Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 2)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB213

Introduced
1/14/26  
Providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept an oral communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a fair housing testing program operated by the federal government, the State, a local government, or a nonprofit civil rights organization under certain circumstances; and providing that the contents of an intercepted oral communication may be used only for the purpose of enforcing federal, State, or local fair housing laws.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB277

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Enrolled
4/7/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Altering the grounds on which the Maryland Insurance Commissioner may deny an applicant for registration as or refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke the registration of a third party administrator; and altering the violations for which the Commissioner may impose civil penalties against a third party administrator.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB67

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring a certain Ten Commandments Monument to be placed on the grounds of the Maryland State House; requiring the Commission on Artistic Property to oversee the care and maintenance of the monument; and establishing the Commission on the Ten Commandments Monument.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB212

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to take possession of certain motor vehicle registration cards and registration plates that were issued by another jurisdiction but is being used or displayed on a motor vehicle by a person who has been a resident of the State for more than 60 days; prohibiting a title service agent from selling or offering for sale a motor vehicle registration issued by another jurisdiction to a resident of this State; altering a certain policy of the State; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB283

Introduced
1/14/26  
Establishing the method for calculating the measure of the actual cash value recovery in the settlement of a first-party claim under a residential or commercial property insurance policy issued or renewed on or after October 1, 2026; and requiring an insurer that renews a policy of homeowner's insurance or renter's insurance to notify the insured, in advance of the renewal, of certain differences between the expiring policy and the renewal policy.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB116

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring the reporting of certain procurement contracts and memoranda of understanding entered into by certain public elementary and secondary education systems in the State; and requiring each local school system to make publicly available on the local school system's website certain in-kind services agreements, procurement contracts, and memoranda of understanding.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB272

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/16/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Enrolled
4/13/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Altering the type of toilet that certain food establishments may use to comply with the requirement to provide a convenient lavatory; requiring that the fee for an on-farm food service facility license be determined by the Maryland Department of Health based on certain factors and prohibiting the fee from exceeding $100; establishing a 1-year term for an on-farm service facility license; and requiring the Department, in consultation with other departments and stakeholders, to adopt regulations governing on-farm service facility licenses.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB218

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Altering the date, from November 30 to October 1 each year, by which the Office of the Attorney General must report on certain activities of the Office's Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit and certain activities taken by the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources in response to findings of the Unit.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB207

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring the State Board of Elections to include the option on the certificate of candidacy form for candidates for congressional offices to indicate that, if elected, the candidate and the candidate's spouse will not engage in certain stock trading activities during the candidate's term of office; and requiring the State Board to publish on its website information concerning candidates for congressional offices who make that indication.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB13

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Engrossed
4/13/26  
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a 9-1-1 specialist; and requiring the Department of Emergency Management to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2028, the aggregate amount of the tax credit certificates issued for each preceding taxable year and the number of 9-1-1 specialists employed in the State who have vested under an employee retirement system.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB6

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/23/26  
Engrossed
2/26/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
4/13/26  
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic data from students; requiring community colleges to adopt a certain plan for pregnant and parenting students; requiring the Commission to submit a report, by September 1, 2027, to certain committees of the General Assembly, that summarizes the data collected.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB98

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring a register of wills to allow an installment payment plan for the inheritance tax to be paid by a certain beneficiary of limited means under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations; and applying the Act to all decedents dying on or after July 1, 2026.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB220

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/16/26  
Engrossed
2/20/26  
Refer
2/23/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/9/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Authorizing the installation of individual water submeters, used to determine the actual use of water, for each residential unit in an apartment house and mobile home parks; prohibiting the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house, or mobile home park, or a contractor hired by the owner, operator, or manager, from imposing certain costs on a unit; authorizing the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house or mobile home park to bill an occupant a certain amount under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB199

Introduced
1/14/26  
Conforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other individual for purposes relating to the inheritance of property; establishing evidentiary procedures for determining an individual's death or survival in certain circumstances; providing for liability under the Act in connection with the distribution of disputed assets; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB271

Introduced
1/14/26  
Authorizing the approval of certain contract modifications to State contracts if the modification does not materially change the scope of the work and does not increase the contract by more than a certain amount; altering the definition of "contract modification" for certain State procurements; and requiring a procurement officer to document certain contract modifications.