Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 233)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0003

Introduced
1/14/26  
Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; requiring beginning in 2027, the maximum weekly benefit to be 40% of the State average weekly wage; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0004

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/24/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Prohibiting certain charitable organizations, including certain private foundations, from participating in or intervening in a political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate for public office; authorizing the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to order a 2-year revocation of certain tax-exempt statuses if a certain determination is made; requiring the Comptroller and the Director of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to revoke certain tax-exempt statuses under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0001

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Engrossed
2/3/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a uniform policy, to be used by each law enforcement agency, prohibiting the use of a face covering in the performance of duty; requiring the Commission to develop a certain uniform policy requiring the use of worn identification by a law enforcement officer in the course of duty; requiring a law enforcement officer to wear identification while in the performance of duty in the State, with a certain exception; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0005

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/2/26  
Engrossed
2/5/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Proposing a constitutional amendment to require that a special election be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections that are held in the second year of a term to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator in the General Assembly if the vacancy occurs on or before the date that is 55 days before the deadline for filing certificates of candidacy for the regular statewide election that is held in the second year of the term; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0006

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Providing collective bargaining rights to nontenure track faculty of system institutions of higher education, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland whose primary assignments involve academic instruction, including teachers, researchers, and department heads and those in comparable positions; and establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for nontenure track faculty.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0008

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause physical injury, serious emotional distress, or economic damages; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; providing penalties of 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of up $10,000 or both where one victim is involved, and for two or more victims the term of imprisonment is up to 10 years and the fine is up to $15,000 or both; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0012

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to residential rental units in apartment buildings with 10 or more individual dwelling units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2026, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2026, for residential rental units that undergo renovation that includes the replacement or substantial upgrade of electrical systems or heating systems; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0010

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Requiring the State Highway Administration to approve, deny, or return as incomplete an application for the use of a certain speed monitoring system within 120 days after receipt of the application; providing that if the Administration does not approve, deny, or return the application in accordance with the Act, the application is deemed approved; and limiting the number of applications that may be submitted to not more than 10 during any 30-day period.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0013

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Altering certain alcoholic beverages license fee refund requirements to allow for certain members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service to be eligible for a refund of a portion of the license fee; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0007

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/7/26  
Enrolled
4/9/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Repealing the prohibition on awarding the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship after June 30, 2030; and repealing the limitation on renewing the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship if the scholarship recipient received an initial scholarship before June 30, 2030.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0011

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Altering the day that a certain campaign finance report is due to be filed with the State Board of Elections; requiring that a certain campaign finance report cover a certain period of time; altering, from January 1 of the year of the election to July 1 of the year before the election, the earliest date on which the State Board of Elections may begin making distributions from the Fair Campaign Financing Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0028

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/10/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Altering the collective bargaining process for certain State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee certain aspects of collective bargaining, establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse in negotiations between certain parties; requiring that each budget bill submitted by the Governor contain the appropriations necessary to implement all terms and conditions of employment in certain memoranda of understanding for the next ensuing fiscal year; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0029

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/2/26  
Engrossed
2/5/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Altering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and a certain statement about a question on the ballot be written in plain language; requiring certain boards of elections to post the text of ballot measures for at least 90 days before the general election; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0037

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/16/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/9/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Revising provisions related to the disqualification of a program participant from the Maryland Children's Service Animal Program, the Maryland Disability Service Animal Program, or the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program; providing that a nonprofit training entity may disqualify a Program participant if the training entity determines the participant's involvement presents a direct threat to others; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0031

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Requiring each county board of education to submit a student residency and school zones report to the Department of Planning and the Interagency Commission on School Construction by July 1 each year, beginning on July 1, 2026; requiring a county board to consult with certain municipalities and incorporate certain data when developing an education facilities master plan; providing that adequate public facilities ordinances may not delay the processing and completion of site development plans, but may delay construction starts; etc.