Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 168)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1321

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Requiring the State Department of Education to identify, inform, and assist Child Care Scholarship Program applicants who qualify for enrollment in publicly funded prekindergarten, Head Start, and Early Head Start subject to certain conditions; requiring the process for identifying and assisting eligible applicants whose children qualify for a program to continue as long as the waitlist is in effect; and limiting certain copays for certain individuals under the Program.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1322

Introduced
2/12/26  
Specifying that certain areas on campuses of public institutions of higher education are public forums subject to certain restrictions and requirements; authorizing members of the campus community to engage in certain expressive activity on campus; authorizing the Attorney General or a person aggrieved by a certain violation to bring an action against a public institution of higher education and certain employees; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1291

Introduced
2/12/26  
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt regulations to establish a procedure to provide for the temporary continuation of services and maintain the continuity of care for certain Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients over the age of 65 facing a lapse in services due to an administrative or technical error; prohibiting the Department from altering appeal and hearing rights to accommodate the temporary continuation of services procedures; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1292

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Requiring that standards established by the Maryland Statewide Organization for Child Advocacy Centers require an individual employed by or contracted with a child advocacy center providing mental health services in a child advocacy center to be licensed or certified, if applicable, and provide services within the scope of the license or certification and require each child advocacy center to establish a certain continuity of care plan; authorizing the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to issue certain grants; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1295

Introduced
2/12/26  
Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; and establishing that certain data collected by fully autonomous vehicles is subject to the Online Data Privacy Act.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1294

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/13/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Altering the term "child pornography" to be "child sexual abuse material" for purposes of certain criminal offenses; and defining "computer-generated image" to include images created through the use of artificial intelligence software as the term pertains to provisions of law related to child sexual abuse material.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1325

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/21/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers' compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder; and requiring a licensed certified social worker-clinical to meet certain requirements to perform the evaluation services.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1388

Introduced
2/13/26  
Establishing the rotational harvest pilot program for oysters to be implemented by the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Department to open certain areas of the Chesapeake Bay to the rotational harvest of oysters in certain manners; requiring the Department, before opening an area to oyster harvesting under the pilot program, to survey and investigate the area to collect certain baseline data and, after closing the area, to continue to monitor the area to collect certain additional data; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1391

Introduced
2/13/26  
Clarifying that a motor vehicle may be determined to have failed to pass an emissions equipment and misfueling inspection if the emissions equipment is not present or the vehicle has been misfueled; and providing that a vehicle may be determined to have failed to pass an exhaust emissions test only if the vehicle is not in compliance with an applicable emissions standard.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1392

Introduced
2/13/26  
Authorizing a law enforcement officer to report the use of quotas to the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Office to create and make readily available a certain form; requiring the Office to investigate certain reports within 1 year after the submission of the report; requiring the Office to order a law enforcement agency to cease and desist under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1387

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Altering the minimum commission rate from 10% to 5% of the total premium that the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund is required to pay to a fund producer of a policyholder to whom a policy is issued for private passenger auto insurance; and prohibiting the Fund from paying a commission to a fund producer for a policy written directly by the Fund without the involvement of a fund producer.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1385

Introduced
2/13/26  
Requiring that certain audits and compliance reviews of an artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tool used for utilization review include a certain evaluation by a licensed health care professional; and requiring that the review and revision of the performance, use, and outcomes of an artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tool used for utilization review include a certain human evaluation and use of the findings of the evaluation for a certain purpose.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1386

Introduced
2/13/26  
Prohibiting a certain individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl, the use of which results in the death of or serious bodily injury to another; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other penalty imposed for a certain violation, on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1389

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Enrolled
4/7/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Altering the definition of "abuse" to include female genital mutilation for the purposes of a provision of law requiring certain persons to provide notice of suspected abuse or neglect of a child or make a written report of suspected abuse or neglect of a child; altering the actions regarding female genital mutilation in which a person is prohibited from engaging; increasing the penalties for a violation of certain provisions related to female genital mutilation; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1359

Introduced
2/13/26  
Requiring each law enforcement agency in the State to submit the agency's policy regarding pursuit of fleeing suspects to the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission annually on or before January 1 each year, beginning in 2027; requiring the Commission, in consultation with the Attorney General and certain law enforcement agencies, to submit a certain report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on or before June 1, beginning in 2027; etc.