Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 212)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0958

Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from adopting or enforcing a regulation or order that prohibits a public service company from offering a discount or payment plan for the connection or extension of a natural gas line to a customer's property.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0952

Requiring certain operators of companion chatbots to establish, maintain, and publish certain protocols and provide certain information to users of the companion chatbot; requiring operators to establish enhanced measures for minor users of companion chatbots; limiting the amount and type of data an operator may collect; requiring an operator to establish and maintain a complaint system; requiring the Office of Suicide Prevention to annually publish certain data compiled from operators; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0953

Authorizing the Governor, unless the transfer would result in an Account balance below 5% of the General Fund revenues for the fiscal year and subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works, to transfer funds from the Revenue Stabilization Account to the State Disaster Recovery Fund.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0959

Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish Gwynns Falls State Park as a partnership park between the Department and Baltimore City; altering the authorized uses of a certain part of the Park System Capital Improvements and Acquisition Fund; prohibiting the Department from charging an entrance fee to the State Park; requiring the Governor to include in the budget bill for fiscal year 2028 $2,8880,354 for the establishment of the Park and an additional appropriation of $280,000 for the hiring of a certain consultant; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0946

Requiring the Governor's Appointments Office to report to the General Assembly beginning December 1, 2026, and each December 1 thereafter, certain demographic information regarding applicants and nominees for judicial office.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0947

Altering the Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program to include the Blue Catfish Gill Net Program and any other program the Department of Natural Resources considers effective in curbing the spread of the blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries; and requiring the Department to report by December 1 each year beginning in 2026, to certain committees of the General Assembly on the activities of the Pilot Program during the immediately preceding year, including findings and recommendations related to the Program.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0937

Establishing the Workgroup to Study Youth Camp and RV Park Emergency Preparedness; requiring the Workgroup to study model local emergency preparedness policies in the State for youth camps and RV parks; and requiring the Workgroup to make recommendations regarding potential legislation to address statewide emergency preparedness polices for youth camps and RV parks and report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0967

Prohibiting an electric company from collecting certain environmental surcharges or fees under certain circumstances; and requiring the Public Service Commission, by October 1, 2027, and each October 1 thereafter, to make a certain calculation each year related to the change in residential electric bills relative to inflation.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0968

Increasing, from $100 to $250, the fee that a person required to submit a filing in accordance with a certain exemption is required to pay; and increasing, from $100 to $250, the fee that a person required to submit a notice of offer or sale of certain federal covered securities is required to pay.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0965

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; requiring the Advisory Council, beginning January 1, 2027, to hold a virtual public meeting once every 6 months; and requiring a summary of each public meeting to be published on the Council's website within 30 days of the meeting.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0960

Establishing the Federal Employee to Entrepreneur Program in the Department of Commerce to provide former or transitioning federal employees with the training, tools, and mentorship necessary for successfully transitioning to entrepreneurship; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $400,000 for the Program.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0966

Requiring an appeals process established by the State Board of Education not to exceed 90 days for appeals of actions taken by a county board of education for removal of the county superintendent or a member of the county board of education; and authorizing an extension of the appeals process if due process demands the extension or the State Board determines that an extension is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0961

Requiring the State Department of Education to include athletic officials in certain policies and in a certain program to provide awareness on a certain concussion protocol for certain public school and youth sports programs; establishing that certain individuals may remove a student from play and prevent a student from returning to play under certain circumstances; and authorizing a person to bring a certain action for declaratory relief to enforce certain provisions of law.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0962

Authorizing the governing body of a county to establish a system of public campaign financing for elected members of the county board of education.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB0964

Repealing the requirements that the Baltimore City centralized booking facility provide a ballot drop box to eligible voters; repealing the requirement that each local board of elections designate locations in the county at which ballot drop boxes will be placed; repealing provisions of law governing permanent absentee ballot status; repealing the authority to conduct special elections by mail; etc.