Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 44)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0692

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring the Secretary of State Police to approve a certain training course and offer a certain exam for certain individuals licensed as, applying to be licensed as, or employed by, a State-regulated firearms dealer; requiring certain individuals to complete training and satisfactorily pass a certain exam described in the Act; requiring the Secretary to disapprove an application for a dealer's license under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0665

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Refer
3/13/26  
Renaming the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Office of the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing; and renaming the Maryland Advisory Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Maryland Advisory Council on Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0666

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Prohibiting the governing body of a county or municipality from enacting a local law or ordinance prohibiting the offering of certain residential property as a short-term rental by an operator solely because the operator is a lessee or sublessee of the property; authorizing the governing body of a county or municipality to enact a local law or ordinance prohibiting the operator of a short-term rental who is a lessee or sublessee of the property from operating more than one short-term rental within the county or municipality; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0663

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring a nursing home to expend at least 75% of its total nursing and residential care revenue for direct care wages and benefits; and requiring nursing homes by September 1 each year, beginning in 2027, to submit a cost report with documentation of wage disbursement and other appropriate information to the Maryland Department of Health.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0664

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a framework, for applications received after July 1, 2026, to prioritize the children of individuals who provide care for children in licensed child care centers, registered family child care homes, and registered large family child care homes for scholarships under the Child Care Scholarship Program.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0671

Introduced
2/6/26  
Making certain provisions of law governing construction contracts applicable to certain local government owners; altering certain provisions of law relating to the payment of contractors and subcontractors in procurement contracts and construction contracts; requiring certain notification if all or part of a payment is withheld; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the accrual of interest for unpaid amounts.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0672

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Requiring the Prince George's County government to develop an implementation and financing plan to expand access to high-quality early childhood education and child care in Prince George's County for children from birth through 3 years; requiring the county government to consult with certain entities; and requiring the plan to include certain analyses.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0670

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Requiring a police officer who is on duty at a polling place to obey the authority of the State Administrator, the Deputy State Administrator, or a local election director; providing that in a polling place certain individuals have the authority to keep the peace and order the arrest of certain persons; requiring a local election director while serving in a polling place, to protect certain rights of challengers and watchers; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0673

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Requiring certain apprenticeship programs utilized in certain State procurements to have at least a 25% completion rate, as determined by the Maryland Department of Labor.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0662

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Refer
3/13/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Altering the examination fee for a new commercial bank charter; requiring a certain nondepository trust company to include certain disclosures in its articles of incorporation; exempting from certain provisions of law a certain nondepository trust company authorized to provide certain services by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; authorizing a certain nondepository trust company to request that the Commissioner reduce the capital stock requirements under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0661

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Authorizing a person to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication that is a recording or part of a recording of the commission or attempted commission of a certain crime; providing that the contents of a certain intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in evidence in a criminal trial or hearing before the District Court or circuit court under certain circumstances; and providing for a certain affirmative defense to a charge under the wiretap statute.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0657

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Establishing the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Grant Program to provide grants to certain individuals with the goal of becoming a real estate appraiser in certain communities; providing the purpose of the Program is to assist in closing appraisal gaps that occur in historically redlined neighborhoods and underrepresented communities; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer the Program.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0669

Introduced
2/6/26  
Extending the deadline by which a solar energy generating system must be placed in service to be eligible for certification under the Small Solar Energy Generating System Incentive Program from January 1, 2028, to January 1, 2031; and increasing the total amount of in-State generating capacity for certain solar energy generating systems from 270 megawatts to 540 megawatts.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0668

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/7/26  
Renaming the Children's Cabinet Fund to be the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2028 through 2030, to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill at least equal to the appropriation in fiscal year 2027 to the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund to be used for grants to the local management boards; and requiring for fiscal year 2031, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation $500,000 above the appropriation for fiscal year 2030.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0667

Introduced
2/6/26  
Establishing an Edible Forests and Foraging Program within the Department of Natural Resources; requiring individuals who forage in designated foraging areas to obtain a foraging permit; requiring the Department to charge a permit application fee and establish a fee waiver process for individuals who demonstrate financial need; requiring the Department to establish and maintain edible forests on State land, subject to available funding; etc.