Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 84)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB668

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
4/13/26  
Prohibiting a person in St. Mary's County from standing in a roadway, a shoulder, a median divide, or an intersection determined by the county or a municipal corporation in the county, in consultation with the State Highway Administration, to be inherently dangerous; and prohibiting a police officer from issuing a citation for a violation of the Act unless appropriate signs have been installed.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB718

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/17/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Report Pass
4/6/26  
Establishing that certain provisions of law governing information technology plans apply to certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a policy of the State that State and higher education employee e-mail systems and resources are intended to support State business and may not serve as a public forum; requiring certain policies, plans, and standards to include provisions to implement systems that automatically filter spam e-mail from certain email accounts; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB688

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Reclassifying, as a misdemeanor instead of a felony, a certain offense relating to the prohibition against intercepting and disclosing any wire, oral, or electronic communications.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB25

Introduced
1/14/26  
Altering the circumstances under which an equity court is authorized to grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child to include that the petition for visitation rights was filed after an action for divorce, annulment, custody, or paternity was filed by a parent of the child; and requiring an equity court to grant certain visitation rights if the child resided with the grandparent for at least 12 months, or the child's parent, who is the child of the grandparent, is deceased, and the court finds it in the best interests of the child.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB83

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/20/26  
Engrossed
3/21/26  
Altering and establishing provisions relating to the surrender of firearms by a respondent under the domestic violence statutes; and requiring the law enforcement agency that served the order to take certain actions within 3 business days after service of an order against a respondent who is not in compliance with an order to surrender certain firearms.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB250

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Enrolled
4/8/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to impose an administrative penalty for certain violations related to the appropriation or use of water and dam safety; repealing a certain limitation on the Department's authority to issue certain orders and send certain notices related to dam safety; requiring the Department to take certain actions before imposing certain civil or administrative penalties; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB687

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
4/6/26  
Engrossed
4/7/26  
Refer
4/8/26  
Providing that the creative expression of a criminal defendant or juvenile respondent is not admissible against the defendant or respondent unless the court makes certain findings, subject to a certain exception; and providing that the Act does not preclude the admission of creative expression in juvenile cases for the purposes of evaluating, recommending, or ordering referral to mental health services or diversion programs.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB711

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/21/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/10/26  
Prohibiting a certain controller from knowingly selling the personal data of a consumer to a certain governmental unit that has engaged in or supported civil immigration enforcement under certain circumstances; requiring a custodian of a public record to take reasonable steps to determine whether a public record is accessed for enforcing immigration law; requiring an entity that operates a certain message switching system to take certain actions regarding system access; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB730

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Altering the period of time within which the Securities Commissioner in the Office of the Attorney General may exercise a power under certain provisions of law governing the sale of franchises; altering the period of time within which an action for liability under a certain provision of law pertaining to franchise offers for sale must be brought; prohibiting a franchisor and certain others from inhibiting the right of franchisees to associate for certain purposes; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB659

Introduced
1/30/26  
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include, as a member, an early childhood development professional with extensive experience in the operations of a child care business and early childhood curriculum and development; and requiring the Governor to appoint the early childhood development member, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of three qualified individuals submitted from the Office of Child Care Advisory Council.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB630

Introduced
1/30/26  
Prohibiting a person from operating an immigration detention facility at a building, structure, or facility that was not originally designed and constructed for the purpose of housing or detaining individuals.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB106

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
4/3/26  
Engrossed
4/6/26  
Refer
4/7/26  
Providing collective bargaining rights to nontenure track faculty of system institutions of higher education, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland whose primary assignments involve academic instruction, including teachers, researchers, and department heads and those in comparable positions; and establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for nontenure track faculty.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB50

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
4/13/26  
Engrossed
4/13/26  
Refer
4/13/26  
Proposing a Constitutional Amendment requiring that a special election be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections that are held in the second year of a term to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator in the General Assembly if the vacancy occurs on or before the date that is 55 days before the deadline for filing certificates of candidacy for the regular statewide election that is held in the second year of the term.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB74

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Engrossed
4/3/26  
Refer
4/6/26  
Requiring a procurement contract for 3 years or more in duration and valued at greater than $2,000,000 for security services to include a clause requiring contract modification for the equitable adjustment of the contract for increased costs for compensation and benefits as a result of statutory changes increasing required compensation or benefits or collective bargaining; and requiring a certain contract that is modified to be contingent on approval by the chief procurement officer of the appropriate primary procurement unit.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB299

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
4/2/26  
Engrossed
4/6/26  
Refer
4/7/26  
Refer
4/13/26  
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than $15,000 in a calendar year; altering the enforcement mechanisms related to workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws, including authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and bring suit in a certain manner; etc.