Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 226)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1261

Introduced
2/12/26  
Establishing certain child safety and data privacy requirements for certain toys featuring artificial intelligence; requiring an artificial intelligence toy to contain certain labeling; prohibiting the manufacturer of an artificial intelligence toy from using certain data for certain marketing; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1251

Introduced
2/12/26  
Requiring that, on or after October 1, 2027, certain facilities provide patients with certain access to palliative care and inform patients about the availability of palliative care at certain times; requiring the Department of Health to adopt regulations establishing minimum standards for palliative care, including staffing, training and quality assurance requirements; requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide health insurance coverage for certain palliative care; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1252

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study and make recommendations on the availability and affordability of housing in Montgomery County; and requiring the Department to issue two interim reports and its final report of the findings and recommendation by February 1, 2029, to certain entities in Montgomery County and the Montgomery County Delegation to the General Assembly.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1254

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Engrossed
4/13/26  
Establishing the policy of the State to use public school employees to perform functions for public schools in preference to contracting with the private sector; and requiring, under certain conditions, a county board of education that seeks to enter into a service contract to submit to the State Department of Education information to justify the need for the service contract, and to submit a plan of assistance for employees adversely affected by the service contract.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1249

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/21/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/13/26  
Requiring that the requirements for the certification of recovery residences established by a credentialing entity prohibit a certified recovery residence from refusing services to an individual receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder or requiring an individual to cease receiving or modify how the individual receives medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder as a condition to receive services from a certified recovery residence.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1250

Introduced
2/12/26  
Regulating the manner in which a developer designs and creates and an operator makes available to users in the State a chatbot, including establishing safety and privacy protections for users; establishing, an enhanced protection for users who are minors under the age of 13 years; requiring the display of certain warnings when using a chatbot; establishing that a chatbot is considered a product for certain product liability actions; applying certain provisions of the Act to governmental units; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1262

Introduced
2/12/26  
Establishing that a federal law enforcement officer's powers granted under a certain provision of law may be exercised only when the federal law enforcement officer is acting in accordance with State law; prohibiting a law enforcement officer or a law enforcement agency from engaging in racial profiling; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from taking retaliatory punitive action against a law enforcement officer who discloses information concerning racial profiling; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1263

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Establishing the Workgroup on Post-Operative Cosmetic Care to study the regulation of post-operative cosmetic and body-altering services provided by nonphysician practitioners with focus on patient safety, consumer protection, and continuity of care; and requiring the Workgroup to submit its final report of findings and recommendations by December 1, 2027, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1266

Introduced
2/12/26  
Altering the deadline by which a certain law enforcement agency must submit a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit and associated reference standards to a forensic laboratory for analysis.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1267

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Requiring a certain local zoning authority to designate and maintain certain property in a zoning classification that restricts the uses in a certain manner under certain circumstances; requiring the appropriate authority to maintain certain property in a certain zoning classification that restricts the uses in a certain manner under certain circumstances; requiring, prior to any development on certain property, a certain local zoning authority to hold a hearing and make a decision in consultation with certain entities; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1264

Introduced
2/12/26  
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide, subject to the limitations of the State budget and as permitted by federal law, individual and group counseling for the purpose of tobacco cessation; and prohibiting the Program and managed care organizations from requiring prior authorization for any product or service for use in tobacco cessation.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1265

Introduced
2/12/26  
Requiring a candidate to submit a certain oath or statement with the candidate's certificate of candidacy relating to the candidate's truthfulness regarding certain information while campaigning for office; and subjecting a candidate who attests to the oath to certain sanctions for a violation of the oath.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1198

Introduced
2/11/26  
Providing that a debtor may provide certain notice to a creditor and request that the creditor cease debt collection activity relating to a coerced debt; authorizing a debtor, after providing a creditor with certain notice, to bring an action against the creditor seeking certain relief; authorizing a debtor to bring a certain action against a certain individual; and establishing a certain affirmative defense.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1276

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Establishing the Neighborhood Development and Social Connection Program within the West North Avenue Development Authority to provide technical support and grants to certain organizations to implement programs that foster social connections and activities in the West North Avenue Corridor; authorizing the West North Avenue Development Authority, in conjunction with certain entities, to use funds from the Continuing CORE Partnership Fund to assist with the expeditious removal of blighted property within Baltimore City; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1277

Introduced
2/12/26  
Establishing the Maryland Institute for Literacy and Equity organized as a partnership between the University of Maryland, College Park Campus and Morgan State University to serve as a State-funded research and technical assistance center to promote literacy in the State; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations to the University of Maryland, College Park Campus, Morgan State University, and the Institute.