Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 71)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB752

Introduced
2/4/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Providing for the valuation of a gift card for the purpose of determining value for crimes involving theft; prohibiting a person, with the intent to defraud another, from altering or tampering with a gift card or its packaging; and providing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 18 months or a fine not to exceed $500 or both.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB802

Introduced
2/4/26  
Providing that the contents of a certain intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in evidence in a certain proceeding under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB807

Introduced
2/4/26  
Requiring a teacher preparation program to include certain training in English language learner-related teacher competencies and include English language learner-related teacher competencies in other courses throughout the curriculum; and requiring a teacher preparation program to include a certain course in teaching English language learners beginning in the 2028-2029 academic year.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB912

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Establishing that certain provisions of law prohibiting the abandonment or certain neglect of an animal do not apply to a person who is providing care to a community cat under a trap-neuter-return policy; establishing that a local law that establishes a trap-neuter-return policy is subject to certain requirements and restrictions; and providing that the Act supersedes and preempts any law, ordinance, policy, regulation, or rule of any local government body, person, or corporation that restricts the practice of trap-neuter-return; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB946

Introduced
2/5/26  
Requiring the Governor's Appointments Office to report to the General Assembly beginning December 1, 2026, and each December 1 thereafter, certain demographic information regarding applicants and nominees for judicial office.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB922

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Requiring the Behavioral Health Administration to adopt regulations authorizing a behavioral health program to relocate to another site; and requiring the regulations to address an expedited approval process, the use of documentation previously submitted, providing authorization for temporary approvals for a relocation, and authorization to consider the program's regulatory record as a basis for expediting the process.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB947

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Enrolled
4/8/26  
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 House Bill HB904

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Providing that a law enforcement agency may not assign a law enforcement officer to duties other than administrative duties unless the officer is issued protective body armor; requiring a law enforcement agency to issue only protective body armor that meets certain standards and has not reached an expiration date; prohibiting the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy from withholding from a law enforcement agency grant funds specifically designated for the purchase of protective body armor; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB907

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/21/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
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; providing a penalty for a person who violates the Act of imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of up to $500 or both; and altering a certain list of convictions that are eligible for expungement under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB925

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/21/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/6/26  
Enrolled
4/9/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Establishing restrictions on the land application, on or after October 1, 2028, of sewage sludge with total concentrations of certain regulated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances equal to or greater than certain levels; authorizing, on or after October 1, 2028, a person to commingle sewage sludge to reduce the total concentration of regulated PFAS in the final material to levels below 25 parts per billion and subject to certain regulations and requirements; establishing certain monitoring protocols for certain substances; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB933

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/21/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/8/26  
Enrolled
4/13/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Authorizing, for purposes of certain laws governing the sales and use tax, a buyer to issue a certain certificate indicating multiple points of use of certain digital codes, digital products, and taxable services under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations; providing for the application for and denial, renewal, and revocation of an authorization for a buyer to issue multiple points of use certificates; requiring an authorized buyer to provide and a vendor to verify a multiple points of use certificate; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB919

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/17/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
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 House Bill HB914

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/21/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Increasing from three to five the number of members on the Board of License Commissioners for Worcester County.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB903

Introduced
2/5/26  
Allowing a subtraction under the Maryland income tax of up to $1,000 for donations of certain food and monetary gifts made by a taxpayer during the taxable year to certain charitable entities that provide food at no cost to individuals in need; and requiring the Comptroller to report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2029, on whether the subtraction modification in the Act contributed to any increase in donations to charities providing food at no charge to certain individuals.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB921

Introduced
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/21/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Altering certain requirements for regulations adopted by the Department of Juvenile Services relating to the placement of a minor in restrictive housing and confinement; requiring that locked door seclusion and restraints be used only when all less restrictive measures have been exhausted; limiting the use of locked door seclusion and restraints to those times where there is an immediate and substantial risk of physical harm to the child or others, or imminent risk of escape; etc.