Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 52)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0510

Introduced
2/2/26  
Altering the education requirements an individual must meet to practice funeral direction or as a licensed apprentice; and prohibiting the practical examination qualification required for a license to practice funeral direction from including a practical examination demonstrating competency in the preparation of dead human bodies for final disposition and sanitary science.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0513

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Engrossed
4/9/26  
Authorizing a county or municipal corporation to designate certain fire marshals with the approval of the State Fire Marshal or to request that the State Fire Marshal designate certain fire marshals and requiring the State Fire Marshal to adopt certain regulations governing the qualifications, training, standards, and certification of designees; requiring installation of certain fire prevention in certain high-rise residential buildings, beginning October 1, 2026; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0514

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Providing that a District Court commissioner may not issue an arrest warrant under certain circumstances; establishing that it is a misdemeanor to intentionally cause offensive contact, engage in conduct tending to put another in fear of offensive contact, or attempt to cause offensive contact; and altering a certain list of convictions that are eligible for expungement under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0512

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Increasing the penalties for stalking to a period of imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $10,000 or both if the victim had a protective order in effect against the defendant at the time of the offense or the defendant had previously been convicted of stalking.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0511

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Engrossed
4/9/26  
Authorizing a Maryland nonstock corporation to convert to a cooperative limited equity housing corporation subject to certain requirements; requiring a cooperative limited equity housing corporation to provide a certain notice and offer to certain households under certain circumstances; requiring a cooperative limited equity housing corporation to reimburse certain households for moving expenses; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0515

Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/3/26  
Report Pass
3/23/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Authorizing the Commission, in carrying out certain responsibilities relating to evaluating facility resources to meet certain financial requirements and reviewing costs and rates of hospital services, to take into account all reasonable costs incurred or expenditures made by a health facility in connection with the operation of the facility; and requiring by June 1, 2027, the Commission, in coordination with certain entities, to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the status of efforts to evaluate facility resources.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0523

Introduced
2/4/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/10/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources in coordination with the Department of the Environment to identify certain vernal pools in the State; requiring the Department to create and maintain a certain list of vernal pools in the State in a certain manner; and requiring the Department of the Environment to designate staff to receive training in vernal pool identification and to notify the Department of Natural Resources of a location that may qualify for inclusion on the list of vernal pools.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0522

Introduced
2/4/26  
Authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers' compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder; and requiring a licensed certified social worker-clinical to meet certain requirements to perform the evaluation services.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0521

Introduced
2/4/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Requiring certain health systems to comply with certain insurance provisions regarding notice of termination of contracts; altering the notification requirements a carrier is required to provide an enrollee regarding changes to the carrier's provider panel; altering the notice requirements a carrier is required to provide to the Insurance Commissioner for certain material changes to the carrier's provider panel; requiring certain notice if a carrier and health system intend to terminate certain contracts; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0520

Introduced
2/4/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Authorizing the county councils of certain charter counties, notwithstanding certain provisions of law, to set by simple majority vote of its members then serving a property tax rate that is higher than the property tax rate authorized under a county's charter or collect more property tax revenues than the revenues authorized under the county's charter for the purpose of funding the approved public safety budget of the county; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0528

Introduced
2/4/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Prohibiting a certain video streaming service from transmitting to a consumer in the State the audio of a commercial advertisement in a manner that is louder than the audio of the accompanying video programming or video content of the video streaming service; providing that compliance with certain federal regulations shall be considered compliance with the Act; and establishing that a violation of the Act is subject to certain enforcement provisions under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0527

Introduced
2/4/26  
Establishing the Ibogaine Clinical Research Grant Program to provide grants to certain research institutions to conduct certain clinical drug development trials on the use of ibogaine; and including the Program as an authorized use of funding from the Opioid Restitution Fund.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0533

Introduced
2/4/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County to be $175,000 for calendar year 2027; and altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County to be 82.5% of the State's Attorney for Frederick County's annual salary including any increments and salary adjustments authorized under certain provisions of law for calendar year 2028 and each subsequent calendar year.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0535

Introduced
2/4/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Authorizing a county board of library trustees to provide for the selection of a student member of the board; and establishing the qualifications, setting a 1-year term of office, and providing for the voting rights of the student member of a county board of library trustees, if selected.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB0534

Introduced
2/4/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/21/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Establishing certain public comment requirements and recording requirements for the Board of Community College Trustees for Frederick County; and requiring the members of the Board to undergo, at least every 2 years, training specific to board governance, structure, responsibilities, and roles.