Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 24)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0462

Introduced
2/2/26  
Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0454

Introduced
2/2/26  
Repealing a certain provision of law relating to a certain school police officer's authorization to carry a firearm under certain circumstances; and requiring a school resource officer to carry a firearm while present on the premises of the school to which the officer is assigned.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0476

Introduced
2/2/26  
Altering the membership, duties, and reporting requirements for the Maryland Reparations Commission.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0477

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Altering the period from 5 to 12 years that a licensed real estate appraiser must retain certain records; establishing a statute of limitations for certain civil actions against a person for certain real estate appraisal-related actions; extending the statute of limitation for certain civil actions for an alleged discriminatory housing practice related to the appraisal of residential real property; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0475

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/23/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
4/6/26  
Providing that the creative expression of a criminal defendant or juvenile respondent is not admissible against the defendant or respondent unless the court makes certain findings, subject to a certain exception; and providing that the Act does not preclude the admission of a creative expression in juvenile cases for the purposes of evaluating, recommending, or ordering referral to mental health services or diversion programs.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0473

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Refer
3/13/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Enrolled
4/8/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Requiring an applicant for certain for-hire driver's licenses to submit to the Public Service Commission documentation verifying that the applicant completed a certain human trafficking awareness training program; and prohibiting licensed taxicab drivers, for-hire drivers, or transportation network operators and applicants for a transportation network operator's license from being held civilly or criminally liable for reporting or responding to in good faith a suspected incident of human trafficking.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0491

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/10/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Authorizing certain members and former members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System assigned as helicopter pilots in a State law enforcement aviation unit to receive credit for certain military service if the member receives military service credit in another retirement system; and prohibiting an individual from receiving credit more than one time.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0492

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Refer
3/13/26  
Report Pass
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/3/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Prohibiting licensed massage therapists, registered massage practitioners, and third parties directed by licensed massage therapists or registered massage practitioners from placing, publishing, or distributing certain advertisements; and requiring that if an advertisement for massage therapy lists the name of a licensed massage therapist or a registered massage practitioner, the name displayed on the advertisement must be consistent with the name of the individual that is on the Board issued license or registration.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0493

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Enrolled
4/8/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Prohibiting certain facilities from involuntarily transferring or discharging a resident to certain housing or before receiving certain confirmations; altering the information required to be included in a certain notice or new notice; requiring that a certain notice or new notice be provided to certain residents at least a certain period of time before an involuntary discharge or transfer; establishing time requirements that apply to the discharge or transfer of a resident if a new notice of involuntary discharge or transfer is provided; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0494

Introduced
2/2/26  
Repealing the exemption from the certificate of need requirement for certain mergers; requiring certain health care entities to provide certain notice of a material change transaction to the Maryland Health Care Commission and the public; establishing a public interest review process for material change transactions, including criteria for determining whether a material change transaction is subject to a public interest review; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0495

Introduced
2/2/26  
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, as part of the newborn screening system, to screen for Gaucher disease.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0500

Introduced
2/2/26  
Expanding eligibility for a certain property tax credit in Washington County for certain disabled veterans to include certain members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0499

Introduced
2/2/26  
Altering the requirements for providing notice of the tax sale of property in Washington County: increasing from one to two the number of notices required to be sent to the owner of property after the property is sold at a tax sale in Washington County; and requiring the second notice be sent within 15 days after the first required notice.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0497

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Exempting from the property tax property that is owned by the City of Hagerstown and used primarily for public social, recreational, and entertainment purposes; establishing that the exemption from the property tax for certain property owned by the City of Hagerstown or the Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility shall apply retroactively beginning with fiscal year 2024; and requiring the State, Washington County, and the City of Hagerstown to pay a refund for any excess property tax paid due to the retroactive exemption.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0498

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Altering the membership of the Washington County Salary Study Commission to substitute one member from the Cumberland Valley Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. with one member from the Washington County Home Builders Association, Inc.