Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 217)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1022

Introduced
2/9/26  
Refer
2/9/26  
Prohibiting manufacturers from selling, offering for sale, distributing, or distributing for sale in the State, certain products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals on or after certain dates; establishing registration requirements for certain products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals; providing for the testing of certain products to determine compliance with the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1027

Introduced
2/9/26  
Requiring the State Board of Elections to select, certify, and acquire a telephone voting system for absentee voting by voters who have attested to having a print disability; defining "print disability" as a condition that prevents or inhibits an individual from reading, holding, or processing standard printed materials in an original format; providing for the eligibility of a voter to use the telephone voting system; requiring the State Board to place certain voters on the telephone voting system list; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1028

Introduced
2/9/26  
Refer
2/9/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Engrossed
4/10/26  
Increasing the annual compensation of the president and voting members of the Caroline County Board of Education from $4,000 and $3,500 to $6,000 and $5,500, respectively.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1023

Introduced
2/9/26  
Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, distribution, and manufacture in the State of lab-grown meat for human consumption; and establishing a civil penalty of $5,000 for a violation of the Act.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1032

Introduced
2/9/26  
Requiring public and nonpublic primary and secondary schools to adopt certain written student privacy policies and procedures; requiring nonpublic prekindergarten programs and nonpublic primary and secondary schools, beginning September 1, 2027, to report the number of incidents of alleged discrimination to the State Department of Education annually; and requiring, beginning December 31, 2027, the submission of an annual report discussing relevant findings and trends for the immediately preceding reporting period.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1033

Introduced
2/9/26  
Establishing the Maryland Chamber of Commerce Grant Program in the Department of Social and Economic Mobility to provide grants for membership subsidies for underrepresented individuals and inter-chamber events; specifying certain application requirements for the Program; requiring Program applicants to meet certain eligibility requirements; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $100,000 for the Program.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1039

Introduced
2/9/26  
Requiring, on or before January 1 each year, each county board of education to provide certain information to the parent or legal guardian of a student who attends a failing school; requiring that a failing school continue to be designated as a failing school until certain conditions are met; requiring that a student who is attending a failing school be provided the opportunity to attend an alternative school; establishing the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1040

Introduced
2/9/26  
Requiring that money in the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund be allocated in certain amounts in fiscal years 2028 through 2032 to certain programs that reduce the impact of climate change.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1037

Introduced
2/9/26  
Refer
2/9/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct a study and make recommendations on the potential scope, structure and implementation of Commission oversight of broadband service and voice over Internet protocol service; and requiring the Commission to report by December 31, 2026, its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment, the House Environment and Transportation Committee, and the General Assembly.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1038

Introduced
2/9/26  
Repealing a requirement that, before a certain date each year, a dog owner or keeper must apply for a license from a certain county employee; and repealing a requirement that a certain county employee issue a tag to a dog owner or keeper.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1034

Introduced
2/9/26  
Refer
2/9/26  
Report Pass
3/21/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Requiring a child care providers in registered family child care homes and registered large family child care homes and licensees and staff of a child care center to complete training on the detection and reporting of child abuse at certain intervals.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1042

Introduced
2/9/26  
Refer
2/9/26  
Report Pass
3/13/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Clarifying that it is the intent of the General Assembly regarding the development and offering of structural racism training that applicants for the renewal of a health occupations license are required to take be developed and offered at no cost to the State using funding from certain external sources.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1043

Introduced
2/9/26  
Authorizing a public high school to allow certain homeschool students to participate in athletic activities sponsored by the school under certain circumstances; authorizing certain homeschool students to participate in an athletic activity sponsored by certain public high schools, subject to certain requirements; and requiring that certain liability insurance cover certain homeschool students under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1035

Introduced
2/9/26  
Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain overtime compensation; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, but before January 1, 2029.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1036

Introduced
2/9/26  
Requiring the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General to investigate the death of a person that occurs in connection with an interaction with federal law enforcement or federal immigration enforcement; requiring the Division to submit a certain report to the Governor and the General Assembly after conducting the investigation; and requiring the Attorney General to prosecute a certain case under certain circumstances.