Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 36)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0481

Introduced
2/2/26  
Requiring, rather than authorizing, a court to order visitation to be rescheduled, in a manner consistent with the best interests of the child, when the court finds that a party to a custody or visitation order has unjustifiably denied or interfered with visitation granted by the custody or visitation order.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0496

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/23/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Authorizing, beginning January 1, 2027, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide notice to Program recipients if the Department elects to provide the comprehensive coverage; authorizing the Department to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a State plan amendment authorizing the State to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0502

Introduced
2/2/26  
Establishing the Language Acquisition Tracking Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children in the State Department of Education to ensure that eligible children develop language skills at the same rate and to the same extent as their peers; establishing a State Coordinator of Language Acquisition for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children to coordinate the Program and create a parent and guardian resource to help parents and guardians of deaf or hard of hearing children track a child's language acquisition progress; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0501

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  
Requiring the governing body of Washington County and of a municipal corporation in Washington County to grant a 100% property tax credit against the county and municipal corporation property tax imposed on certain real property owned by Platoon 22, Incorporated, and used to provide housing to veterans; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0503

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $450,000 in the annual budget bill for the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program for fiscal years 2028 through 2030.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0504

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Engrossed
4/13/26  
Prohibiting a certain controller from knowingly selling the personal data of a consumer to a certain governmental unit that has engaged in or supported civil immigration enforcement under certain circumstances; requiring a custodian of a public record to take reasonable steps to determine whether a public record is being accessed for purposes of enforcing immigration law; requiring an entity that operates a certain message switching system to take certain actions regarding system access; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0505

Introduced
2/2/26  
Requiring the Maryland Aviation Administration to develop certain passenger forms for aircraft traveling with detained individuals; requiring certain flight crews to distribute and collect certain forms; requiring certain aeronautical service providers to confirm that the forms are on board an aircraft before servicing the aircraft; prohibiting the refueling of an aircraft if an individual on board is in any kind of restraint; requiring that certain individuals who are removed from an aircraft be provided certain services; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0650

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring a certain on-site interview following a report of suspected child abuse to be with the child's parent or guardian rather than the child's caretaker; requiring a local department of social services or a law enforcement agency to provide a certain notice to a parent or legal guardian of a child at a certain time during an investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect; requiring the Department to develop a system to document proof of notice; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0649

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Engrossed
4/9/26  
Refer
4/9/26  
Refer
4/10/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Enrolled
4/13/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Requiring the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to display certain information in a conspicuous manner; requiring all electricity possessed, offered, or exposed for sale and sold at retail as a vehicle fuel to be measured and sold in units of kilowatt-hours; authorizing the owner or possessor of a weight and measure used for the retail sale of electricity as a vehicle fuel to charge a certain fee which is required to be itemized on the customer's receipt; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0648

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Requiring the State Department of Education to register each local school system in the State as an associate member of a certain national membership organization; and requiring each local school system in the State to utilize the Educator Identification Clearinghouse to screen individuals who receive an offer of employment on or after August 1, 2026, for an educator position that requires a license and ensure that each individual who receives an offer applies for and obtains the appropriate license before certain occurrences.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0626

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Requiring the Secretary of Health to keep and maintain a birth information history for each individual for whom a certificate of birth is issued under a certain provision of law; requiring the Secretary to maintain a database of birth information histories that may be accessed by governmental entities for a certain purpose under certain circumstances; altering the circumstances under which the Secretary is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0629

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Establishing that certain provisions of law governing information technology plans apply to certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a certain policy of the State relating to State and higher education employee e-mail systems and resources are intended to support State business and may not serve as a public forum; and requiring certain policies, plans, and standards to include certain provisions to implement systems that automatically filter spam email from certain email accounts.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0627

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe Korean American Day properly with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0628

Introduced
2/5/26  
Requiring institutions of postsecondary education to submit a report on institutional debt to the Maryland Higher Education Commission by October 1 each year, beginning in 2027; authorizing the Commission to assess a civil penalty, up to $10,000 per violation, against an institution for failure to submit a report or knowingly including inaccurate information in a report; and establishing certain notice and hearing procedures that the Commission must follow before assessing a civil penalty.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0636

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Repealing the deadline by which a certain fee must be paid by the holder of a Class A beer and light wine license or a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license to exercise certain Sunday sales privileges; and altering the deadline by which a license holder must present to the Board certain proof that all of the license holder's personal property taxes due to Baltimore City and the State have been paid.