Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 93)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB460

Introduced
1/23/26  
Reducing from 5% to 2% the amount of priority preservation area acreage that may be used for the construction of certain solar energy generating stations; and requiring the Maryland Department of the Environment to study the environmental impact of the disposal of solar photovoltaic systems and report its findings to the General Assembly by September 30, 2027.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB539

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Requiring the State Board of Education to provide a pathway for individuals who are qualified to be child care teachers, but lack proof of necessary educational attainment, to attest to qualifying educational credentials to be a child care teacher teaching in a child care center.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB536

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Expanding certain protections against employment discrimination to apply to temporary disabilities caused or contributed to by childbirth, menopause, or a related medical condition; and authorizing an employer to consider the operational impact of any staffing gap in determining an undue burden imposed by a certain transfer request by an employee.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB488

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Engrossed
2/2/26  
Clarifying that certain requirements apply only to districts for the election of members of the Senate of Maryland and the House of Delegates; authorizing the General Assembly to grant original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of Maryland to review the congressional districting of the State; and altering districts for the election of Representatives in Congress for elections in 2026 and any election held after the 2026 election through the effective date of a districting plan adopted after the 2030 decennial census.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB553

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Report Pass
3/26/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to post a user-friendly, searchable database of active elevator inspection certificates on the Maryland Department of Labor's website; and requiring the database to be searchable by street address, city, and county.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB552

Introduced
1/26/26  
Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Engrossed
3/20/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Establishing the Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children; requiring the Commission to direct and oversee the investigation by contracting with qualified professional experts, universities, research institutions and independent practitioners; providing exemptions to general laws due to the unique historical nature of the site; requiring a final report from the Commission to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2029; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB393

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Report Pass
2/23/26  
Engrossed
2/26/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
3/30/26  
Enrolled
4/7/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations that provide coverage for chemotherapy to treat cancer to provide coverage for scalp cooling systems used for the preservation of hair in connection with chemotherapy treatment; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2027.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB428

Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Authorizing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland to recall to judicial office for a temporary assignment a former judge who had the judge's most recent service terminated by reason of defeat for election if the judge had previously won election to judicial office.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB391

Introduced
1/21/26  
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $1,824,782,000, the proceeds to be used for certain necessary building, construction, demolition, planning, renovation, conversion, replacement, and capital equipment purchases of the State, for acquiring certain real estate in connection therewith, and for grants to certain subdivisions and other organizations for certain development and improvement purposes; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB353

Introduced
1/19/26  
Requiring a public service company that intends to terminate, because of nonpayment, electric or gas service to a certain multifamily dwelling unit located in Prince George's County to notify each county elected official representing the district in which the multifamily dwelling unit is located before the termination of gas or electric service under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB354

Introduced
1/19/26  
Requiring the Maryland Port Administration to provide written notice to the Anne Arundel County Delegation to the General Assembly at least 2 weeks prior to the announcement of a public hearing on the acquisition of land or improvements on land in Anne Arundel County.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB433

Introduced
1/22/26  
Exempting property managers who collect payment for rent, utilities, or fees from a residential tenant on behalf of a property owner, under certain circumstances, from the requirement to hold a license to do business as a collection agency from the State Collection Agency Licensing Board.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB471

Introduced
1/23/26  
Providing that certain evidence obtained through the use of an unmanned aircraft is inadmissible in a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding; prohibiting a unit of State government or a political subdivision of the State from deploying or operating an unmanned aircraft subject to certain exceptions; and prohibiting a unit of State government or a political subdivision of the State from using certain information acquired through the use of an unmanned aircraft.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB394

Introduced
1/22/26  
Requiring a county board of education each year to prepare and post to the county's website a report that identifies pathways that public school students who are ineligible for transportation services may use to travel to school using only safe alternative routes under certain circumstances; requiring the governing body of a county each year to review a certain report and construct any sidewalks and crosswalks necessary to create safe alternative routes for public school students under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB410

Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Report Pass
3/13/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Establishing requirements and prohibitions regarding food labeling; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in conjunction with the University of Maryland Extension and food donation organizations, to create educational materials to inform consumers about the meaning of quality dates and safety dates for food labels by July 1, 2028, and to post the information on the Department's website.