's authority and purpose; and providing that an officer executing a search warrant, under certain circumstances, may not enter the building, apartment, premises, place, or thing to be searched unless reasonable notice of the officer's authority and purpose is given to any individual inside.