Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 43)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0693

Introduced
2/6/26  
Repealing the limitation to 20% of a settlement or 25% of a judgment that counsel may charge or receive in an action for damages arising out of a claim or claims of child sexual abuse filed on or after June 1, 2025.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0694

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Enrolled
4/13/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Establishing that filing a certain complaint with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights satisfies certain prerequisites to commencing a civil action alleging the violation of a county discrimination law.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0695

Introduced
2/6/26  
Prohibiting a person from swiping the driver's license or ID card of an individual except for certain purposes; prohibiting a person that swipes a driver's license or ID card from storing, selling, or sharing the personal information collected except under certain circumstances; authorizing certain persons to use personal information collected through swiping only for certain purposes; authorizing a governmental entity to swipe only for certain purposes; establishing a violation of the Act as an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0696

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring the Office of Financial Regulation to establish and maintain a certain database for complaints filed against financial institutions for unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices; and requiring the Office to publish a certain analysis of complaints quarterly on the Office's website.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0697

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Establishing a rebuttable presumption that a social media platform has made an independent expenditure to a certain candidate if the social media platform knowingly and purposefully alters its algorithm to amplify certain political content for the benefit of the candidate; prohibiting a foreign national from using a bot to publish, distribute, or disseminate campaign material or artificially amplify political content to users of an online platform for a certain purpose; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0698

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Prohibiting a person from operating or towing a vehicle subject to certain exceptions without making reasonable efforts to remove from exposed vehicle surfaces accumulated snow and ice; and prohibiting a person from committing a violation of the Act that contributes to an accident resulting in property damage or the death of or serious bodily injury to another person.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0699

Introduced
2/6/26  
Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible for covered physical therapy services that is greater than the copayment, coinsurance, or deductible imposed for an annual physical or wellness visit under the same plan or contract.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0688

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring the Department of the Environment to prioritize certain practices when carrying out certain duties related to stormwater management; establishing certain restrictions on the use of a stream or floodplain restoration project to satisfy certain compensatory mitigation, permit, or total maximum daily load requirements; establishing requirements for stormwater management plans that include certain stream-related projects; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0686

Introduced
2/6/26  
Prohibiting manufacturers from selling, offering for sale, distributing, or distributing for sale in the State, certain products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals on or after certain dates; establishing registration requirements for certain products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals; providing for the testing of certain products to determine compliance with the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0687

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish and implement a flood risk review process for certain areas identified as being at risk of tidal or nontidal flooding; applying the flood risk review process to the Department's review of certain plans and permits; requiring the Department to consult with certain local jurisdictions, State agencies, and watershed advisory groups before making a certain final determination under the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0685

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a model sexual abuse and sexual misconduct response policy that includes, at minimum, a communications plan, an e-mail and other electronic communication documents retention policy, a requirement to link to a centralized resource platform, and an after-action review plan; requiring each local school system to adopt a response policy based on the model policy by September 1, 2027, and post in a conspicuous place on its website a link to a certain centralized resource platform; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0689

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Altering the requirements of the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to include studying programs and services to prevent recidivism by individuals in the State after release from incarceration; and extending the deadline for the reporting requirement for the Task Force to December 31, 2026.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0691

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Altering the definition of "contingency clause" as the term applies to the circumstances under which a residential real estate contract may be terminated by a purchaser; and altering the time period within which a holder of trust money must distribute trust money to a purchaser.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0690

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring that $5,000,000 of property and casualty insurance premium tax proceeds be distributed, beginning July 1, 2026, annually to the State Disaster Recovery Fund.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0709

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/7/26  
Altering the definition of "military-connected student" under the Purple Star Schools Program to conform with certain terms defined under State law; and establishing the Purple Star Colleges Program to recognize certain colleges that provide strong services and support for military-connected students.