Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 241)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1549

Introduced
2/13/26  
Altering the definition of "rental dwelling unit" for purposes of provisions of law governing the reduction of lead risk in housing.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1550

Introduced
2/13/26  
Repealing the authority of the State to engage in eminent domain; and repealing certain provisions of law relating to the State's eminent domain and condemnation authority.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1559

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/21/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/11/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Prohibiting the placement of children in unlicensed settings under the out-of-home placement program required to be established by the Social Services Administration; altering the duties of the pediatric hospital overstay coordinators; establishing the Child and Youth Placement Review Panel in the Governor's Office for Children with the Senior Advisor for Children and Families as its head; establishing the Advisory Council on Maryland's System of Care for Children, Youth, and Families; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1560

Introduced
2/13/26  
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish and implement a pilot program for ecosystem value-oriented forest management plans to provide additional incentives for enrolling in and extending commitments to forest conservation and management; establishing the Forest Ecosystem Value Incentives Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to finance the pilot program; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $10,000,000 to the Fund in fiscal year 2028.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1561

Introduced
2/13/26  
kRequiring the Public Service Commission to require one or more electric companies to develop and submit to the Commission a certain resource adequacy plan if the Commission makes a certain determination; authorizing an investor-owned electric company required or authorized to construct, acquire, own, or lease and operate its own generating facilities to recover certain prudently incurred costs and investments in a certain manner under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1562

Introduced
2/13/26  
Requiring a commercial telecommunications service provider to automatically provide a service disruption credit to the account of a customer impacted by a material service outage; establishing the minimum amount of the credit for the service outage; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to enforcement and penalty provisions under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1555

Introduced
2/13/26  
Altering the length of the term of the members of the Accountability and Implementation Board; authorizing a public school or local school system to appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings after receiving a decision by the Accountability and Implementation Board to withhold certain funds after a certain appeals process; establishing the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Stakeholder Advisory Council; establishing the Joint Oversight Committee on the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1556

Introduced
2/13/26  
Prohibiting a person from placing an advertisement for a sugary beverage on certain property unless the advertisement includes a certain warning.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1557

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Establishing a Real Estate Advisory Committee in the Department of General Services to advise the Department, the Board of Public Works, and the General Assembly on certain real estate matters; establishing additional requirements for the Board of Public Works before approving the acquisition or lease of certain real property; providing that the Board may not approve the sale, transfer, exchange, or grant of certain property under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1558

Introduced
2/13/26  
Establishing a licensing and regulatory system for anesthesiologist assistants under the State Board of Physicians.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1553

Introduced
2/13/26  
Requiring an order for guardianship of the person of a disabled person to allow for certain visitation; authorizing an interested person to file a certain petition for guardianship of the person of a disabled person on the grounds that the disabled adult's current guardian is medically or physically neglecting the adult; requiring a court to hear certain petitions within a certain amount of time; and authorizing an interested person to file a certain petition to appoint a temporary guardian of a disabled person.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1554

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
3/13/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Requiring the Comptroller, in consultation with certain entities, to study and report to the General Assembly by December 15, 2026, on exempting from the sales and use tax electricity used for agricultural purposes such as raising livestock or poultry, preparing, irrigating, or tending the soil, or planting, maintaining, or transporting seeds or crops; and requiring the report to include an estimate of the fiscal impact of the exemption.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1564

Introduced
2/13/26  
Prohibiting a person doing business in the State from knowingly manufacturing or selling, distributing, dispensing, or otherwise supplying a drug or medical device or compounding a drug if the person knows or reasonably should know certain authorization was prompted, either directly or indirectly, by a person seeking the drug or device with the intent that the drug or device will be used to carry out a death sentence.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1565

Introduced
2/13/26  
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to include a certain obesity management and treatment program in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; establishing requirements for the obesity management and treatment program; and requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for an obesity management and treatment program for certain individuals who have been diagnosed with obesity, diabetes, or other obesity-related conditions.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1563

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Enrolled
4/13/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commission to conduct an examination of certain decisions by carriers related to claims or authorization requests for services in, or related to services, in emergency departments; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in conjunction with the Health Services Cost Review Commission, to conduct a study to quantify bed capacity in hospitals and post-acute settings in the State and make a recommendation on a certain collection and auditing process; etc.