Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 49)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0825

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Establishing the Critical Infrastructure Protection Branch in the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center; requiring the Department of Emergency Management, in consultation with the Center, to take certain action in response to an attack on the State's critical infrastructure; and requiring the Department of Information Technology to allow the owner or operator of critical infrastructure to become a member of the Maryland Information Sharing and Analysis Center and provide cybersecurity reporting standards to the owner or operator.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0829

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 Department of Housing and Community Development to study and make recommendations regarding laws to require certain local jurisdictions to allow certain residential or mixed-use developments as permitted use on certain parcels or lots zoned for commercial use; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0830

Introduced
2/6/26  
Altering provisions of law relating to the handgun roster, including requiring the Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee, to conduct a certain legal review of a petition to place a handgun on the handgun roster and to make a certain determination before a handgun is placed on the handgun roster; requiring the Maryland State Police, or a certain accredited laboratory, to conduct certain testing on a handgun; altering the responsibilities of the Handgun Roster Board; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0831

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/23/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/9/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Establishing certain civil penalties for violations of law involving the employment of minors; prohibiting employers from allowing the formation of a certain organization or entity under certain circumstances; authorizing certain private employees to petition the Public Employee Relations Board to resolve certain matters under certain circumstances; prohibiting Executive Branch units from applying for a waiver of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0832

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring certain nonprofit hospitals to provide a certain value of community benefits each year; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to report on the compliance of nonprofit hospitals with the community benefits requirement to the Attorney General and the Comptroller; authorizing the Comptroller to revoke the tax-exempt status of a nonprofit hospital under certain circumstances; and altering the requirements of a community benefit report.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0841

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Engrossed
4/6/26  
Refer
4/6/26  
Refer
4/9/26  
Transferring the electric universal service program to the Office of Home Energy Programs and requiring the Office to authorize benefits under the program for certain electric customers; establishing he Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits Loan Program in the Maryland Clean Energy Center; reducing a certain alternative compliance payment rate applicable to certain covered buildings; altering certain procedures related to the permitting, inspection, and interconnection of certain residential solar energy systems; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0842

Introduced
2/6/26  
Establishing that the exercise by the Public Service Commission of its authority is an essential government function; altering the duties of the Commission and the Executive Secretary of the Commission; providing for the designation of a certain employee as Deputy Executive Secretary of the Commission; requiring the Commission to submit certain information to the Department of Budget and Management each year, keep certain records, and submit to certain audits; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0843

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring the Office of Home Energy Programs to administer, or through a local administering agency administer, certain programs and activities regarding low- and moderate-income households and the Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Program; altering the method by which certain rated generating capacity is counted toward the statewide net energy metering limit; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a certain statewide capacity reservation system for certain net energy metering projects; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0847

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/13/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Authorizing the governing body of Wicomico County and the governing body of a municipal corporation in Wicomico County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on certain real property owned by Salisbury Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0848

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Requiring a municipality to submit to the State Board of Elections the qualifications to be a candidate for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the date of a special election and each office on the special election ballot, the list of qualified candidates for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the date of a special election and each office on the special election ballot, and certain information on voting procedures and locations in a municipal election on or before certain dates; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0849

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
4/6/26  
Engrossed
4/8/26  
Requiring, to make a claim under a warranty for certain agricultural equipment, a consumer to provide written notice to certain parties to report a nonconformity, defect, or condition occurring in certain agricultural equipment; requiring certain parties to correct the nonconformity, defect, or condition in a certain manner; authorizing a court, in addition to other remedies, if a manufacturer or factory branch or agent or authorized distributor is found to have acted in bad faith, to award the consumer damages up to $5,000; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0850

Introduced
2/6/26  
Requiring that certain energy efficiency, conservation, and demand response programs include bill savings to residential customers; altering from December 31, 2032, to December 31, 2040, the date by which certain unpaid and unamortized costs must be eliminated; and requiring the Public Service Commission to establish, on or before July 1, 2027, certain caps or limit certain assessments.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0851

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/13/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on real property that is located in a Rural Legacy Area and for which the property owner has sold certain development rights under the Rural Legacy Program; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0858

Introduced
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Establishing the Audit and Finance Compliance Unit in the Department of Budget and Management; requiring the Governor to implement systems and processes to monitor certain efforts; requiring the Unit to monitor efforts of Departmental Units to correct certain audit findings and provide guidance, coordination, and technical assistance; authorizing the Unit to implement steps to address and prevent audit findings; requiring the Unit to provide direct assistance to Departmental Units with four or more repeat audit findings; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0864

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  
Altering the definition of a "foster care recipient" to mean an individual who resided in an out-of-home placement on or after the individual's 8th birthday rather than 13th birthday for purposes of determining eligibility for a certain tuition exemption.