Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 41)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0605

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct a study and make recommendations on the potential scope, structure, and implementation of Commission oversight of broadband service and voice over Internet protocol service; and requiring the Commission to report the results of the study to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee by December 31, 2026.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0604

Introduced
2/5/26  
Prohibiting a child placement agency from denying a prospective parent's application to adopt a child based on certain characteristics with certain exceptions; prohibiting the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human Services and certain agencies, institutions, and facilities from discriminating against a foster parent, a prospective foster parent, or a child in foster care based on certain characteristics; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0609

Introduced
2/5/26  
Requiring that undisputed retention proceeds retained by a unit or a certain contractor under a State procurement contract be paid within 90 days after the date of substantial completion.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0608

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Requiring, beginning July 1, 2027, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health services plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for single-gene and multigene pharmacogenomic testing in certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0610

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Enrolled
4/10/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Altering the Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program to include the Blue Catfish Gill Net Program and any other program the Department of Natural Resources considers effective in curbing the spread of the blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries; and requiring the Department to report by December 1 each year beginning in 2026, to certain committees of the General Assembly on the activities of the Pilot Program during the immediately preceding year, including findings and recommendations related to the Program.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0615

Introduced
2/5/26  
Requiring the governing bodies of certain cooperative housing corporations, condominiums, or homeowners associations to adopt an annual budget that includes certain calculations for the cost to repair or replace capital components that are the responsibility of the common ownership community; providing that a certain portion of the members of a common ownership community may determine the community and its members are facing a financial hardship or that a determination of financial hardship may be extended; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0614

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
2/26/26  
Engrossed
3/3/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Enrolled
4/13/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Dorchester County in the event Dorchester County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; and providing that certain local detention center officers who join the Correctional Officers' Retirement System and receive certain service credit shall no longer be members of the Employees' Pension System.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0616

Introduced
2/5/26  
Establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller; requiring by January 31 each year, a business entity that acted as a data broker during the previous calendar year to submit a certain form to the Comptroller and pay a fee determined by the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to make the information submitted by business entities publicly available on the Office's website; requiring the Comptroller to report certain information to the General Assembly by December 31 annually; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0617

Introduced
2/5/26  
Repealing the prohibition on applicants for and holders of video lottery operation licenses and persons who own an interest in video lottery facility operations in the State from directly or indirectly making contributions to certain campaign finance entities.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0593

Introduced
2/5/26  
Requiring a certain physical examination used to determine the physical fitness of a student seeking to participate in interscholastic sports to include a certain cardiovascular prescreening; requiring certain health care providers who perform certain physical examinations for students participating in interscholastic sports to include a cardiovascular prescreening as part of the examination; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0594

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/13/26  
Altering the ownership and control percentage requirement for a social equity applicant for a cannabis license; prohibiting cannabis advertising from directly targeting individuals under the age of 21 years; authorizing a standard dispensary to place exterior signage for a certain limited purposes; requiring the Maryland Cannabis Administration to accept certain advertising audience composition data and develop a process for accepting a certain attestation from a certain person regarding audience composition; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0588

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Altering certain requirements and authorizations for the issuance of certain complimentary fishing and hunting licenses; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to compile certain statistics relating to complimentary hunting licenses after the close of the hunting season each year.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0589

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Prohibiting enforcement of certain provisions of law regulating collection agencies against property managers pending the resolution of a certain judicial case.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0590

Introduced
2/5/26  
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in collaboration with the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, the Department of Transportation, and the Maryland Energy Administration, and in coordination with certain entities and persons, to complete a study and develop a report evaluating the potential design and implications of implementing an economy-wide cap-and-invest program that will help the State achieve certain emissions reductions and provide a sustainable funding source for certain initiatives.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0598

Introduced
2/5/26  
Requiring electric companies to submit to the Public Service Commission cost containment plans for electric distribution and transmission system planning on or before January 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter; requiring the plans to combine to reduce peak electric system loads in a certain manner; and requiring electric companies to submit certain progress reports on the implementation of the plan.