Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 236)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0129

Introduced
1/14/26  
Authorizing a police officer to arrest a certain person without a warrant if the police officer has probable cause to believe that the person battered another person with whom the person has had a sexual relationship within the past year; and altering the definition of "victim of domestic violence" in provisions relating to a certain domestic violence program to include an individual who has received certain injuries from another individual with whom the individual has had a sexual relationship within the past year.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0127

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring, on or before November 30, 2026, the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study and make recommendations on reducing food deserts in Baltimore County and submit its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and Environment, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Environment and Transportation Committee.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0128

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Enrolled
4/8/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Providing for command and control of State active duty personnel during mobilizations of the Maryland National Guard.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0119

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/16/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/3/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Continuing the State Board of Environmental Health Specialists, in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law), by extending to July 1, 2032, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0124

Introduced
1/14/26  
Prohibiting a person from offering for sale in the State a gene structure- or function-modifying product unless the product is labeled in a prominent and conspicuous manner with the words "gene structure- or function-modifying product" and all potential risks, side effects, adverse effects, and other reasonably possible effects that the product may have; and establishing penalties for a violation of the Act.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0140

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Refer
3/13/26  
Report Pass
4/6/26  
Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, or isolation; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; imposing certain penalties based on the aggregate value of the government benefits involved in the violation; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0141

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/2/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to publicly communicate correct information; prohibiting a person from knowingly or with reckless disregard creating, using, or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0136

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/16/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Enrolled
4/8/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Applying certain provisions of law governing collective bargaining for State employees to police officers of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission who, in an official capacity, are authorized to make arrests and who are not supervisory, managerial, or confidential employees.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0138

Introduced
1/14/26  
Authorizing the introduction of evidence that a certain defendant was the victim of domestic violence and that the domestic violence was a significant contributing factor to the commission of a certain crime as a mitigating factor at sentencing of the defendant or a hearing on a motion for modification or reduction of a sentence; and establishing related procedures.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0134

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/3/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Requiring a carrier that issues Medicare supplement policies to issue a Medicare supplement policy to an individual who meets certain criteria during certain special enrollment periods.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0133

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/3/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Continuing the State Board of Barbers, the State Board of Cosmetologists, the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors, the State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors, and the State Board of Individual Tax Preparers in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2032, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the boards and commission; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0139

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/3/26  
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 Senate Bill SB0137

Introduced
1/14/26  
Altering exemptions from the personal property tax for business personal property that has a total original cost below $20,000 by repealing provisions of law that prohibit the State Department of Assessments and Taxation from collecting information or requiring the submission of a personal property tax return from certain businesses that qualify for the exemptions; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0135

Introduced
1/14/26  
Designating the megalodon (Otodus megalodon) as the State shark.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0143

Introduced
1/14/26  
Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; repealing certain provisions of law that authorized contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc.