Master Bill Tracking
2026
| Bill | Crossfile | Bill Title | Sponsor | Synopsis | MGA Committees | MDCC Policy Committee & Position | Leg. Comm. Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1 | SB 2 | Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations | Del. Brian Crosby (29B-D) | Prohibiting a certain public service company from recovering through rates any costs associated with a supervisor's annual compensation once the compensation exceeds 110% of the maximum annual salary payable to the chair of the Commission for the same calendar year; requiring the Public Service Commission to publish guidance defining "reasonable cost limitations"; requiring each public service company to send a copy of the policy adopted under the Act to the Commission at certain times; etc. | Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (2/10) |
| HB 18 | Transportation Network Companies - Transportation Network Operators - Minimum Payments for Passenger Trips | Del. Joe Vogel (17-D) | Requiring a transportation network company to pay operators, after July 1, 2026, and for any passenger trip originating in the State, $1.66 per mile and $0.40 per minute, an additional $1.18 per mile for an operator using a wheelchair accessible vehicle, at least $5.00 for any passenger trip, and at least 80% of any cancellation fee charged by a transportation network company; and adjusting the minimum amount paid per mile and per minute by inflation each year. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (1/19) | ||
| HB 21 | Social Media Platforms - Vloggers and Video Content Featuring Minors (Child Influencers Protection Act) | Del. Nick Allen (8-D) | Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video content featuring minor children; and applying certain requirements relating to the labor of minors to children compensated by vloggers. | Economic Matters | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | |
| HB 37 | General Assembly - Employment and Leave Protection for Members | Del. Matthew Schindler (2B-D) | Prohibiting an employer from depriving of employment or taking certain other actions against an employee who is a member of the General Assembly and who loses employment time to performing responsibilities as a member of the General Assembly; and establishing a penalty of a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a violation of the Act. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | |
| HB 40 | SB 201 | Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies | Del. Lorig Charkoudian (20-D) | Altering the definition of "qualified generator lead line" for provisions of law regarding certificates of public convenience and necessity; requiring an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line to include certain information in its application; requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain evidence before taking action on a certain application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (1/19) |
| HB 45 | SB 417 | Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) | Del. Joe Vogel (17-D) | Prohibiting employers and their agents, representatives, and designees from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant takes certain actions regarding employer-sponsored meetings during which the employer communicates the opinion of the employer regarding religious matters or political matters; authorizing an employee to file a certain complaint with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| HB 51 | Strategic Digital Asset Reserve Act of Maryland | Del. Deni Taveras (47B-D) | Establishing the Maryland Digital Asset Reserve Fund to serve as a reserve asset for the State through the investment of cryptocurrency; and authorizing the State Treasurer to invest the funds obtained by the State through the enforcement of certain gambling violations into cryptocurrency. | Economic Matters | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:30 p.m. (2/3) | |
| HB 54 | Task Force to Study Restructuring Maryland's Electric Utility Industry | Del. Nick Allen (8-D) | Establishing the Task Force to Study Restructuring Maryland's Electric Utility Industry to study and make recommendations on restructuring the State's electric utility industry; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2027. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (1/19) | |
| HB 66 | SB 373 | Environment - Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Withdrawal (Restoring Energy Freedom Act) | Del. Brian Chisholm (31-R) | Requiring the Governor to withdraw the State from participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. | Environment and Transportation | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | |
| HB 68 | SB 352 | Motor Vehicles - Special Registration Plates - Old Line Plates (Old Line Plate Program Act of 2026) | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and make available an Old Line Plate with a certain numeric-only registration number for certain motor vehicles. | Environment and Transportation | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | |
| HB 69 | Labor and Employment - Exemptions From Overtime Pay - Administrative, Executive, or Professional Capacity | Del. Joe Vogel (17-D) | Altering the exemption from overtime pay for individuals who are employed to work in an administrative, executive, or professional capacity. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | ||
| HB 78 | SB 457 | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish Subclasses and Set Separate Rates for Land and Improvements to Land | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish subclasses of real property consisting of land and improvements to land and set separate real property tax rates for each subclass. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m. (1/26) | |
| HB 79 | Climate Solutions Affordability Act of 2026 | Del. Brian Chisholm (31-R) | Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain buildings, measuring and reporting direct emissions data to the Department of the Environment, achieving certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and achieving zero-emission vehicle goals relating to the State vehicle fleet and local school buses; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | ||
| HB 90 | SB 224 | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property | Del. Kris Fair (3-D) | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of certain commercial and industrial property and to set a special property tax rate for certain commercial and industrial property for the purpose of financing certain transportation improvements or the approved budget of the county board of education; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026; etc. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m. (1/26) | |
| HB 103 | Consumer Protection - Consumer Contracts - Prohibited Waiver | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Repealing certain exemptions relating to a prohibition on a consumer contract that sets a shorter time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract under certain circumstances; prohibiting a consumer contract from waiving, limiting, impairing, or disclaiming any right conferred or created or a manner of enforcement established by federal or State law; establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to enforcement and certain civil penalties; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | ||
| HB 104 | SB 49 | Unhoused Individuals - Rights and Affirmative Defense | Del. Bernice Mireku-North (14-D) | Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; establishing an affirmative defense of necessity to certain criminal charges relating to trespass or disturbing the peace; and repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy. | Judiciary | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) | |
| HB 120 | Moratorium on Construction of New Data Centers - Co-Location and Generation Contingency | Del. Mark Fisher (27C-R) | Prohibiting a person from constructing a data center in the State; prohibiting a unit of State or local government from approving a proposal for the construction of a data center in the State; providing for the termination of the Act if the General Assembly enacts legislation regarding the co-location of data centers with a new or existing natural gas power generation facility, nuclear power generation facility, or small module reactor; applying the Act prospectively; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (1/19) | ||
| HB 133 | Income Tax and Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reductions and Alterations | Del. Christopher Bouchat (5-R) | Altering the State individual and corporate income tax rates; increasing, from 2% to 3%, the income tax rate imposed on the net capital gains attributable to certain sources of income; exempting from the income tax on net capital gains the first $10,000 in net capital gains of an individual who is at least 65 years old; reducing, from 6% to 3%, the sales and use tax rate; reducing, from 9% to 3%, the sales and use tax rate on alcohol and cannabis sales; repealing the sales and use tax on the sale of certain technology services; etc. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) | |
| HB 143 | SB 92 | Electric Company Contracts, Capacity Market Models, and Regional Transmission Organizations - Studies | Del. Lorig Charkoudian (20-D) | Requiring the Public Service Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration jointly, in consultation with neighboring states, to study the benefits and costs of, and make recommendations on, potential options for certain actions with regard to withdrawing from the PJM Interconnection, LLC capacity market model, developing a certain multistate compact, withdrawing from PJM Interconnection, LLC, and establishing or joining an alternative regional transmission organization; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (1/19) |
| HB 145 | SB 141 | Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes | Del. Jessica Feldmark (12A-D) | Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to communication correct information to the public; prohibiting a person, under certain circumstances, from knowingly or with reckless disregard using or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Support with Amendment |
In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m. (1/16) | |
| HB 148 | Consumer Protection and Labor and Employment - Surveillance-Based Price and Wage Setting - Prohibition | Del. Joe Vogel (17-D) | Prohibiting a person from engaging in certain surveillance-based price setting; making a certain violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and prohibiting an employer from engaging in certain surveillance-based wage setting. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | ||
| HB 152 | Consumer Protection - Electronic Funds Transfers - Regulations (Elder Fraud Prevention Act of 2026) | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Providing that consumer wire transfers involving electronic funds transfers made ancillary to bank-to-bank transfers via a wire service are subject to certain provisions of the federal Electronic Funds Transfer Act of 1978. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | ||
| HB 179 | Department of Commerce - Complaint Portal and Annual Report | Del. Joe Vogel (17-D) | Requiring the Department of Commerce to create and maintain a complaint portal for reporting when a governmental unit takes longer than 60 days to process an application for a license, form, certificate, certification, permit, or registration for a business or nonprofit organization; and requiring the Department, by September 15, 2026, and each September 15 thereafter, to submit an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the complaints filed through the portal. | Economic Matters Government, Labor, and Elections |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (1/19) | ||
| HB 183 | SB 106 | Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Repeal | Del. Christopher Bouchat (5-R) | Repealing the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program. | Environment and Transportation | Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) |
| HB 188 | SB 3 | Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2026 | Del. Lorig Charkoudian (20-D) | Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; requiring, beginning in 2027, the maximum weekly benefit to be 40% of the state average weekly wage; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:30 p.m. (2/6) | |
| HB 193 | SB 213 | State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures | Del. Kenneth Kerr (3-D) | Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or a request for proposals from submitting a bid or proposal or assisting in the submission of a bid or proposal; requiring a procurement contract to include a certain clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in law; altering the required contents of a certain change order; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Support |
In the House - Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m. (1/21) | |
| HB 201 | Income Tax - Tips or Gratuities - Subtraction Modification (No Income Taxes on Tips Act) | Del. Mark Fisher (27C-R) | Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for compensation received in the form of a tip or gratuity for the performance of certain work in a food service facility, business licensed for on-sale consumption of alcoholic beverages, or hotel, for providing passenger-for-hire services, or for providing taxicab services; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. (1/15) | |
| HB 203 | Labor and Employment - Training Repayment Agreements - Prohibition | Del. Joe Vogel (17-D) | Prohibiting employers from requiring, as a condition of employment, employees or prospective employees to enter into training repayment agreements; defining "training repayment agreement" as one that requires an employee to pay an employer or a third party, such as a training provider, a sum of money if the employee voluntarily or involuntarily leaves employment with the employer; and providing that an agreement that constitutes a training repayment agreement is null and void as being against the public policy of the State. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/26) | ||
| HB 230 | SB 62 | Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Prioritization (Transportation Investment Priorities Act of 2026) | Chair, Appropriations Committee | Altering the required elements of the Consolidated Transportation Program; requiring the Department of Transportation to develop a certain project-based scoring system, identify certain funds available for certain purposes, and solicit requests from certain entities for certain projects; requiring the Department to evaluate and score certain major surface transportation projects; altering the makeup, chair, frequency of meetings, and responsibilities of the Maryland Transportation Commission; etc. | Appropriations Environment and Transportation |
Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/9) |
| HB 235 | SB 47 | Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Local Approval Requirement | Chair, Economic Matters Committee | Repealing a certain requirement for approval by a political subdivision of a certain application for financial assistance under the Neighborhood Business Development Program from the Department of Housing and Community Development. | Economic Matters | Support |
In the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (3/4) | |
| HB 237 | SB 94 | Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access - Revisions | Chair, Economic Matters Committee | Prohibiting a lender from accepting a tip from a consumer or giving a consumer the option to provide a tip; altering the timeline for certain refunds; subjecting certain earned wage access providers and loan lenders to certain consumer loan requirements; etc. | Economic Matters | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:30 p.m. (2/3) |
| HB 239 | SB 36 | Land Use - Zoning - Limitations (Starter and Silver Homes Act of 2026) | Chair, Economic Matters Committee | Prohibiting local jurisdictions from adopting or enforcing certain zoning provisions relating to lot size, dimensions, setback requirements, lot coverage, and design or architectural elements for certain single-family homes; prohibiting local jurisdictions from prohibiting certain housing types in certain zones; and prohibiting local jurisdictions from prohibiting certain subdivisions of certain lot types. | Economic Matters | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | |
| HB 242 | SB 216 | Unemployment Insurance - Confidentiality of Information | Chair, Economic Matters Committee | Altering requirements related to the confidentiality of unemployment insurance information to ensure compliance with federal law and regulations; altering existing confidentiality requirements related to inspection of employment records and claim information by agents of child support enforcement units; establishing exceptions to confidentiality requirements in accordance with federal law and regulations; etc. | Economic Matters Finance |
Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - First Reading Finance (2/23) |
| HB 250 | SB 108 | Environment - Water Resources and Wetlands - Enforcement | Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee | 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; authorizing the Department to impose an administrative penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation, not to exceed $100,000, for certain violations related to wetlands construction, modification, or development; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) |
| HB 257 | Environment - Flood-Related Watershed Studies and Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program | Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee | Requiring, by January 1, 2028, and every 5 years thereafter, and after consultation with local jurisdictions and State agencies, the Department of the Environment to designate priority watersheds for the purpose of requiring subdivisions to conduct flood-related watershed studies; requiring a subdivision that contains a designated priority watershed to conduct a watershed study and submit the study to the Department for review and approval; specifying the required contents of a flood-related watershed study required under the Act; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/16) | |
| HB 259 | SB 43 | Financial Institutions - Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund and Regulation of Entities - Revisions | Chair, Economic Matters Committee | Repealing certain fees charged to certain banking institutions by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; altering certain provisions relating to the Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund, including the purpose and administration of the Fund; altering the date by which the Commissioner may match certain investments in the Fund from June 30, 2028, to June 30, 2030; altering and providing for certain assessment offset credits for certain banking institutions and credit unions; etc. | Economic Matters Finance |
In the Senate - First Reading Finance (2/23) | ||
| HB 264 | Maryland Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026 | Chair, Government, Labor Elections Committee | Limiting the personal information that may be collected, maintained, processed, and retained by units of State government under certain circumstances; requiring certain personal information to be deleted or de-identified under certain circumstances; requiring each unit to post a certain privacy notice on its Internet website and establishing certain requirements for privacy notices and privacy policies; requiring each unit of State government to designate a Privacy Officer; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | |
| HB 283 | SB 52 | Property Insurance - Settlement of Claims and Notices | Chair, Judiciary Committee | Establishing the method for calculating the measure of the actual cash value recovery in the settlement of a first-party claim under a residential or commercial property insurance policy issued or renewed on or after October 1, 2026; and requiring an insurer that renews a policy of homeowner's insurance or renter's insurance to notify the insured, in advance of the renewal, of certain differences between the expiring policy and the renewal policy. | Judiciary | Civil Liability - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) |
| HB 290 | SB 25 | Income Tax - Cybersecurity Technology and Service Tax Credit - Alterations | Chair, Ways and Means Committee | Establishing the Buy Maryland Cybersecurity Tax Credit; stating the purpose of the credit is to promote the cybersecurity industry in the State by helping Maryland businesses and nonprofits purchase cybersecurity technology services from Maryland companies; altering eligibility for the credit; increasing from $200,000 to $1,000,000 the aggregate amount of credits that may be issued for certain cybersecurity purchases; making the credit refundable; etc. | Ways and Means | Cyber & Tech - Monitor Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) |
| HB 297 | SB 70 | Adult Education - High School Diploma Pathways - GED Option Pilot Program and MDiplomaWorks Pathway | Chair, Ways and Means Committee | Establishing the GED Option Pilot Program to expand the GED Option Program to students beyond English language learners to ensure a pathway for students to obtain a high school diploma and prepare for postsecondary education or the workforce; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to establish criteria to select certain local school systems for participation in the Program; establishing the MDiplomaWorks pathway as an alternative method of earning a high school diploma in the State; etc. | Ways and Means | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (2/2) | |
| HB 299 | SB 60 | Fraud Prevention, Prevailing Wage, and Living Wage - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement | Chair, Government, Labor Elections Committee | 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; 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. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. (2/3) | |
| HB 314 | Automation Technology Deployment Assessment and Displaced Employee Retraining Fund - Established | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Requiring employers with 100 or more employees that reduced their workforce in the State by a least 10 employees while using automation technology to submit certain information to the Secretary of Labor concerning the number of employees employed, automation technology deployed or used, and certain employees separated from employment during the immediately preceding calendar year; requiring a certain covered employer to pay a certain assessment for each displaced employee reported by the covered employer; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/17) | ||
| HB 317 | Recipients of Economic Development Assistance or State Contracts - Certification of Compliance With State Labor Laws | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Requiring certain persons that receive certain State economic development assistance to make a certification each year that the person was not the subject of a certain final adverse determination and is not currently failing to comply with certain outstanding requirements under a prior final judgment or order; requiring a certain unit of State government to initiate a pause on disbursements or approvals of certain economic development assistance or the award or renewal of certain State contracts; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | ||
| HB 331 | SB 342 | Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program | Del. Jen Terrasa (13-D) | Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a beverage container stewardship organization; etc. | Economic Matters Environment and Transportation |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing canceled (Economic Matters) (2/3) | |
| HB 334 | State Procurement - Constitutional Violations - Prohibited | Del. Sheila Ruth (44B-D) | Requiring a procurement officer to require a certain certification from a bidder or offeror and to include a certain clause in a State procurement contract relating to unconstitutional activity. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | ||
| HB 345 | SB 341 | Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act) | Del. Lorig Charkoudian (20-D) | Authorizing the purchase, installation, and use of a certain portable solar energy generating system for certain purposes; altering the renewable energy portfolio standard; requiring that certain alternative compliance fees be paid into a certain escrow account rather than into the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund; requiring the Public Service Commission to require electric companies to procure a certain number of SRECs and SREC-IIs; requiring the Commission to issue certain solicitations; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Letter of Information |
In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/22) | |
| HB 346 | Workers' Compensation - Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Retroactive Compensation | Del. Andrew Pruski (33A-D) | Requiring an employer or its insurer to retroactively pay retroactive compensation to a covered employee as if the covered employee was temporarily totally disabled if the covered employee did not receive compensation during the period between the date maximum medical improvement was attained and the date vocational rehabilitation services began. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | ||
| HB 360 | SB 483 | Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement (Clean Slate Act of 2026) | Del. David Moon (20-D) | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Judiciary to expunge all cases meeting certain criteria on or before July 1, 2028; and requiring the Department and the Judiciary to expunge certain newly eligible cases on a monthly basis. | Judiciary | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) | |
| HB 366 | SB 993 | Workers' Compensation - Exemption From Exclusivity of Remedy - Action for Wrongful Death by Nondependent Child | Del. Andrew Pruski (33A-D) | Prohibiting the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act from being construed to prohibit a child of a covered employee who is determined not to be a dependent of the covered employee from filing an action for damages related to the wrongful death of the covered employee. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | |
| HB 382 | SB 571 | Commercial Law - Broadband Access - Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act) | Del. Kris Fair (3-D) | Requiring certain broadband providers in the State to establish a program to provide certain broadband services to eligible low-income consumers by December 1, 2026; authorizing the Office of Statewide Broadband in the Department of Housing and Community Development to exempt certain service providers; authorizing a provider, once every 3 years, to increase the price of the service based on certain criteria; requiring the Office beginning November 15, 2027, to annually file a report detailing certain data relative to the program; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | |
| HB 385 | SB 269 | Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Evidence - Rebuttable Presumption of Medical Bills | Del. David Moon (20-D) | Establishing a rebuttable presumption in an action for personal injury or wrongful death that a medical bill from a health care provider or an agent of the health care provider is authentic, fair, and reasonable if the bill was properly provided in discovery; and establishing that a party may overcome the presumption that a medical bill is authentic, fair, and reasonable by proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the medical bill, or any charge in a medical bill, is not authentic, is unfair, or is unreasonable. | Judiciary | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | |
| HB 390 | SB 282 | Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2027) | The Speaker | Making the proposed appropriations contained in the State Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, in accordance with Article III, Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; etc. | Appropriations | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - First Reading Appropriations (1/21) |
| HB 391 | SB 283 | Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2026, and the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 | The Speaker | 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. | Appropriations | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - First Reading Appropriations (1/21) |
| HB 392 | SB 284 | Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026 | The Speaker | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering eligibility for certain programs; providing certain modifications to federal adjusted gross income of an individual or federal taxable income of a corporation for Maryland income tax purposes relating to certain depreciation deductions allowed under the federal income tax; etc. | Appropriations | Support with Amendment |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/20) | |
| HB 395 | SB 371 | Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations | Del. Regina Boyce (43A-D) | Repealing a requirement that a person hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO. | Environment and Transportation | Support |
In the House - Third Reading Passed (126-0) (3/4) | |
| HB 400 | SB 247 | Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit - Conversion to Grant Program | Del. Mark Chang (32-D) | Converting the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit to be the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Grant Program in the Department of Commerce; requiring the Department to disburse a grant within a certain time period; allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain grants received during the taxable year; establishing the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Grant Program Fund; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Fund; etc. | Ways and Means | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/22) | |
| HB 432 | SB 463 | Municipalities - Vagrancy - Repeal of Authority to Prohibit | Del. Bernice Mireku-North (14-D) | Repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy. | Judicial Proceedings Judiciary |
Housing & Development - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (2/20) |
| HB 433 | SB 589 | Business Regulation - Collection Agencies - Licensure Exemption for Property Managers | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | 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. | Economic Matters | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:30 p.m. (2/6) | |
| HB 434 | Residential Leases - Use of Algorithmic Device by Landlord to Determine Rent, Occupancy, and Lease Terms - Prohibition | Del. Julie Carr (17-D) | Prohibiting a landlord from using certain algorithmic devices to determine the amount of rent to charge for, occupancy levels of, and lease terms and conditions for a residential dwelling unit; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and applying the Act prospectively. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | ||
| HB 437 | SB 59 | Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026) | Del. Mark Edelson (46-D) | Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department, beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program, to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; etc. | Appropriations Environment and Transportation |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/2) | |
| HB 461 | SB 300 | Economic Development - Rural Readiness Program and Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund - Establishment | Del. Natalie Ziegler (9A-D) | Establishing the Rural Readiness Program administered by the Rural Maryland Council to provide assistance to rural communities to enhance their capacity for economic development; requiring priority to be given when making certain grants to entities that have completed the Rural Readiness Program; and establishing the Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund to be administered by the Council to provide grants to support collaborative planning and capacity building initiatives that address the needs of rural communities. | Economic Matters | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | |
| HB 466 | Civil Actions - Motor Vehicle Accidents Involving Vulnerable Individuals - Comparative Negligence | Del. Elizabeth Embry (43A-D) | Prohibiting recovery by a certain plaintiff from being barred in a certain civil action due to the plaintiff's negligence, except under certain circumstances; requiring any damages awarded under the Act to be diminished in proportion to the amount of negligence attributed to the plaintiff; and applying the Act prospectively. | Judiciary | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (1/29) | ||
| HB 468 | Health and Taxation - Digital Social Media Services and the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth | Del. Ashanti Martinez (22-D) | Establishing the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth to support improved access to mental health care services for children and youth in the State; imposing a tax on certain annual revenues derived from certain digital social media services in the State; providing for the calculation and collection of the tax; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue from the tax in a certain manner; etc. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) | ||
| HB 470 | SB 376 | Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment | Del. Adrian Boafo (23-D) | Establishing the Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the use and regulation of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2027. | Economic Matters | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) |
| HB 474 | SB 698 | Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act) | Del. Edith Patterson (28-D) | Prohibiting a person from operating or towing a vehicle without removing from exposed vehicle surfaces accumulated snow and ice; and prohibiting a person from committing a violation of the Act that contributes to an accident resulting in property damage or the death of or serious bodily injury to another person. | Environment and Transportation | Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Third Reading Passed (127-0) (3/4) |
| HB 476 | SB 474 | Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death | Del. Natalie Ziegler (9A-D) | Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively. | Judiciary | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | |
| HB 480 | SB 740 | Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators | Del. Diana Fennell (47A-D) | Altering the definitions of "transportation network company" and "transportation network operator" for purposes of provisions of law regarding transportation network companies; requiring a transportation network company to maintain a deactivation policy that provides the policies and procedures for the deactivation of operators; prohibiting a transportation network company from deactivating an operator unless the deactivation is consistent with the company's deactivation policy; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| HB 484 | Corporate Income Tax - Addition Modification - Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising | Del. Natalie Ziegler (9A-D) | Providing an addition modification under the corporate income tax for the amount of certain direct-to-consumer advertising expenses for certain covered drugs paid or incurred during the taxable year that are deducted under the Internal Revenue Code; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) | ||
| HB 506 | SB 455 | Economic Development - Transformational Project Financing Program - Establishment | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | Establishing the Transformational Project Financing Program in the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to designate certain development districts as State-supported development districts; authorizing a governing body of a political subdivision to apply to the Corporation for approval as a State-supported development district; requiring the Corporation to publish at least annually a summary of approved State-supported development districts; providing for the eligibility for and calculation of certain State revenue; etc. | Economic Matters Ways and Means |
Education & Workforce - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/3) |
| HB 507 | SB 305 | Qualifying Nonprofit Organizations - Incarcerated Individual Training and Reentry Grant Fund - Extension | Del. Malcolm Ruff (41-D) | Extending the fiscal years through 2029 in which the Governor may include an appropriation of $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill for certain qualifying nonprofit organizations that provide automotive repair training and reentry assistance to incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals; and extending the termination date for provisions relating to funding for certain services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals. | Judiciary | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) | |
| HB 509 | Campaign Finance - Contributions by Gas and Electric Utility Companies - Prohibition | Del. Joe Vogel (17-D) | Prohibiting gas and electric utility companies doing business in the State from making campaign contributions to the campaign finance entity of a candidate for a nonfederal public office in the State or any other campaign finance entity organized in support of a candidate for a nonfederal public office in the State. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| HB 516 | Maryland Department of Labor - Investigation of Complaints - Requirements (Worksite Enforcement Act of 2026) | Del. Joe Vogel (17-D) | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to establish certain procedures for receiving, reviewing, and investigating certain complaints regarding matters under the jurisdiction of the Department; requiring the Department to employ one investigators for each of five regions of the State to investigate complaints; and requiring, beginning fiscal year 2027, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 for the hiring of five investigators. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. (2/3) | ||
| HB 517 | Emission Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standards, and Solid Waste Management - Local Authority | Del. Jen Terrasa (13-D) | Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt ordinances, rules, or regulations that set emission standards or ambient air quality standards under certain conditions; specifying that the requirement for the Department of the Environment to approve a county water and sewerage plan does not limit certain authority of the county; requiring the Department to publish certain information on its website by October 1, 2026; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Letter of Information |
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | ||
| HB 526 | Civil Actions - Settlement Agreements - Payment and Release | Del. Aaron Kaufman (18-D) | Requiring a settling defendant in a tort action for money damages to provide a proposed release to a plaintiff within 10 days and to pay all sums due to a plaintiff under a settlement agreement within 15 days; providing for the protection by a plaintiff of certain third-party rights of recovery or subrogation; and establishing the accrual of interest on settlement sums under certain circumstances. | Judiciary | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) | ||
| HB 536 | Employment Discrimination - Reasonable Accommodations - Disabilities Due to Childbirth, Menopause, and Related Medical Conditions | Del. Stephanie Smith (45-D) | Expanding certain protections against employment discrimination to apply to temporary disabilities caused or contributed to by childbirth, menopause, or a related medical condition. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (3/4) | |
| HB 540 | Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Utility Rate Changes (Public Service Company Transparency Act) | Del. Mary Lehman (21-D) | Prohibiting certain electric, gas, and gas and electric companies from initiating a proceeding that may lead to a rate change unless the company provides customers with a certain notice; requiring certain electric, gas, and gas and electric companies to include a certain statement in each customer bill and automatic payment e-mail and distribute a certain annual rate report in a certain manner; requiring the Public Service Commission, in consultation with the Office of People's Counsel, to develop a certain report; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | ||
| HB 548 | SB 325 | Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act) | Del. Dylan Behler (30A-D) | Requiring the approval of a housing development project application by a local regulatory authority or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be governed only by certain laws and regulations in effect at the time of submission of a substantially complete application; granting the proponent of an approved housing development project certain vested rights related to use and development for a certain time period; etc. | Economic Matters | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | |
| HB 560 | Sales and Use Tax and Property Tax - Exemptions for Data Centers - Repeal | Del. Julie Carr (17-D) | Repealing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain sales of certain personal property for use at certain qualified data centers under certain circumstances; and repealing the authorization for a governing body of a county or municipal corporation to reduce or eliminate the assessment of certain personal property used in certain qualified data centers. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | ||
| HB 572 | SB 432 | Attorney General Actions and Climate Crimes Accountability Fund (Climate Crimes Accountability Act) | Del. Sheila Ruth (44B-D) | Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds certain entities accountable for tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; authorizing the Attorney General to hire outside counsel to assist with an action under the Act if the Attorney General makes a certain determination; establishing the Climate Crimes Accountability Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc. | Judiciary | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (1/30) | |
| HB 576 | SB 425 | State Archives - Record Services - Fees | Del. Mike Griffith (35A-R) | Authorizing the State Archives to establish certain fees relating to certain records by regulation. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) |
| HB 584 | Clean Maryland Democracy Amendment | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Guaranteeing equal voting rights for all eligible voters; establishing that the people of Maryland have the right to elections that are free from improper foreign influence, undisclosed funding, and undue domination by large corporate interests; prohibiting the State, counties, and municipal corporations from denying, diluting, or abridging the right to vote based on certain protected classes; requiring the General Assembly to provide by law for a Maryland Voting Rights Act to protect the right to vote; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Business Regulations - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| HB 594 | SB 405 | Sales and Use Tax - Distribution - City of Baltimore | Del. Robbyn Lewis (46-D) | Altering the distribution of sales and use tax revenues to require the Comptroller to pay to the City of Baltimore one-third of the revenues from sales and use taxes collected and remitted from sales that occur within the City of Baltimore. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) |
| HB 599 | Health - Licensure of Hospitals - Ownership Requirements | Del. Terri Hill (12A-D) | Requiring that hospitals, to qualify for a license on or after October 1, 2026, qualify as a nonprofit organization under federal law and be registered as a nonprofit organization with the State; requiring hospitals that receive licensure on or after October 1, 2026, to maintain status as a nonprofit organization as a condition of licensure; and providing that, on or after October 1, 2026, the ownership of a licensed hospital may be transferred only to a nonprofit organization. | Health Finance |
Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - First Reading Finance (2/27) | |
| HB 616 | SB 515 | Health Services Cost Review Commission - Health Facilities - Jurisdiction and Rate Setting | Del. Bonnie Cullison (19-D) | Altering the jurisdiction of the Health Services Cost Review Commission; and requiring 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 costs incurred or expenditures made by a health facility in connection with the operation of the facility. | Health | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - First Reading Health (1/30) |
| HB 624 | SB 411 | Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026) | Del. Jennifer Holland (10-D) | Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring each clinical staffing committee to develop a clinical staffing plan; requiring, on or before July 1 each year, each hospital's clinical staffing committee to conduct a review of the clinical staffing plan for certain purposes; requiring, on or before January 1, 2028, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan and assign personnel in accordance with the plan; etc. | Health | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. (2/5) | |
| HB 628 | Human Services - Universal Basic Income for Transition-Age Youth Program - Establishment | Del. Gabriel Acevero (39-D) | Establishing the Universal Basic Income for Transition-Age Youth Program in the Department of Human Services to provide for the economic security of individuals aging out of the out-of-home placement program; providing that payments made under the Program may not be considered income or resources for purposes of determining eligibility for certain benefits; and requiring the Department to report annually by October 1 to the General Assembly including descriptive information and outcome measures of recipients. | Appropriations | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | |
| HB 673 | Consumer Goods - Restrictions Based on Energy Source - Prohibition (Energy Equality Act of 2026) | Del. Lauren Arikan (7B-R) | Prohibiting a local government or unit of State government from restricting the sale, purchase, or use of a certain consumer good solely on the basis of the energy source used to power the consumer good; repealing provisions of law requiring the Department of the Environment to establish and maintain a certain low emissions vehicle program; repealing provisions of law requiring the Department to establish requirements for the sale of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; and applying the Act retroactively. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| HB 674 | SB 270 | Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation | Del. Todd Morgan (29C-R) | Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee by December 1, 2027. | Environment and Transportation | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| HB 684 | Health Insurance - Material Changes to Provider Networks - Notification and Special Enrollment Period | Chair, Health Committee | 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. | Health | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m. (2/19) | |
| HB 690 | Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction (Economic Competitiveness Act of 2026) | Del. Wayne Hartman (38C-R) | Decreasing, over 4 taxable years, the State corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 6.25%. | Ways and Means | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | ||
| HB 705 | State Government - Attorney General - Office of the Attorney General Enforcement Recovery Fund - Establishment | Del. Julian Ivey (47A-D) | Establishing the Office of the Attorney General Enforcement Recovery Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring that the Fund be used only to support the consumer protection, antitrust, and securities enforcement activities of the Office; and requiring certain money to be deposited into the Fund. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Business Regulations - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/20) | |
| HB 711 | SB 504 | Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) | Del. Lorig Charkoudian (20-D) | Prohibiting a certain controller from selling the personal data of a consumer to a purchaser who seeks to use the data for immigration enforcement; 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; requiring certain procedures of certain governmental entities to account for data containing sensitive attributes; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | |
| HB 712 | Civil Actions - Product Liability - Artificial Intelligence Systems | Del. Robin Grammer (6-R) | Establishing a cause of action against a developer of a certain artificial intelligence system for defective design, failure to provide adequate instruction or warning, and breach of express warranty; establishing that a deployer of a certain artificial intelligence system may be sued in lieu of a developer under certain circumstances; authorizing the Attorney General to bring an action against a developer or a deployer for harm caused by a certain dangerous or defective product; etc. | Judiciary | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| HB 715 | SB 602 | Algorithmic Addiction Fund - Establishment | Del. Samuel Rosenberg (41-D) | Establishing the Algorithmic Addiction Fund to be administered by the Maryland Department of Health; providing the Fund consists of all civil penalties received by the State from any source resulting, directly or indirectly, from a judgment against or settlement relating to claims concerning harm to children from the use of social media and the improper use of algorithms; requiring the Secretary to make a report to the General Assembly by November 1 each year concerning the provision of algorithmic addiction intervention services; etc. | Appropriations Economic Matters |
Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/17) |
| HB 723 | SB 598 | Electric Companies - Cost Containment Plans - Requirement (Securing Affordable, Valuable Investments in Next Generation Grid Solutions (SAVINGS) Act) | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | Requiring electric companies to submit to the Public Service Commission cost containment plans for electric distribution and transmission system planning on or before January 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter; requiring the plans to combine to reduce peak electric system loads in a certain manner; and requiring electric companies to submit certain progress reports on the implementation of the plan. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/23) | |
| HB 724 | Employment Discrimination - Caregiver Status | Del. Lesley Lopez (39-D) | Prohibiting employment discrimination based on an individual's caregiver status. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | ||
| HB 730 | SB 415 | Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act) | Del. Marc Korman (16-D) | 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; requiring the Securities Commissioner to require that a certain franchise registration exemption be indexed to inflation or deflation based on a certain index; 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; etc. | Economic Matters | Business Regulations - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) |
| HB 737 | SB 416 | Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate | Del. Terri Hill (12A-D) | Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay certain nonparticipating health care providers for services. | Health | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m. (2/19) | |
| HB 739 | Health Insurance - Prompt Payment of Claims - Requirements | Del. Ashanti Martinez (22-D) | Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to send certain communications in a certain manner; establishing that certain communications by insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations shall be considered denials of all or part of certain claims for reimbursement; and requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to deny all or part of certain claims for reimbursement under certain circumstances. | Health | Health Care & Biopharma - TBD |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m. (2/19) | ||
| HB 746 | SB 428 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Collaborative Care Model - Cost Sharing Prohibition | Del. Heather Bagnall (33C-D) | Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health and certain carriers from imposing a copay, coinsurance, or deductible for services provided in accordance with the Collaborative Care Model statewide in primary care settings that provide health care services to Program recipients. | Health | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m. (2/19) |
| HB 761 | Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act) | Del. Mike Griffith (35A-R) | Increasing to $40,000 over a 2-year period the amount of a certain subtraction modification under the State income tax for certain military retirement income received by an individual, regardless of age, during a taxable year for certain military service. | Ways and Means | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| HB 774 | SB 462 | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction) | Del. Jheanelle Wilkins (20-D) | Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc. | Economic Matters | Housing & Development - No Position |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| HB 795 | Health Insurance - Artificial Intelligence - Grievance Process and Reporting (AI Health Insurance Accountability Act of 2026) | Del. Chao Wu (9A-D) | Requiring that a carrier's internal grievance process provide for human review of grievances resulting from adverse decisions made using artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tools; requiring carriers to report certain information on grievances resulting from adverse decisions made using artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tools; requiring a carrier to provide a model review process under certain circumstances; etc. | Health | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/23) | |
| HB 796 | Recycling - Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic | Del. Jen Terrasa (13-D) | Altering the definition of recycling to exclude certain chemical conversion processes, pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, methanolysis, gasification, enzymatic breakdown, or similar processes as determined by the Department of the Environment; and prohibiting a person from building in the State a facility that converts plastic to fuel or feedstock through a chemical conversion process. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| HB 799 | Maryland Co-Location Energy Innovation and Reliability Act | Del. April Miller (4-R) | Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations related to the construction of a generating station that is co-located with a data center but is not interconnected with the electric transmission system or electric distribution system. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| HB 801 | Income Tax - Addition Modifications - Business Stock Gains, Fines, Penalties, and Bonus Depreciation | Del. Elizabeth Embry (43A-D) | Providing an addition modification under the Maryland income tax for the gain from the sale or exchange of certain small business stock excluded from federal gross income and a certain amount of fines, penalties, and trade or business expenses; providing certain modifications to the federal adjusted gross income of an individual or federal taxable income of a corporation for Maryland income tax purposes relating to certain deductions under the federal income tax for the depreciation of certain property; etc. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| HB 808 | SB 490 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Step Therapy, Fail-First Protocols, and Prior Authorization - Prescription Drugs to Treat Serious Mental Illness | Del. Steve Johnson (34A-D) | Prohibiting the Maryland Medical Assistance Program from applying a prior authorization requirement in certain circumstances to and from applying a step therapy or fail-first protocol for a prescription drug used to treat an adult enrollee's diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, or a medication-induced movement disorder associated with the treatment of serious mental illness. | Health | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m. (2/19) |
| HB 827 | Repair the Transportation Trust Fund Act | Del. Matthew Morgan (29A-R) | Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; requiring that the Maryland Transit Administration achieve a certain farebox recovery requirement for certain transit services; etc. | Environment and Transportation Ways and Means |
Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/5) | |
| HB 840 | SB 767 | Property Tax - Credit for Commercial Buildings Rented to Small Businesses | Del. Mark Edelson (46-D) | hb843Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City and the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a commercial building that is rented or rented to own at fair market value to a small business if the commercial building is located in a designated arts and entertainment district or Main Street Maryland community. | Ways and Means | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| HB 859 | SB 759 | Financial Institutions - Digital Assets and Digital Asset Staking - Regulation (Maryland Financial Innovation Act of 2026) | Del. Adrian Boafo (23-D) | Prohibiting certain regulation of certain activities involving digital assets by an agency or other instrumentality of the State or a political subdivision of the State; and clarifying that the provision of digital asset staking as a service is excluded from a certain definition and certain filing and registration requirements under the Maryland Securities Act. | Economic Matters | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/18) |
| HB 862 | SB 156 | Railroads - Required Crew for Movement of Freight | Del. Dana Stein (11B-D) | Prohibiting a railroad train used in connection with the movement of freight from being operated in the State unless it has at least two crew members, subject to certain exceptions; providing a penalty for a first offense of up to $10,000 or in the case of a willful violation within the immediately preceding 3 years, or a fine of up to $25,000; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| HB 864 | SB 964 | Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) | Del. Melissa Wells (40-D) | Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; repealing certain provisions of law that authorize contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| HB 870 | Maryland Building Performance Standards - Energy Conservation Requirements (Large Buildings for Tomorrow Act) | Del. Marc Korman (16-D) | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, by October 1, 2028, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, energy conservation requirements for the new construction of buildings that are subject to the Building Energy Performance Standards adopted by the Maryland Department of the Environment. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| HB 880 | Maryland Income Tax - Decoupling From Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code - Depreciation and Business Interest Expenses | Del. Julie Carr (17-D) | Providing certain modifications to the federal adjusted gross income of an individual or federal taxable income of a corporation for Maryland income tax purposes relating to certain deductions under the federal income tax for depreciation of certain property and certain business interest expenses; etc. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| HB 883 | Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence - Behavioral Health Care Prohibitions | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | Prohibiting a developer of artificial intelligence from making, or knowingly causing artificial intelligence to make, certain representations or statements relating to behavioral health care subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000,000; requiring a developer artificial intelligence sold, leased, given, or otherwise provided to consumers in the State to include a certain notice or protocols; authorizing the Attorney General to bring an action for an alleged violation of the Act; etc. | Economic Matters Health |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) and Hearing canceled (Health) (2/13) | ||
| HB 894 | SB 389 | Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) | The Speaker | Providing for the automatic designation of certain transit-oriented developments as enterprise zones; requiring the Maryland Development Corporation to prioritize certain redevelopment projects when making loans under the Strategic Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program; altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on land located near certain transit stations; delaying the collection of certain development excise taxes and development impact fees for certain residential real estate projects; etc. | Economic Matters Environment and Transportation |
Support with Amendment |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/23) | |
| HB 895 | SB 387 | Food Retailers - Dynamic Pricing, Surveillance Data, and Collective Bargaining Agreements (Protection From Predatory Pricing Act) | The Speaker | Prohibiting a food retailer from engaging in the practice of dynamic pricing or using consumer surveillance data to set a price for consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer from using protected class data to offer, advertise, or sell a consumer good or service under certain circumstances; prohibiting a food retailer from diminishing or impairing any right or benefit guaranteed to employees of the food retailer under an existing collective bargaining agreement or memorandum of understanding; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| HB 897 | SB 386 | Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Energy Storage, and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund (Lower Bills and Local Power Act of 2026) | The Speaker | Requiring an electric company, located in the State, that owns or operates a transmission line that is designed to carry a voltage in excess of 69,000 volts to participate as a member in a regional transmission organization under certain circumstances; requiring a person applying for a certain certificate of public convenience and necessity to include certain information with the application; requiring certain transmission utilities to submit a certain advanced transmission technology implementation report; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) |
| HB 898 | SB 388 | Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act | The Speaker | Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Economic Development Opportunities Program Account to be the Strategic Closing Fund within the Department of Commerce; altering the purposes for and methods by which the Fund may be utilized; altering the termination date of the Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program, Job Creation Tax Credit, Research and Development Tax Credit, and Employer Security Clearance Costs Tax Credit; etc. | Economic Matters Ways and Means |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/6) | |
| HB 902 | SB 382 | Retire in Maryland Tax Relief Act | Del. Denise Roberts (25-D) | Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for certain taxpayers who are at least 77 years old and have a federal adjusted gross income not exceeding $175,000 for a single taxpayer, or $250,000 for spouses filing jointly, or for a certain surviving spouse; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) |
| HB 905 | SB 547 | Recipients of State and Local Government Funding - Reporting (Buy Maryland Reporting Requirements) | Del. Denise Roberts (25-D) | Requiring a unit of State and local government and a person that receives funding from the State operating or capital budget to report on or before October 15 each year to the Comptroller certain information regarding the use of the funds; requiring a certain individual or corporation that receives payments from a unit of State and local government for providing goods or services to the unit to include certain information on the individual's or corporation's income tax return or declaration; etc. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| HB 906 | Civil Actions - Punitive Damage Awards - Surcharge | Del. David Moon (20-D) | Providing that punitive damages may be awarded in a civil action only if the plaintiff proves by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant acted with gross negligence; requiring the State Court Administrator to assess a certain surcharge on a defendant against whom a judgment for punitive damages is entered; requiring the Administrator to deposit money collected from the surcharge into the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; etc. | Judiciary | Include in Agenda |
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| HB 916 | SB 674 | Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities | Del. Ryan Spiegel (17-D) | Establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain transportation plans; establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation funds as special, nonlapsing funds; imposing certain transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges; etc. | Appropriations Environment and Transportation |
Letter of Information |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/10) | |
| HB 926 | Income Tax - Individual Itemized Deductions - Alterations | Del. Sheila Ruth (44B-D) | Requiring, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, but before January 1, 2030, that certain individuals reduce their federal itemized deduction for purposes of determining their Maryland itemized deductions by the amount claimed as taxes paid on real property. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| HB 930 | Income Tax - Decoupling From Federal Changes - Education Expenses | Del. Catherine Forbes (43B-D) | Prohibiting the Governor from electing to participate in a certain tax credit program for certain elementary and secondary education scholarships; providing an addition modification under the Maryland income tax for the amount paid by an employer on behalf of an employee as a contribution to a certain account and the amount of any distribution under certain prepaid contracts or investment accounts that is not used for qualified education expenses; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025; etc. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| HB 933 | SB 644 | Sales and Use Tax - Certificates Indicating Multiple Points of Use - Alterations | Del. Jheanelle Wilkins (20-D) | Providing that, for purposes of certain laws governing the sales and use tax, a certain certificate indicating multiple points of use of certain digital codes, digital products, and taxable services shall be deemed fully completed under certain circumstances; providing that a buyer is not required to obtain prior approval from the Comptroller in order to present a certificate indicating multiple points of use to a vendor; etc. | Ways and Means | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| HB 940 | SB 596 | Large Load Customers - Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program | Del. Lorig Charkoudian (20-D) | Exempting certain large load customers from requirements to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a certain process for large load customers to interconnect to the electric system; establishing requirements for a large load customer to interconnect to the electric system and contract for service; authorizing certain large load customers to receive certain prioritization; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Letter of Information |
In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | |
| HB 944 | SB 494 | Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificates of Need and Material Change Transactions | Del. Bonnie Cullison (19-D) | Repealing the exemption from the certificate of need requirement for certain mergers; requiring certain health care entities to provide certain notice of a material change transaction to the Maryland Health Care Commission and the public; establishing a public interest review process for material change transactions, including criteria for determining whether a material change transaction is subject to a public interest review; etc. | Health | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| HB 958 | Natural Gas - Connection and Line Extension - Discounts and Payment Plans | Del. Jason Buckel (1B-R) | Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from adopting or enforcing a regulation or order that prohibits a public service company from offering a discount or payment plan for the connection or extension of a natural gas line to a customer's property. | Environment and Transportation | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:30 p.m. (2/26) | ||
| HB 967 | Electric Companies - Environmental Surcharges or Fees - Prohibition on Collection | Del. Jason Buckel (1B-R) | Prohibiting an electric company from collecting certain environmental surcharges or fees under certain circumstances; and requiring the Public Service Commission, by October 1, 2027, and each October 1 thereafter, to make a certain calculation each year related to the change in residential electric bills relative to inflation. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:30 p.m. (2/26) | |
| HB 970 | Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Nuclear Energy and Renaming | Del. Todd Morgan (29C-R) | Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; renaming "renewable energy credits" to be "clean energy credits"; adding energy generated from certain nuclear energy generating stations as a Tier 2 renewable source eligible for inclusion in the clean energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act retroactively. | Environment and Transportation | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | ||
| HB 981 | Investor-Owned Public Service Companies - Base Rate Proceeding - Equity Market Return | Del. Andre Johnson (34A-D) | Requiring the Public Service Commission, in a base rate proceeding, to determine a certain equity market return for certain public service companies; and authorizing the Commission to adjust certain rates based on the equity market return. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/2) | ||
| HB 983 | State Tax Credits, Modifications, and Exemptions - Alterations and Repeal | Del. Julie Carr (17-D) | Altering the Enterprise Zone Program; altering and repealing certain credits, exemptions, and deductions to the State income, motor fuel, sales and use, tobacco, and property taxes; providing an addition modification under the Maryland income tax for the entire amount of certain deductions under the Internal Revenue Code for dividends paid for real estate investment trusts; requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the film production activity tax credit and submit a certain report on or before December 1, 2026; etc. | Economic Matters Ways and Means |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing canceled (Ways and Means) (3/3) | ||
| HB 985 | SB 528 | Consumer Protection - Video Streaming Services - Loudness of Commercial Advertisements | Del. Marlon Amprey (40-D) | 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. | Economic Matters | Support with Amendment |
In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| HB 988 | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Repeal | Del. Wayne Hartman (38C-R) | Repealing certain provisions of law establishing and governing building energy performance standards. | Economic Matters Environment and Transportation |
Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:30 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/26) | |
| HB 992 | SB 655 | Electronic Device Producer Responsibility Program - Established | Del. Dana Stein (11B-D) | Altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device producer responsibility program plan and annual report, registration, and review fee account within the Fund; repealing certain provisions of law relating to existing covered electronic device takeback programs; altering certain provisions of law relating to registration fees for certain manufacturers of covered electronic devices; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:30 p.m. (2/26) | |
| HB 995 | Health Occupations - Behavioral Health Care Providers - Use of Artificial Intelligence | Del. Jamila Woods (26-D) | Prohibiting behavioral health care providers from using artificial intelligence to provide behavioral health care to a patient; authorizing a behavioral health care provider to use a system that employs artificial intelligence in performing administrative support tasks under certain circumstances; and requiring a behavioral health care provider to obtain certain informed consent from patients if the provider uses a certain system that employs artificial intelligence under certain circumstances. | Health | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| HB 997 | SB 675 | State Finance and Procurement - Prevailing Wage Rate - Calculation | Del. Kriselda Valderrama (26-D) | Modifying the method by which the Commissioner of Labor and Industry determines a prevailing wage rate; and requiring the Commissioner to vacate a certain prevailing wage rate under certain circumstances. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) |
| HB 1007 | SB 881 | Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act | Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo (15-D) | Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to certain disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers. | Economic Matters | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| HB 1008 | SB 753 | Fiduciary Institutions - Exploitation of Seniors and Vulnerable Adults - Protections and Required Referral (Vulnerable Adult Banking Protection Act) | Del. Pam Queen (14-D) | Authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to delay or deny a disbursement from the account of a certain individual or the account on which a certain individual is a beneficiary; requiring a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to provide certain financial records to certain entities; authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to contact certain individuals; and providing certain fiduciary institutions immunity from certain liability. | Economic Matters | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/18) |
| HB 1009 | SB 725 | Transfer of Real Property - Recordation Certification and State Transfer Tax (Land Transfer Accountability Act) | Del. Marc Korman (16-D) | Prohibiting a clerk of the circuit court from recording an instrument that effects a change of ownership of real property from the United States to another person unless the instrument is accompanied by a Certificate of Compliance; requiring the Office of the Attorney General and the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to review certain changes of ownership of real property and issue a Certificate of Compliance following a determination of legal compliance; etc. | Economic Matters | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| HB 1016 | SB 900 | Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses - Employer Relocation | Del. Andrew Pruski (33A-D) | Applying certain provisions of law establishing that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State to employees of certain employers that relocate, reorganize, or otherwise cease to have the majority of its employees or principal place of business located in the State. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| HB 1022 | SB 686 | PFAS Chemicals - Product Phase Outs and Registration Requirements | Del. Sheila Ruth (44B-D) | Prohibiting manufacturers from selling, offering for sale, distributing, or distributing for sale in the State, certain products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals on or after certain dates; establishing registration requirements for certain products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals; providing for the testing of certain products to determine compliance with the Act; etc. | Health Environment and Transportation |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Health) and Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (3/4) | |
| HB 1026 | SB 893 | Business Regulation - Rounding Cash Transactions - Authorization | Del. Pam Queen (14-D) | Authorizing a merchant to round certain cash transactions in a certain manner or round the amount of change due to a customer in a certain manner; authorizing an employer to round a wage that the employer pays using cash in a certain manner; and providing that certain provisions of the Act shall preempt existing regulations, rules, and ordinances that conflict with certain provisions of the Act. | Economic Matters | Support with Amendment |
In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | |
| HB 1033 | SB 924 | Department of Social and Economic Mobility - Maryland Chamber of Commerce Grant Program - Established (Business Networks Access Act) | Del. Sarah Wolek (16-D) | Establishing the Maryland Chamber of Commerce Grant Program in the Department of Social and Economic Mobility to provide grants for membership subsidies for underrepresented individuals and inter-chamber events; specifying certain application requirements for the Program; requiring Program applicants to meet certain eligibility requirements; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $100,000 for the Program. | Economic Matters | Business Regulations - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) |
| HB 1035 | Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Overtime Compensation | Del. Mark Fisher (27C-R) | Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain overtime compensation; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, but before January 1, 2029. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | |
| HB 1037 | SB 605 | Public Service Commission - Broadband and Voice Over Internet Protocol Service - Oversight (Broadband Accountability and Affordability Act) | Del. Linda Foley (15-D) | Authorizing the Public Service Commission to exercise certain oversight of broadband service and voice over Internet protocol service; requiring the Commission to assess the adequacy of certain plans for each Internet service provider; authorizing the Commission to conduct certain evaluations or audits and require certain remedial action under certain circumstances; and repealing provisions of law prohibiting the Commission from regulating voice over Internet protocol service. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| HB 1040 | Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Mandated Uses - Climate Change Programs | Del. Dana Stein (11B-D) | Requiring that money in the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund be allocated in certain amounts in fiscal years 2028 through 2032 to certain programs that reduce the impact of climate change. | Appropriations Environment and Transportation |
Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/12) | |
| HB 1048 | SB 866 | Public Health - Chain Restaurants - Sodium and Added Sugars Warning Icons | Del. Emily Shetty (18-D) | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations relating to the sale of food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content by a chain restaurant by January 1, 2027, and to administer a certain continuing education campaign during calendar year 2027; and requiring certain chain restaurants to display certain icons next to certain food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content on each menu or menu board beginning January 1, 2028. | Health | Business Regulations |
In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| HB 1065 | Coal Combustion By-Product Materials - Grant Program and Procurement Preference | Del. Mary Lehman (21-D) | Establishing the Coal Combustion By-Product Materials Grant Program in the Department of the Environment to award grants to eligible manufacturers of cement, concrete, or construction materials in the State that use coal combustion by-products sourced in the State; and requiring each unit of State government to give preference to certain bids that demonstrate the use of certain coal combustion by-products sourced in the State when awarding procurement contracts. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| HB 1068 | Health Insurance - Special Enrollment Period for Newly Hired Employees of Small Businesses | Del. Jared Solomon (18-D) | Requiring certain health insurance carriers to provide certain special enrollment periods, of 60 days beginning on the first day of employment, for individuals who become employed by small employers that do not offer employer-sponsored health plans. | Health | Health Care & Biopharma - TBD |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:30 p.m. (2/26) | ||
| HB 1070 | SB 539 | Department of Social and Economic Mobility - Workforce Opportunities Grant Program and Fund | Del. Stephanie Smith (45-D) | Establishing the Workforce Opportunities Grant Program to provide grants to certain organizations to support the planning and execution of workforce events and job fairs in the State; establishing the Workforce Opportunities Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to support the Program; requiring that interest earnings be credited to the Fund; and requiring, for each of fiscal years 2028 through 2030, the Governor to include in the annual budget an appropriation of at least $500,000 to the Program. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | |
| HB 1072 | State Procurement - Preferences - Francis Scott Key Bridge Reconstruction | Del. Robert Long (6-R) | Establishing a certain procurement preference in the purchase of supplies or services for State contracts related to the reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge for vendors from the 6th legislative district. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) | |
| HB 1079 | Office of Regulatory Management and State Government Authorizations | Del. Thomas Hutchinson (37B-R) | Establishing the Office of Regulatory Management; providing for the Director, staffing, and duties of the Office; requiring certain units of State government to submit certain reports to certain persons at certain times regarding regulatory actions and permits, licenses, certifications, and registrations; requiring certain units to develop a strategy to simplify certain application processes; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) | ||
| HB 1080 | Income Tax - Addition Modifications - Excluded Opportunity Fund Gains, Foreign-Derived Deduction Eligible Income, and Interest | Del. Jared Solomon (18-D) | Prohibiting the Governor, on or after July 4, 2025, from nominating a census tract for designation as a qualified opportunity zone; providing an addition modification under the Maryland income tax for the capital gains from certain qualified opportunity funds; providing an addition modification under the Maryland corporate income tax for certain foreign-derived deduction eligible income and the amount of interest paid on loans that secure certain rural property; etc. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | ||
| HB 1081 | SB 947 | Maryland Transit Administration Reform Act | Del. Marc Korman (16-D) | Establishing the Board of Directors for Baltimore Core Transit Service in the Maryland Transit Administration as a governing body with certain authority over the provision of Baltimore Core Transit Service; establishing the Commuter Services Advisory Board to provide certain oversight over and guidance for certain Administration commuter rail and bus services in the State; repealing the Baltimore Regional Transit Commission as an advisory commission for transit in the Baltimore City region; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| HB 1082 | Large Load Customers - Data Centers and Rate Schedule Requirements | Del. Robert Long (6-R) | Applying certain rate schedule requirements for large load customers to certain data centers; and modifying, from September 1, 2026, to January 1, 2027, the date by which certain electric companies must submit to the Public Service Commission for approval certain rate schedules for large load customers. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| HB 1089 | Consumer Protection - Data Broker Registry - Establishment | Del. Chao Wu (9A-D) | Establishing a data broker registry; defining "data broker" as a business that knowingly collects and sells or licenses personal consumer data to third parties with whom the consumer does not have a direct relationship; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Office of the Attorney General; requiring a data broker to report certain material changes to the Office of the Attorney General; and requiring the Office of the Attorney General to establish a certain publicly accessible, searchable database. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | ||
| HB 1100 | SB 782 | Telecommunications Infrastructure - Protections | Del. Andrew Pruski (33A-D) | Requiring certain junk dealers, scrap metal processors, and antique dealers to register and provide a description including certain information of purchased telecommunications equipment with a certain law enforcement official; prohibiting certain junk dealers, scrap metal processors, and antique dealers from purchasing telecommunications equipment other than by check mailed to the seller's address; etc. | Economic Matters | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:30 p.m. (3/3) | |
| HB 1105 | SB 979 | Statute of Limitations - Prosecution or Enforcement of Local Consumer Protection Codes | Del. Elizabeth Embry (43A-D) | Increasing from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for the prosecution or suit for enforcement of local consumer protection codes for which equitable relief, a fine, or a penalty is provided. | Judiciary | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | |
| HB 1108 | SB 887 | Labor and Employment - Greenhouse Workers - Collective Bargaining and Heat Protection | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Establishing collective bargaining rights for employees of employers who operate controlled-environment agricultural operations; requiring the Secretary of Labor to establish by regulation certain procedures related to collective bargaining; authorizing the Secretary to investigate violations regarding and enforce certain provisions of the Act related to collective bargaining; and requiring employers who operate controlled-environment agricultural operations to provide to their employees certain rest breaks under certain circumstances. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | |
| HB 1126 | Health Insurance and Managed Care Organizations - Laboratory Services - Contract Providers | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | Prohibiting certain carriers and managed care organizations from prohibiting an enrollee from selecting, or limiting the ability of an enrollee to select, a laboratory; prohibiting certain carriers and managed care organizations from denying a laboratory the right to participate in the health benefit plan if the laboratory agrees to comply with certain terms; and prohibiting certain carriers and managed care organizations from imposing additional copayments, fees, or conditions for laboratory services provided to an enrollee. | Health | Health Care & Biopharma |
In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | ||
| HB 1128 | SB 826 | Income Tax - Angel Investor Tax Credit for Investments in Emergent Technology | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | Allowing a credit against the State income tax for 25% of an investment made in qualified Maryland companies up to $1,000,000; providing that investments in companies engaging in certain emergent technology may qualify for the tax credit subject to certain requirements; providing that a qualified investor shall make an investment in a qualified Maryland company within a certain amount of time after the Department issues an initial tax credit certificate; etc. | Ways and Means | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| HB 1142 | Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures | Del. Jheanelle Wilkins (20-D) | Establishing a Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures to study and evaluate the revenue structure of the county and municipal governments within the State; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| HB 1161 | Board of Public Works - Contract Review - Climate and Sustainability Information (BPW Climate Transparency Act) | Del. Marc Korman (16-D) | Requiring a State agency to provide certain climate and sustainability information on submission of a certain contract award recommendation or proposed public-private partnership agreement to the Board of Public Works; requiring liaisons to the Board to ensure compliance; requiring the climate and sustainability information to be placed on the Board agenda; and requiring the Department of General Services to issue certain guidance. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) | |
| HB 1165 | SB 673 | State Procurement - Apprenticeship Program Accountability and Completion | Del. Nicole Williams (22-D) | Requiring certain apprenticeship programs utilized in certain State procurements to have at least a 25% completion rate, as determined by the Maryland Department of Labor. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) | |
| HB 1173 | State Procurement - Contractors and Vendors - Restrictions on Use of State Funds and Resources | Del. Kenneth Kerr (3-D) | Prohibiting certain contractors and vendors from knowingly using public funds to influence the decisions of certain employees to support or oppose a certain employee organization or become a member of an employee organization; and prohibiting certain contractors and vendors from knowingly using public funds or resources to contract with or provide assistance to a person for the purpose of carrying out a certain campaign or engaging in anti-union activities. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Business Regulations - Monitor Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) | |
| HB 1175 | Land Use - Residential Housing - Oversight, Regulation, and Taxation (Building Affordably in My Back Yard Act) | Del. Nick Allen (8-D) | Establishing certain policies and processes to facilitate the development of residential housing in the State; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the Department of Housing and Community Development; authorizing a local jurisdiction to establish an administrative process to review, approve, modify, or deny certain housing development project applications; etc. | Economic Matters Ways and Means |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m. (Economic Matters) (3/3) | ||
| HB 1179 | Consumer Protection - Application Store Accountability Act | Del. LaToya Nkongolo (31-R) | Establishing requirements for application store providers and developers; creating requirements for age verification and parental consent; prohibiting application store providers and developers from enforcing certain contracts under certain circumstances; prohibiting application store providers and developers from misrepresenting parental consent disclosures; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc. | Economic Matters | Cyber & Tech |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | ||
| HB 1188 | Excess Ownership of Single-Family Residences Excise Tax (End Hedge Fund Control of Maryland Homes Act of 2026) | Del. Adrian Boafo (23-D) | Imposing an excise tax on the acquisition and excess ownership of certain single-family residences in the State by certain entities; providing for the calculation, collection, and distribution of the excise tax; establishing the Down Payment and Settlement Expense Loan Program Fund, which may be used only to provide financing for down payment and settlement expenses to enable eligible homebuyers to purchase homes; etc. | Ways and Means | Housing & Development - TBD |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | ||
| HB 1190 | SB 26 | Public Utilities - Off-Grid Electricity Providers - Exemption | Del. Jim Hinebaugh (1A-R) | Exempting certain off-grid electricity providers from certain provisions of law; providing that a certain off-grid electricity provider is subject to certain laws concerning certificates of public convenience and necessity and certain other required approvals for the construction of a generating facility; providing that a person may not be considered to be an off-grid electricity provider under certain circumstances; and applying the Act to off-grid electricity providers that begin operations after October 1, 2026. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| HB 1192 | SB 645 | State Board of Sign Language Interpreters - Membership and Licensing | Del. Heather Bagnall (33C-D) | Expanding the membership of and altering the quorum requirements for the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters; requiring the nomination process to include outreach to underrepresented deaf, deafblind, and interpreter communities; authorizing the Governor to remove certain members of the Board under certain circumstances; altering the date from July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026, by which the Board must establish certain licensing requirements and by which interpreters must meet certain licensing requirements; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) |
| HB 1195 | SB 843 | Net Energy Metering, SUNRISE Program, and Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Program (SUNRISE Act) | Del. Dana Stein (11B-D) | 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. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| HB 1199 | SB 590 | Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program (Maryland Climate Crisis Equity Act) | Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo (15-D) | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in collaboration with the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, the Department of Transportation, and the Maryland Energy Administration, and in coordination with certain entities and persons, to complete a study and develop a report evaluating the potential design and implications of implementing an economy-wide cap-and-invest program that will help the State achieve certain emissions reductions and provide a sustainable funding source for certain initiatives. | Environment and Transportation | Letter of Information |
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| HB 1209 | SB 950 | Conversion Therapy - Prohibitions and Causes of Action | Del. Bonnie Cullison (19-D) | Clarifying that injury resulting from conversion therapy is cognizable for purposes of a health care malpractice action; establishing certain procedures in an action for health care malpractice resulting from conversion therapy; removing the limitation on noneconomic damages to a claimant in an action for health care malpractice resulting from conversion therapy; etc. | Health Judiciary |
Civil Liability - Monitor Health Care & Biopharma - TBD |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (2/11) |
| HB 1213 | State Transfer Tax - Rate - Alterations (Housing Affordability for Buyers and Sellers) | Del. Sheila Ruth (44B-D) | Altering the State transfer tax rate and applying the Act to instruments of writing recorded on or after July 1, 2026. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | ||
| HB 1217 | SB 479 | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards and Energy Use Intensity Targets - Exemptions | Del. William Wivell (2A-R) | Exempting a covered building that received a use and occupancy permit before June 1, 2022, from compliance with certain building energy performance standards and energy use intensity targets until it becomes necessary to replace lighting systems, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, or other major components of the covered building due to failure of those components, or as a result of the end of life of those components. | Environment and Transportation | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| HB 1219 | SB 739 | Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management - Study | Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo (15-D) | Requiring the University System of Maryland to conduct a study to evaluate the relationship between climate change, homeowner's insurance, and emergency and disaster preparedness; requiring the University, by January 1, 2027, to submit its report to the General Assembly addressing the current state of the National Flood Insurance Program and the private flood insurance market, recommendations on the how the State can incentivize residents to invest in home protection from extreme weather events, and other recommendations; etc. | Environment and Transportation Judiciary |
Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/12) |
| HB 1220 | SB 616 | Business Regulation - Data Broker Registry | Del. Jared Solomon (18-D) | Establishing a data broker registry; requiring by January 31 each year a business entity that acted as a data broker during the previous calendar year to submit a certain form to the Comptroller and pay a fee determined by the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to make the information submitted by business entities publicly available on the Office's website; requiring the Comptroller to report certain information to the General Assembly by December 31 annually; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/18) | |
| HB 1228 | SB 890 | Insurance - Premium Receipts Tax - Exemption for Captive Insurance Procured by Nonprofit Hospitals and Health Care Systems | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | Exempting premiums on lawfully procured captive insurance by nonprofit hospitals and health care systems located in the State from the State insurance premium receipts tax imposed on unauthorized insurers and persons insured by unauthorized insurers; and prohibiting the Maryland Insurance Administration from charging or collecting a certain tax or certain fees, penalties, or interest from certain unauthorized insurers and certain insureds. | Health Ways and Means |
Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/17) |
| HB 1229 | SB 886 | Consumer Protection and Labor and Employment - Food Service Facilities and Minimum Wage | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's right to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right while engaged in employment in the State to be paid at a wage rate that is at least equal to the State minimum wage rate set by law without regard to tips that the individual receives; repealing exemptions from Maryland Wage and Hour Law; specifying the State minimum wage rate and tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | |
| HB 1235 | SB 943 | State Procurement - Competitive Sealed Bids and Proposals - In-State Evaluation Preference | Del. Denise Roberts (25-D) | Requiring competitive sealed bids and proposals to be awarded based on certain standardized evaluation criteria; requiring the criteria to be included in an invitation for bids or a request for proposals; and requiring a responsive bid or proposal to include a certain State and local economic impact statement. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) |
| HB 1238 | Taxation - Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individual Surtax and Wealth Tax | Del. Gabriel Acevero (39-D) | Imposing a surtax on the Maryland taxable income of individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000,000; providing for the calculation, administration, and enforcement of the surtax; imposing a one-time wealth tax on the amount by which the net worth of a Maryland resident exceeds a certain amount; providing for the calculation, administration, collection, and enforcement of the one-time wealth tax; etc. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | ||
| HB 1241 | Labor and Employment - Bereavement Leave - Qualified Relationships | Del. Gabriel Acevero (39-D) | Altering categories of individuals whose deaths would allow an employee to use leave with pay for bereavement leave under a certain provision of law to include an individual with whom the employee had a qualified relationship; and defining "qualified relationship" to include an immediate family member, a grandparent, sibling, domestic partner, step-relation, adoptive relation, foster relation, and a de facto relation. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | ||
| HB 1250 | SB 827 | Consumer Protection and Product Liability - Chatbots | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | Regulating the manner in which a developer designs and creates and an operator makes available to users in the State a chatbot, including establishing safety and privacy protections for users; establishing, an enhanced protection for users who are minors under the age of 13 years; requiring the display of certain warnings when using a chatbot; establishing that a chatbot is considered a product for certain product liability actions; applying certain provisions of the Act to governmental units; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/18) | |
| HB 1253 | Gas Companies - Infrastructure Investments - Cost Recovery and Customer Notification (Break STRIDE Act) | Del. Dylan Behler (30A-D) | Repealing certain provisions authorizing a gas company to file a plan to invest in eligible infrastructure replacement projects with the Public Service Commission and recover related costs through a certain surcharge; prohibiting the Commission from allowing a gas company or a combination gas and electric company to recover certain infrastructure replacement costs using an alternative form of regulation beginning on October 1, 2026; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | ||
| HB 1259 | Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Prohibitions and Requirements | Del. Jessica Feldmark (12A-D) | Prohibiting a local jurisdiction in the State from denying or restricting the operation of certain family child care homes if the family child care home meets the licensing requirements established by the State Department of Education; and requiring a local jurisdiction to designate the operation of certain family child care homes as a residential activity and as a permitted use. | Economic Matters | Education & Workforce |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m. (3/3) | ||
| HB 1261 | Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence Toys (Artificial Intelligence Toy Safety Act) | Del. Derrick Coley (24-D) | Establishing certain child safety and data privacy requirements for certain toys featuring artificial intelligence; requiring an artificial intelligence toy to contain certain labeling; prohibiting the manufacturer of an artificial intelligence toy from using certain data for certain marketing; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/18) | ||
| HB 1268 | SB 781 | Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Del. Dylan Behler (30A-D) | Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | |
| HB 1271 | Reparations - Board, Fund, and Excise Tax on Endowments - Establishment | Del. Malcolm Ruff (41-D) | Establishing the Reparations Board to make certain examinations regarding reparations payments and make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly to provide grants to persons impacted by historic inequality; imposing an excise tax on nonpublic institutions that have an endowment of at least $2,000,000,000; requiring the revenue from the endowment excise tax to be deposited into the Maryland Reparations Fund to provide grants to persons impacted by historic inequality; etc. | Ways and Means Government, Labor, and Elections |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections) (2/19) | ||
| HB 1287 | SB 780 | Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Del. Andre Johnson (34A-D) | Requiring that an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain generating stations located within a certain at-risk area to include with the application a baseline understanding of risk, disparities, and environmental needs (BURDEN) report describing and including information on certain environmental and public health burdens; altering the contents of a certain notice that must be provided on receipt of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Letter of Information |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| HB 1295 | SB 909 | Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles | Del. Natalie Ziegler (9A-D) | Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; and establishing that certain data collected by fully autonomous vehicles is subject to the Online Data Privacy Act. | Environment and Transportation | Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) |
| HB 1298 | SB 894 | Third-Party Litigation Financing - Licensing and Regulation | Del. Andre Johnson (34A-D) | Prohibiting a certain litigation financier from providing certain litigation financing unless licensed under the Maryland Consumer Loan Law or provisions of law relating to installment loans; providing that litigation financing shall be considered a loan for certain purposes; requiring a certain disclosure of a litigation financing contract in certain civil actions; and providing that certain information is a permissible subject of discovery in certain civil actions. | Economic Matters | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/18) | |
| HB 1307 | State Finance and Procurement - Employers Receiving State Public Funds - Unfair Labor Practices | Del. C. Wilson (28-D) | Requiring certain employers that receive $250,000 or more in State public funds as part of a single transaction or contract with the State, as a condition of receiving the funds, to agree not to engage in certain unfair labor practices and to make other related agreements and acknowledgements; authorizing the State to recapture the State public funds received by an employer who violates certain agreements; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing canceled (3/3) | ||
| HB 1317 | State Government - Data-Sharing Agreements and Personal Identifying Information - Prohibition and Reporting (Maryland Data Privacy and Federal Shield Act) | Del. Julian Ivey (47A-D) | Requiring the Attorney General to submit a certain report on data-sharing agreements between the State or a unit of local government and the federal government; and prohibiting certain individuals or agencies from providing certain information or assisting in the establishment or maintenance of a certain registry under certain circumstances. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing canceled (3/2) | |
| HB 1325 | SB 522 | Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Licensed Social Worker-Clinical | Del. Susan McComas (34B-R) | 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. | Economic Matters | Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) |
| HB 1336 | SB 671 | Procurement Contracts and Construction Contracts - Payments | Del. C. Wilson (28-D) | Making certain provisions of law governing construction contracts applicable to certain local government owners; altering certain provisions of law relating to the payment of contractors and subcontractors in procurement contracts and construction contracts; requiring certain notification if all or part of a payment is withheld; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the accrual of interest for unpaid amounts. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) | |
| HB 1352 | State Procurement - Worker Residency Requirements | Del. C. Wilson (28-D) | Requiring certain contractors to ensure that at least 35% of apprenticeship hours on certain projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor that fails to meet certain requirements is liable for an amount twice the number of apprenticeship hours at the apprentice rate by which the contractor failed to meet the applicable requirement; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) | |
| HB 1356 | SB 857 | Labor and Employment - Civic and Related Activities - Protection (Maryland Employee Civic Activity and Lawful Expression Protection Act) | Del. Lesley Lopez (39-D) | Authorizing an employer to require an applicant to disclose the applicant's engagement in certain actions only if the disclosure is related to certain job requirements; prohibiting an employer from taking certain adverse action against an employee if the employee engages in certain activity; and providing that adverse action taken against an employee within 120 days after the employee engages in activity protected under the Act creates a rebuttable presumption of retaliation. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/20) | |
| HB 1374 | Alternative Fuel, Fuel-Efficient, and Electric Vehicles - Highway Use Fees | Del. Jared Solomon (18-D) | Repealing the annual surcharge required to register a zero-emission vehicle or plug-in electric drive vehicle; requiring the owners of certain vehicles to pay an annual highway use fee for each vehicle registered; establishing a Highway Use Fee Account within the Transportation Trust Fund; allowing the owners of certain vehicles to participate in the Program in lieu of paying the annual highway use fee; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| HB 1385 | Health Insurance - Use of Artificial Intelligence - Human Evaluation | Del. Terri Hill (12A-D) | Requiring that certain audits and compliance reviews of an artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tool used for utilization review include a certain evaluation by a licensed health care professional; and requiring that the review and revision of the performance, use, and outcomes of an artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tool used for utilization review include a certain human evaluation and use of the findings of the evaluation for a certain purpose. | Health | Cyber & Tech - Monitor Health Care & Biopharma |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| HB 1398 | State Transfer Tax - Temporary Suspension | Del. Ryan Nawrocki (7A-R) | Suspending the imposition of the State transfer tax from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2029. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | |
| HB 1411 | Data Center Planning and Transparency Act | Del. Sheila Ruth (44B-D) | Requiring an owner or operator of a large-scale data center to submit a disclosure report to certain State and local agencies and elected officials under certain circumstances; specifying the contents of the disclosure report; requiring the Department of the Environment to publish the disclosure report on its website within 30 days of receiving the report; requiring, by June 30, 2027, each local jurisdiction with a population of at least 10,000 residents to adopt by local law a large-scale data center plan; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | ||
| HB 1426 | SB 778 | Clinical Research Pharmacies and Clinical Trials - Permits, Ownership, and Definition of Practice of Medicine | Del. Jared Solomon (18-D) | Establishing a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing the State Board of Pharmacy to issue a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing a health care provider to hold an ownership interest in a clinical research pharmacy under certain circumstances; exempting the conduct of an investigational or experimental treatment or clinical trial by a corporation or other legal entity from the definition of "practice medicine"; etc. | Health | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| HB 1440 | SB 837 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage and Utilization Review - Drugs Reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board | Del. Teresa Woorman (16-D) | Prohibiting a managed care organization and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a prior authorization or step therapy or fail-first protocol under certain circumstances for prescription drugs that have been reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board; etc. | Health | Health Care & Biopharma |
In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| HB 1460 | Landlord and Tenant - Investor-Owned Single-Family Rental Property - Landlord Requirements | Del. Deni Taveras (47B-D) | Prohibiting a landlord of an investor-owned single-family rental property from charging a tenant more than a certain amount in rent, utilities, and additional mandatory fees; requiring a landlord to disclose the fair market rent, last sale price of a home, and the maximum allowable rent to a tenant or prospective tenant; authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development or the Office of the Attorney General to impose certain penalties under certain circumstances; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | ||
| HB 1470 | SB 839 | Medical Assistance Programs - Drug Dispensing - Cost-of-Dispensing Survey and Fee-for-Service Professional Dispensing Fee | Del. Bonnie Cullison (19-D) | Requiring, beginning in 2026, the Maryland Department of Health to conduct the in-State cost-of-dispensing survey at least every 3 years; and requiring, within 6 months after the completion of the survey, the Department to adopt regulations establishing a fee-for-service professional dispensing fee based on the results of the survey. | Health | Health Care & Biopharma |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| HB 1471 | Consumer Protection - Identity Theft Debt | Del. Elizabeth Embry (43A-D) | Authorizing a consumer to send certain notice relating to alleged identity theft debt to a creditor; requiring a creditor to conduct a certain investigation following receipt of notice and to provide certain notice or take certain actions under certain circumstances; authorizing a consumer to file a civil action under certain circumstances and authorizing a consumer to demand a jury trial; prohibiting collection of certain debt under certain circumstances; etc. | Judiciary | Labor & Employment |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | ||
| HB 1472 | SB 779 | Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2026 | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | Exempting from certain requirements relating to the offering of health benefit plans to small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization located in the State; and requiring professional employer organizations that enter into agreements with small employers to provide health benefit plans to disclose certain information in writing. | Health | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | |
| HB 1473 | SB 770 | Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment | The Speaker | Establishing the Maryland's Future Board under the Department of Commerce to develop, evaluate, and revise a visionary plan for the future of Maryland by a certain date and make recommendations for projects based on the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly; establishing the Maryland's Future Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund. | Economic Matters | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) |
| HB 1475 | Consumer Protection - Dynamic Pricing Disclosure and Prohibition on Rent-Setting | The Speaker | Prohibiting a merchant from setting the price of consumer goods or services using personalized algorithmic pricing and issuing a certain communication in a certain manner unless the merchant includes a certain disclosure; prohibiting a person from knowingly or recklessly operating or licensing in a certain manner to perform a coordinating function to facilitate a certain agreement; prohibiting residential rental property owners or managers from knowingly or recklessly setting or adjusting rental terms in a certain manner; etc. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | ||
| HB 1476 | SB 966 | Public Service Commission - Net Energy Metering - Successor Program | The Speaker | Altering the conditions under which a certain standard contract or tariff for net energy metering will no longer be available; requiring the Public Service Commission to develop and implement a successor program to the existing net energy metering program; establishing the conditions under which the successor program will no longer be available; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain proceeding on the development and implementation of a certain successor program; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| HB 1478 | State Procurement - Prompt Payment of Subcontractors and Suppliers - Alteration | Del. Teresa Reilly (35A-R) | Requiring a contractor to pay a subcontractor or supplier at least 95% of an undisputed amount to which the subcontractor or supplier is entitled within 10 days of receiving payment from the State. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
In the House - Hearing canceled (3/3) | ||
| HB 1479 | Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Increase (Maryland Raise the Wage Act) | Del. Adrian Boafo (23-D) | Increasing the State minimum wage rate to $18 for calendar year 2028 for large employers and for calendar year 2029 for small employers; and increasing, beginning January 1, 2029, and January 1, 2030, for large employers and small employers, respectively, the State minimum wage rate in effect for certain periods of time based on annual growth in a certain consumer price index, as determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing canceled (3/3) | ||
| HB 1480 | SB 831 | Labor Law - Child Labor Penalties, Private Sector Employee Labor Relations, and State Employee Labor Standards | Del. Luke Clippinger (46-D) | 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. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (3/2) | |
| HB 1486 | Workers' Compensation - Average Weekly Wage - Multiple Employers | Del. Steven Arentz (36-R) | Requiring that the average weekly wages from employments of a covered employee who, at the time of an accidental personal injury or last injurious exposure to an occupational disease, was concurrently employed by more than one employer be combined for purposes of computing the average weekly wages under certain circumstances; and requiring that the Subsequent Injury Fund reimburse an employer for certain compensation paid by the employer to an employee for permanent partial and total disability under certain circumstances. | Economic Matters | Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | |
| HB 1497 | SB 953 | Charles County - Rent Stabilization - Seniors | Charles County Delegation | Requiring Charles County to establish a rent increase limit for units occupied by seniors that is no greater than the Consumer Price Index; and defining "senior" as an individual who is at least the age required to receive full Social Security retirement benefits. | Economic Matters | Housing & Development |
In the House - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | |
| HB 1510 | Unemployment Insurance - Fraud Prevention, Detection, and Enforcement | Del. Robin Grammer (6-R) | Altering and establishing certain requirements related to the prevention, detection, and enforcement of unemployment insurance fraud in the State, including requirements related to the use of multifactor authentication under certain circumstances, reviews of claims for benefits, and the submission of proof of identification by claimants; authorizing the Maryland Department of Labor to recover overpaid benefits through State income tax withholding; etc. | Economic Matters | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | ||
| HB 1512 | Business Regulation - Rounding Cash Transactions - Remittance to Comptroller | Del. Frank Conaway (40-D) | Requiring, if a merchant rounds up the price of a cash transaction for a good or service in a certain manner, the merchant to remit to the Comptroller the difference between the total price the customer is required to pay after the rounding occurs and the price before the rounding occurs; and requiring the Comptroller to distribute certain revenue to the General Fund of the State. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | ||
| HB 1515 | Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses - Employer Relocation | Del. Christopher Adams (37B-R) | Applying certain provisions of law establishing that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State to employees of certain employers that relocate majority of its employees or principal place of business outside the State. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing canceled (3/3) | ||
| HB 1518 | Property Tax Assessments - 5-Year Assessment Cycle | Del. Jason Buckel (1B-R) | Altering the triennial assessment cycle for real property for property tax purposes to a 5-year cycle. | Ways and Means | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | ||
| HB 1524 | Labor and Employment - Paid Leave - Attendance at School Functions | Del. Jeffrie Long (27B-D) | Requiring employers that employ 15 or more individuals or are governmental units to provide full-time and part-time employees who are parents at least 20 hours of paid leave each year to attend school functions at the public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school at which the employee's child is enrolled. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | ||
| HB 1525 | SB 801 | Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, EmPOWER Energy Efficiency Programs, and Community Solar Energy Generating Systems | Del. William Wivell (2A-R) | Requiring the Governor to withdraw the State from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative by January 1, 2027; authorizing the State to rejoin the Initiative if all other states served by PJM Interconnection become full Members, or the State becomes and remains a net exporter of electricity; eliminating the surcharge that allows recovery of costs to utilities from the EmPOWER energy efficiency programs; providing that a certain tariff may not require an electric company to purchase or provide a certain bill credit; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) |
| HB 1531 | Maryland Helping Everyone Afford Life-Saving Treatments and Health Care (HEALTH) Fund - Establishment | Del. Kris Fair (3-D) | Establishing the Maryland Helping Everyone Afford Life-Saving Treatments and Health Care (HEALTH) Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to assist Maryland Medical Assistance Program enrollees, insured individuals, and uninsured individuals with health care costs associated with legally protected health care services and benefits provided under State law that are subject to federal restrictions; requiring that certain sources of revenue be distributed or credited to the Fund; etc. | Health Ways and Means |
Health Care & Biopharma |
In the House - Hearing canceled (Health) (3/3) | ||
| HB 1532 | Continuing the Next Generation Energy Act | The Speaker | Lowering the maximum monthly energy demand that is required for a certain large load customer to qualify for a specific rate schedule; altering the requirements that a certain multiyear rate plan must meet; authorizing the Public Service Commission to require a public service company to include a certain reconciliation procedure in the company's multiyear rate plan; altering the years for which certain electricity savings percentages are used to calculate certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| HB 1534 | Data Centers - Standards for Operation and Siting | Del. April Miller (4-R) | Requiring an owner or operator of a data center to comply with certain standards under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of the Environment to establish by regulation certain sound and vibration controls and requirements for backup power generation for data centers; prohibiting a local approving authority from authorizing the construction of a data center on certain agricultural land; and requiring a certain applicant to submit a certain report to a local approving authority under certain cirucmstances. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | ||
| HB 1539 | Maryland Labor Relations Act | Del. C. Wilson (28-D) | Establishing the Maryland Labor Relations Board as an independent unit of State government to oversee collective bargaining activities for certain private sector employees; establishing certain rights for employees and employers related to collective bargaining; establishing certain procedures related to elections and certification of exclusive representatives; and prohibiting an employer and employee organizations from engaging in certain unfair labor practices. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/20) | ||
| HB 1543 | Labor and Employment - Temporary Workers | Del. Harry Bhandari (8-D) | Establishing the Temporary Worker Oversight Unit in the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring recruiters of temporary workers that operate in the State to register with the Department and post a certain bond; prohibiting employers and recruiters of temporary workers from taking certain actions; prohibiting an employer from employing a temporary worker before filing a certain affidavit; authorizing temporary workers to allow representatives of certain organizations to enter employer-provided housing; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/20) | ||
| HB 1556 | Business Regulation - Sugary Beverage Advertisements - Warning Labels | Del. Kim Ross (8-D) | Prohibiting a person from placing an advertisement for a sugary beverage on certain property unless the advertisement includes a certain warning. | Health | Business Regulations |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | ||
| HB 1561 | SB 954 | Electricity Generation and Storage - Investor-Owned Electric Companies and Front-of-the-Meter Storage (Affordable Energy Act) | Del. Pam Queen (14-D) | kRequiring the Public Service Commission to require one or more electric companies to develop and submit to the Commission a certain resource adequacy plan if the Commission makes a certain determination; authorizing an investor-owned electric company required or authorized to construct, acquire, own, or lease and operate its own generating facilities to recover certain prudently incurred costs and investments in a certain manner under certain circumstances; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - TBD |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| HB 1562 | Consumer Protection - Telecommunications Service Outage - Automatic Credit (Automatic Telecommunications Service Outage Credit Act) | Del. Chao Wu (9A-D) | Requiring a commercial telecommunications service provider to automatically provide a service disruption credit to the account of a customer impacted by a material service outage; establishing the minimum amount of the credit for the service outage; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to enforcement and penalty provisions under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | ||
| HB 1570 | State Government - Governmental Procedures - Development and Review of Standards | Del. Caylin Young (45-D) | Establishing certain requirements for standards developed by units of State government; and requiring the periodic review of standards adopted by units of State government. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Cyber & Tech |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) | ||
| HB 1578 | State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions | Chair, Government, Labor Elections Committee | Altering the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to cannabis licensing, public-private partnerships, offshore wind projects, video lottery terminals, and sports wagering licensees; altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Business Regulations - Monitor Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/19) | |
| HB 1584 | Delivery Network Companies and Delivery Network Services - Regulation and Transparency | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Establishing a framework for the regulation of delivery network companies and delivery network services in the State, including establishing permitting and licensing requirements, digital network requirements, reporting requirements, and payment, earnings, and receipt requirements. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | ||
| HB 1585 | SB 787 | Maryland Economic Development Corporation - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Project Management | Del. Kenneth Kerr (3-D) | Authorizing the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to participate on the project management team for a major information technology development project by working with certain entities on certain tasks; requiring, by July 1, 2026, the Corporation and the Secretary of Information Technology to identify a certain project for which the Corporation will serve as the primary project manager and report the project details to the General Assembly; requiring the Corporation to evaluate the use of alternative financing; etc. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Cyber & Tech - Monitor Health Care & Biopharma |
Monitor | In the House - Reassigned to Government, Labor, and Elections (2/23) |
| HB 1595 | SB 427 | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Personal Property of Data Centers | Del. Kevin Hornberger (35B-R) | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of personal property consisting of all the personal property of certain qualified data centers and set a special personal property tax rate for the subclass; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026. | Rules and Executive Nominations | Oppose |
In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/15) | |
| HB 1596 | SB 763 | Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Maryland Growth Initiative - Established | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | Establishing the Maryland Growth Initiative in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to support the growth of start-up companies; requiring the Initiative to create a certain list of companies in the State that are between certain growth phases according to a certain priority; establishing the Maryland Growth Initiative Fund to be administered by the Corporation as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Initiative; etc. | Rules and Executive Nominations | Support |
In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/15) | |
| HB 1618 | Department of the Environment - Procedures for Permitting Efficiency - Requirements | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in coordination with the Department of Commerce, to adopt procedures on or before October 1, 2027, to streamline the permitting process for certain entities and certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to issue a determination on a certain application within 60 days after receipt of the application; etc. | Rules and Executive Nominations | Energy & Environment |
In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/20) | ||
| SB 2 | HB 1 | Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Prohibiting certain public service companies from recovering through rates any costs associated with paying certain employees a bonus unless the employee has a written contract executed by December 31, 2025, or the employee is covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement; prohibiting a certain public service company from recovering through rates any costs associated with a supervisor's annual compensation once the compensation exceeds a certain amount; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) | ||
| SB 3 | HB 188 | Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2026 | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; requiring beginning in 2027, the maximum weekly benefit to be 40% of the State average weekly wage; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (1/29) | |
| SB 25 | HB 290 | Income Tax - Cybersecurity Technology and Service Tax Credit - Alterations | Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee | Establishing the Buy Maryland Cybersecurity Tax Credit; providing the purpose of the credit is to promote the cybersecurity industry in the State by helping Maryland businesses and nonprofits purchase cybersecurity technologies and services from Maryland companies; altering eligibility for the credit; altering the aggregate amount of credits that may be issued for certain cybersecurity purchases from $200,000 to $1,000,000; making the credit refundable; etc. | Budget and Taxation Ways and Means |
Cyber & Tech - Monitor Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - First Reading Ways and Means (2/18) |
| SB 26 | HB 1190 | Public Utilities - Off-Grid Electricity Providers - Exemption | Sen. Mike McKay (1-R) | Exempting certain off-grid electricity providers from certain provisions of law; providing that a certain off-grid electricity provider is subject to certain laws concerning certificates of public convenience and necessity and certain other required approvals for the construction of a generating facility; providing that a person may not be considered to be an off-grid electricity provider under certain circumstances; and applying the Act to off-grid electricity providers that begin operations after October 1, 2026. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| SB 36 | HB 239 | Land Use - Zoning - Limitations (Starter and Silver Homes Act of 2026) | Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee | Prohibiting local jurisdictions from adopting or enforcing certain zoning provisions relating to lot size, dimensions, setback requirements, lot coverage, and design or architectural elements for certain single-family homes with certain exceptions; prohibiting local jurisdictions from prohibiting certain housing types in certain zones; and prohibiting local jurisdictions from prohibiting certain subdivisions of certain lot types. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) | |
| SB 43 | HB 259 | Financial Institutions - Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund and Regulation of Entities - Revisions | Chair, Finance Committee | Repealing certain fees charged to certain banking institutions by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; altering certain provisions relating to the Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund, including the purpose and administration of the Fund; altering the date by which the Commissioner may match certain investments in the Fund from June 30, 2028, to June 30, 2030; altering and providing for certain assessment offset credits for certain banking institutions and credit unions; etc. | Economic Matters Finance |
Business Regulations - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (2/13) |
| SB 47 | HB 235 | Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Local Approval Requirement | Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee | Repealing a certain requirement for approval by a political subdivision of a certain application for financial assistance under the Neighborhood Business Development Program from the Department of Housing and Community Development; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) | |
| SB 49 | HB 104 | Unhoused Individuals - Rights and Affirmative Defense | Sen. C. Muse (26-D) | Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; stating it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Courts liberally construe the Act to maximize the protections afforded by it to unhoused individuals in the State; establishing an affirmative defense of necessity to certain criminal charges relating to trespass or disturbing the peace; and repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy. | Judicial Proceedings | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m. (1/13) | |
| SB 52 | HB 283 | Property Insurance - Settlement of Claims and Notices | Chair, Finance Committee | Establishing the method for calculating the measure of the actual cash value recovery in the settlement of a first-party claim under a residential or commercial property insurance policy issued or renewed on or after October 1, 2026; and requiring an insurer that renews a policy of homeowner's insurance or renter's insurance to notify the insured, in advance of the renewal, of certain differences between the expiring policy and the renewal policy. | Finance | Civil Liability - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 1/28 at 2:00 p.m. (1/19) |
| SB 59 | HB 437 | Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026) | Sen. Shelly Hettleman (11-D) | Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department, beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program, to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| SB 60 | HB 299 | Fraud Prevention, Prevailing Wage, and Living Wage - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement | Chair, Finance Committee | 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. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 1/28 at 2:00 p.m. (1/19) | |
| SB 62 | HB 230 | Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Prioritization (Transportation Investment Priorities Act of 2026) | Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee | Altering the required elements of the Consolidated Transportation Program; requiring the Department of Transportation to develop a certain project-based scoring system, identify certain funds available for certain purposes, and solicit requests from certain entities for certain projects; requiring the Department to evaluate and score certain major surface transportation projects; altering the makeup, chair, frequency of meetings, and responsibilities of the Maryland Transportation Commission; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) |
| SB 70 | HB 297 | Adult Education - High School Diploma Pathways - MDiplomaWorks Pathway | Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee | Establishing the GED Option Pilot Program to expand the GED Option Program to students beyond English language learners to ensure a pathway for students to obtain a high school diploma and prepare for postsecondary education or the workforce; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to establish criteria to select certain local school systems for participation in the Program; establishing the MDiplomaWorks pathway as an alternative method of earning a high school diploma in the State; etc. | Ways and Means Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Support |
In the House - First Reading Ways and Means (2/13) | |
| SB 92 | HB 143 | Electric Company Contracts, Capacity Market Models, and Regional Transmission Organizations - Studies | Sen. Shelly Hettleman (11-D) | Requiring the Public Service Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration jointly, in consultation with neighboring states, to study the benefits and costs of, and make recommendations on, potential options for certain actions with regard to withdrawing from the PJM Interconnection, LLC capacity market model, developing a certain multistate compact, withdrawing from PJM Interconnection, LLC, and establishing or joining an alternative regional transmission organization; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| SB 94 | HB 237 | Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access - Revisions | Chair, Finance Committee | Prohibiting a lender from accepting a tip from a consumer or giving a consumer the option to provide a tip; altering the timeline for certain refunds; subjecting certain earned wage access providers and loan lenders to certain consumer loan requirements; etc. | Finance | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m. (1/20) |
| SB 106 | HB 183 | Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Repeal | Sen. Justin Ready (5-R) | Repealing the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program. | Judicial Proceedings | Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m. (1/20) |
| SB 108 | HB 250 | Environment - Water Resources and Wetlands - Enforcement | Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee | 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; authorizing the Department to impose an administrative penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation, not to exceed $100,000, for certain violations related to wetlands construction, modification, or development; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Special Order until 3/5 (Senator Mautz) Adopted (3/4) |
| SB 141 | HB 145 | Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to communicate correct information to the public; prohibiting a person, under certain circumstances, from knowingly or with reckless disregard using or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment Government, Labor, and Elections |
Support with Amendment |
In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections (2/13) | |
| SB 143 | Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) | Sen. Joanne Benson (24-D) | Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; repealing certain provisions of law that authorized contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc. | Budget and Taxation Finance |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (2/11) | ||
| SB 156 | HB 862 | Railroads - Required Crew for Movement of Freight | Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D) | Prohibiting a railroad train used in connection with the movement of freight from being operated in the State unless it has at least two crew members, subject to certain exceptions; providing a penalty for a first offense of up to $10,000 or in the case of a willful violation within the immediately preceding 3 years, or a fine of up to $25,000; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/21) | |
| SB 201 | HB 40 | Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies | Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D) | Altering the definition of "qualified generator lead line" for provisions of law regarding certificates of public convenience and necessity; requiring an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line to include certain information in its application; requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain evidence before taking action on a certain application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| SB 213 | HB 193 | State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures | Sen. Karen Young (3-D) | Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or a request for proposals from submitting a bid or proposal or assisting in the submission of a bid or proposal; requiring a procurement contract to include a certain clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in law; altering the required contents of a certain change order; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | |
| SB 216 | HB 242 | Unemployment Insurance - Confidentiality of Information | Chair, Finance Committee | Altering requirements related to the confidentiality of unemployment insurance information to ensure compliance with federal law and regulations; altering existing confidentiality requirements related to inspection of employment records and claim information by agents of child support enforcement units; establishing exceptions to confidentiality requirements in accordance with federal law and regulations; etc. | Economic Matters Finance |
Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (2/13) |
| SB 224 | HB 90 | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property | Sen. Karen Young (3-D) | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of certain commercial and industrial property and to set a special property tax rate for certain commercial and industrial property for the purpose of financing certain transportation improvements or the approved budget of the county board of education; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m. (1/15) | |
| SB 232 | State Procurement - Preferences - Historically Underutilized Business Zone Businesses | Sen. Johnny Salling (6-R) | Requiring a unit to structure procurement procedures to meet certain federal procurement standards; establishing certain overall percentage goals of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts to be made directly or indirectly with historically underutilized business zone businesses in certain years; requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to adopt regulations establishing a certification process and a percentage price preference; and establishing penalties for certain violations. | Budget and Taxation | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | ||
| SB 247 | HB 400 | Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit - Conversion to Grant Program | Sen. Pamela Beidle (32-D) | Converting the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit to be the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Grant Program in the Department of Commerce; requiring the Department to disburse a grant within 90 days of determining that the investment has been made; allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain grants received during the taxable year; establishing a Biotechnology Investment Incentive Grant Program Fund; authorizing the Governor to include $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Fund; etc. | Budget and Taxation Ways and Means |
Support |
In the House - First Reading Ways and Means (2/18) | |
| SB 267 | Land Use - Residential Housing - Oversight, Regulation, and Taxation (Building Affordably in My Back Yard Act) | Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D) | Establishing certain policies and processes to facilitate the development of residential housing in the State; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the Department of Housing and Community Development; authorizing a local jurisdiction to establish an administrative process to review, approve, modify, or deny certain housing development project applications; requiring the Governor to establish certain housing production targets at certain intervals; etc. | Budget and Taxation Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (1/23) | ||
| SB 269 | HB 385 | Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Evidence - Rebuttable Presumption of Medical Bills | Sen. Shaneka Henson (30-D) | Establishing a rebuttable presumption in an action for personal injury or wrongful death that a medical bill from a health care provider or an agent of the health care provider is authentic, fair, and reasonable if the bill was properly provided in discovery; and establishing that a party may overcome the presumption that a medical bill is authentic, fair, and reasonable by proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the medical bill, or any charge in a medical bill, is not authentic, is unfair, or is unreasonable. | Judicial Proceedings | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (1/27) | |
| SB 270 | HB 674 | Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation | Sen. Mary Carozza (38-R) | Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee by December 1, 2027. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| SB 282 | HB 390 | Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2027) | The President | Making the proposed appropriations contained in the State Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, in accordance with Article III, Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (1/21) |
| SB 283 | HB 391 | Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2026, and the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 | The President | 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. | Budget and Taxation | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (1/21) |
| SB 284 | HB 392 | Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026 | The President | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering eligibility for certain programs; providing certain modifications to federal adjusted gross income of an individual or federal taxable income of a corporation for Maryland income tax purposes relating to certain depreciation deductions allowed under the federal income tax; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Support with Amendment |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 300 | HB 461 | Economic Development - Rural Readiness Program and Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund - Establishment | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Establishing the Rural Readiness Program administered by the Rural Maryland Council to provide assistance to rural communities to enhance their capacity for economic development; requiring priority to be given when making certain grants to entities that have completed the Rural Readiness Program; and establishing the Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund to be administered by the Council to provide grants to support collaborative planning and capacity building initiatives that address the needs of rural communities. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (3/3) | |
| SB 305 | HB 507 | Qualifying Nonprofit Organizations - Incarcerated Individual Training and Reentry Grant Fund - Extension | Sen. Shelly Hettleman (11-D) | Extending the fiscal years through 2029 in which the Governor may include an appropriation of $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill for certain qualifying nonprofit organizations that provide automotive repair training and reentry assistance to incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals; and extending the termination date for provisions relating to funding for certain services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals. | Budget and Taxation | Support |
In the Senate - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (3/3) | |
| SB 325 | HB 548 | Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act) | Sen. Malcolm Augustine (47-D) | Requiring the approval of a housing development project application by a local regulatory authority or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be governed only by certain laws and regulations in effect at the time of submission of a substantially complete application; granting the proponent of an approved housing development project certain vested rights related to use and development for a certain time period; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) | |
| SB 341 | HB 345 | Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act) | Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D) | Authorizing the purchase, installation, and use of a certain portable solar energy generating system for certain purposes; altering the renewable energy portfolio standard; requiring that certain alternative compliance fees be paid into a certain escrow account rather than into the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund; requiring the Public Service Commission to require electric companies to procure a certain number of SRECs and SREC-IIs; requiring the Commission to issue certain solicitations; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Letter of Information |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| SB 342 | HB 331 | Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program | Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D) | Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a beverage container stewardship organization; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) | |
| SB 352 | HB 68 | Motor Vehicles - Special Registration Plates - Old Line Plates (Old Line Plate Program Act of 2026) | Sen. Nick Charles (25-D) | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and make available an Old Line Plate with a certain numeric-only registration number for certain motor vehicles. | Judicial Proceedings | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m. (1/28) | |
| SB 371 | HB 395 | Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations | Sen. Mary Carozza (38-R) | Repealing a requirement that a person hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | |
| SB 373 | HB 66 | Environment - Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Withdrawal (Restoring Energy Freedom Act) | Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R) | Requiring the Governor to withdraw the State from participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| SB 376 | HB 470 | Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment | Sen. Ron Watson (23-D) | Establishing the Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the use and regulation of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations on or before October 1, 2027, to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Economic Matters Committee. | Finance | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) |
| SB 382 | HB 902 | Retire in Maryland Tax Relief Act | Sen. Ron Watson (23-D) | Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for certain taxpayers who are at least 77 years old; providing that if the credit exceeds the State income tax for a taxable year, the unused amount of the credit may not be carried over to any other taxable year; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. | Budget and Taxation | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (2/3) |
| SB 386 | HB 897 | Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Energy Storage, and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund (Lower Bills and Local Power Act of 2026) | The President | Requiring an electric company, located in the State, that owns or operates a transmission line that is designed to carry a voltage in excess of 69,000 volts to participate as a member in a regional transmission organization under certain circumstances; requiring a person applying for a certain certificate of public convenience and necessity to include certain information with the application; requiring certain transmission utilities to submit a certain advanced transmission technology implementation report; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| SB 387 | HB 895 | Food Retailers - Dynamic Pricing, Surveillance Data, and Collective Bargaining Agreements (Protection From Predatory Pricing Act) | The President | Prohibiting a food retailer from engaging in the practice of dynamic pricing or using consumer surveillance data to set a price for consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer from using protected class data to offer, advertise, or sell a consumer good or service under certain circumstances; prohibiting a food retailer from diminishing or impairing any right or benefit guaranteed to employees of the food retailer under an existing collective bargaining agreement or memorandum of understanding; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| SB 388 | HB 898 | Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act | The President | Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Economic Development Opportunities Program Account to be the Strategic Closing Fund within the Department of Commerce; altering the purposes for and methods by which the Fund may be utilized; altering the termination date of the Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program, Job Creation Tax Credit, Research and Development Tax Credit, and Employer Security Clearance Costs Tax Credit; etc. | Budget and Taxation Finance |
Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) (1/30) | |
| SB 389 | HB 894 | Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) | The President | Providing for the automatic designation of certain transit-oriented developments as enterprise zones; requiring the Maryland Development Corporation to prioritize certain redevelopment projects when making loans under the Strategic Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program; altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on land located near certain transit stations; delaying the collection of certain development excise taxes and development impact fees for certain residential real estate projects; etc. | Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Support with Amendment |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (2/2) | |
| SB 405 | HB 594 | Sales and Use Tax - Distribution - City of Baltimore | Sen. Mary Washington (43-D) | Altering the distribution of sales and use tax revenues to require the Comptroller to pay to the City of Baltimore one-third of the revenues from sales and use taxes collected and remitted from sales that occur within the City of Baltimore. | Budget and Taxation | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (2/3) |
| SB 411 | HB 624 | Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026) | Sen. Malcolm Augustine (47-D) | Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring each clinical staffing committee to develop a clinical staffing plan; requiring, on or before July 1 each year, each hospital's clinical staffing committee to conduct a review of the clinical staffing plan for certain purposes; requiring, on or before January 1, 2028, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan and assign personnel in accordance with the plan; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | |
| SB 415 | HB 730 | Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act) | Sen. Pamela Beidle (32-D) | 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; requiring the Securities Commissioner to require that a certain franchise registration exemption be indexed to inflation or deflation based on a certain index; 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; etc. | Finance | Business Regulations - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) |
| SB 416 | HB 737 | Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate | Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D) | Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay certain nonparticipating health care providers for services. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| SB 417 | HB 45 | Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) | Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D) | Prohibiting employers and their agents, representatives, and designees from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant takes certain actions regarding employer-sponsored meetings during which the employer communicates the opinion of the employer regarding religious matters or political matters; authorizing an employee to file a certain complaint with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| SB 425 | HB 576 | State Archives - Record Services - Fees | Sen. J.B. Jennings (7-R) | Authorizing the State Archives to establish by regulation reasonable fees relating to the care and preservation of records and other services provided by the Archives. | Budget and Taxation | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) |
| SB 427 | HB 1595 | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Personal Property of Data Centers | Sen. Karen Young (3-D) | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of personal property consisting of all the personal property of certain qualified data centers and set a special personal property tax rate for the subclass; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026. | Budget and Taxation | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| SB 428 | HB 746 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Collaborative Care Model - Cost Sharing Prohibition | Sen. Malcolm Augustine (47-D) | Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health and certain carriers from imposing a copay, coinsurance, or deductible for services provided in accordance with the Collaborative Care Model statewide in primary care settings that provide health care services to Program recipients. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) |
| SB 432 | HB 572 | Attorney General Actions and Climate Crimes Accountability Fund (Climate Crimes Accountability Act) | Sen. Sara Love (16-D) | Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds certain entities accountable for tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; authorizing the Attorney General to hire outside counsel to assist with an action under the Act if the Attorney General makes a certain determination; establishing the Climate Crimes Accountability Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc. | Judicial Proceedings Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) (2/2) | |
| SB 455 | HB 506 | Economic Development - Transformational Project Financing Program - Establishment | Sen. Jim Rosapepe (21-D) | Establishing the Transformational Project Financing Program in the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to designate certain development districts as State-supported development districts; authorizing a governing body of a political subdivision to apply to the Corporation for approval as a State-supported development district; requiring the Corporation to publish at least annually a summary of approved State-supported development districts; providing for the eligibility for and calculation of certain State revenue; etc. | Finance | Education & Workforce - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| SB 457 | HB 78 | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish Subclasses and Set Separate Rates for Land and Improvements to Land | Sen. Jim Rosapepe (21-D) | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish subclasses of real property consisting of land and improvements to land and set separate real property tax rates for each subclass. | Budget and Taxation | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| SB 462 | HB 774 | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction) | Sen. C. Muse (26-D) | Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | Housing & Development - No Position |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| SB 463 | HB 432 | Municipalities - Vagrancy - Repeal of Authority to Prohibit | Sen. C. Muse (26-D) | Repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy. | Judicial Proceedings | Housing & Development - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Special Order until 3/5 (Senator Ready) Adopted (3/3) |
| SB 474 | HB 476 | Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death | Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher (18-D) | Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively. | Judicial Proceedings | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| SB 479 | HB 1217 | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards and Energy Use Intensity Targets - Exemptions | Sen. Mike McKay (1-R) | Exempting a covered building that received a use and occupancy permit before June 1, 2022, from compliance with certain building energy performance standards and energy use intensity targets until it becomes necessary to replace lighting systems, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, or other major components of the covered building due to failure of those components, or as a result of the end of life of those components. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | |
| SB 483 | HB 360 | Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement (Clean Slate Act of 2026) | Sen. Mike McKay (1-R) | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Judiciary to expunge all cases meeting certain criteria on or before July 1, 2028; and requiring the Department and the Judiciary to expunge certain newly eligible cases on a monthly basis. | Judicial Proceedings | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| SB 490 | HB 808 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Step Therapy, Fail-First Protocols, and Prior Authorization - Prescription Drugs to Treat Serious Mental Illness | Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D) | Prohibiting the Maryland Medical Assistance Program from applying a prior authorization requirement in certain circumstances to and from applying a step therapy or fail-first protocol for a prescription drug used to treat an adult enrollee's diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, or a medication-induced movement disorder associated with the treatment of serious mental illness. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) |
| SB 494 | HB 944 | Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificates of Need and Material Change Transactions | Sen. Pamela Beidle (32-D) | Repealing the exemption from the certificate of need requirement for certain mergers; requiring certain health care entities to provide certain notice of a material change transaction to the Maryland Health Care Commission and the public; establishing a public interest review process for material change transactions, including criteria for determining whether a material change transaction is subject to a public interest review; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | |
| SB 504 | HB 711 | Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) | Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D) | Prohibiting a certain controller from selling the personal data of a consumer to a purchaser who seeks to use the data for immigration enforcement; 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; requiring certain procedures of certain governmental entities to account for data containing sensitive attributes; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 515 | HB 616 | Health Services Cost Review Commission - Health Facilities - Jurisdiction and Rate Setting | Sen. Pamela Beidle (32-D) | Altering the jurisdiction of the Health Services Cost Review Commission; and requiring 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 costs incurred or expenditures made by a health facility in connection with the operation of the facility. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| SB 520 | Property Tax - Charter Counties - Application of County Tax Limitation on Public Safety Budget | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | Authorizing a county council of a charter county, 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. | Budget and Taxation | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| SB 521 | Health Insurance - Material Changes to Provider Networks - Notification and Special Enrollment Period | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | 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. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 522 | HB 1325 | Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Licensed Social Worker-Clinical | Sen. Mary Washington (43-D) | 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. | Finance | Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| SB 528 | HB 985 | Consumer Protection - Video Streaming Services - Loudness of Commercial Advertisements | Sen. Kevin Harris (27-D) | 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. | Finance | Support with Amendment |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| SB 539 | HB 1070 | Department of Social and Economic Mobility - Workforce Opportunities Grant Program and Fund | Sen. William Smith (20-D) | Establishing the Workforce Opportunities Grant Program to provide grants to certain organizations to support the planning and execution of workforce events and job fairs in the State; establishing the Workforce Opportunities Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to support the Program; requiring that interest earnings be credited to the Fund; and requiring, for each of fiscal years 2028 through 2030, the Governor to include in the annual budget an appropriation of at least $500,000 to the Program. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 547 | HB 905 | Recipients of State and Local Government Funding - Reporting (Buy Maryland Reporting Requirements) | Sen. Nick Charles (25-D) | Requiring a unit of State and local government and a person that receives funding from the State operating or capital budget to report on or before October 15 each year to the Comptroller certain information regarding the use of the funds; requiring a certain individual or corporation that receives payments from a unit of State and local government for providing goods or services to the unit to include certain information on the individual's or corporation's income tax return or declaration; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| SB 564 | State Government - Office of the Attorney General - Data Protection | Sen. Dawn Gile (33-D) | Establishing the Division of Data Protection within the Office of the Attorney General to investigate and bring civil actions related to violations; establishing the Maryland Data Privacy Implementation and Innovation Workgroup to study Maryland's consumer data privacy framework and evaluate implementation issues; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2027. | Finance | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| SB 569 | Commercial Law - Online Data Privacy - Limits on Data Collection | Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D) | Altering certain requirements for a controller relating to the collection of personal data; and prohibiting a controller, unless consumer consent is obtained, from collecting, processing, sharing, or selling precise geolocation data for the purpose of targeted advertising. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | ||
| SB 571 | HB 382 | Commercial Law - Broadband Access - Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act) | Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D) | Requiring certain broadband providers in the State to establish a program to provide certain broadband services to eligible low-income consumers on or before December 1, 2026; authorizing the Office of Statewide Broadband in the Department of Housing and Community Development to exempt certain providers from the requirement to establish a program; altering the duties of the Office; and establishing a Broadband Affordability Advisory Board. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 589 | HB 433 | Business Regulation - Collection Agencies - Licensure Exemption for Property Managers | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | 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. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 590 | HB 1199 | Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program (Maryland Climate Crisis Equity Act) | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in collaboration with the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, the Department of Transportation, and the Maryland Energy Administration, and in coordination with certain entities and persons, to complete a study and develop a report evaluating the potential design and implications of implementing an economy-wide cap-and-invest program that will help the State achieve certain emissions reductions and provide a sustainable funding source for certain initiatives. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Letter of Information |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | |
| SB 596 | HB 940 | Large Load Customers - Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Exempting certain large load customers from requirements to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a certain process for large load customers to interconnect to the electric system; establishing requirements for a large load customer to interconnect to the electric system and contract for service; authorizing certain large load customers to receive certain prioritization; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Letter of Information |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/24) | |
| SB 598 | HB 723 | Electric Companies - Cost Containment Plans - Requirement (Securing Affordable, Valuable Investments in Next Generation Grid Solutions) (SAVINGS Act) | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Requiring electric companies to submit to the Public Service Commission cost containment plans for electric distribution and transmission system planning on or before January 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter; requiring the plans to combine to reduce peak electric system loads in a certain manner; and requiring electric companies to submit certain progress reports on the implementation of the plan. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/23) | |
| SB 600 | Sales and Use Tax - Definition of Retail Sale - Alterations | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Altering the definition of "retail sale" for purposes of provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to exclude certain sales of technology services under certain circumstances. | Budget and Taxation | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| SB 602 | HB 715 | Algorithmic Addiction Fund - Establishment | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Establishing the Algorithmic Addiction Fund to be administered by the Maryland Department of Health; providing the Fund consists of all civil penalties received by the State from any source resulting, directly or indirectly, from a judgment against or settlement relating to claims concerning harm to children from the use of social media and the improper use of algorithms; requiring the Secretary to make a report to the General Assembly by November 1 each year concerning the provision of algorithmic addiction intervention services; etc. | Finance | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| SB 605 | HB 1037 | Public Service Commission - Broadband and Voice Over Internet Protocol Service - Oversight (Broadband Accountability and Affordability Act) | Sen. Mary Washington (43-D) | Authorizing the Public Service Commission to exercise certain oversight of broadband service and voice over Internet protocol service; requiring the Commission to assess the adequacy of certain plans for each Internet service provider; and authorizing the Commission to conduct certain evaluations or audits and require certain remedial action under certain circumstances. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 616 | HB 1220 | Business Regulation - Data Broker Registry | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller; requiring by January 31 each year, a business entity that acted as a data broker during the previous calendar year to submit a certain form to the Comptroller and pay a fee determined by the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to make the information submitted by business entities publicly available on the Office's website; requiring the Comptroller to report certain information to the General Assembly by December 31 annually; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 622 | Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Required Uses - Building Electrification and Transportation Electrification | Sen. Ron Watson (23-D) | Requiring the use of the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund for providing loans and grants for building electrification and transportation electrification. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | ||
| SB 644 | HB 933 | Sales and Use Tax - Certificates Indicating Multiple Points of Use - Alterations | Sen. Nancy King (39-D) | Providing that, for purposes of certain laws governing the sales and use tax, a certain certificate indicating multiple points of use of certain digital codes, digital products, and taxable services shall be deemed fully completed under certain circumstances; providing that a buyer is not required to obtain prior approval from the Comptroller in order to present a certificate indicating multiple points of use to a vendor; applying the Act retroactively; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 645 | HB 1192 | State Board of Sign Language Interpreters - Membership and Licensing | Sen. Nancy King (39-D) | Expanding the membership of and altering the quorum requirements for the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters; requiring the nomination process to include outreach to underrepresented deaf, deafblind, and interpreter communities; authorizing the Governor to remove certain members of the Board under certain circumstances; altering the date from July, 2024 to December 31, 2026, by which the Board must establish certain licensing requirements and by which sign language interpreters must meet certain licensing requirements; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) |
| SB 655 | HB 992 | Electronic Device Producer Responsibility Program - Established | Sen. Malcolm Augustine (47-D) | Altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device producer responsibility program plan and annual report, registration, and review fee account within the Fund; repealing certain provisions of law relating to existing covered electronic device takeback programs; altering certain provisions of law relating to registration fees for certain manufacturers of covered electronic devices; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | |
| SB 671 | HB 1336 | Procurement Contracts and Construction Contracts - Payments | Sen. Alonzo Washington (22-D) | Making certain provisions of law governing construction contracts applicable to certain local government owners; altering certain provisions of law relating to the payment of contractors and subcontractors in procurement contracts and construction contracts; requiring certain notification if all or part of a payment is withheld; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the accrual of interest for unpaid amounts. | Budget and Taxation | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 673 | HB 1165 | State Procurement - Apprenticeship Program Accountability and Completion | Sen. Alonzo Washington (22-D) | Requiring certain apprenticeship programs utilized in certain State procurements to have at least a 25% completion rate, as determined by the Maryland Department of Labor. | Budget and Taxation | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 674 | HB 916 | Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities | Sen. Alonzo Washington (22-D) | Establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain transportation plans; establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation funds as special, nonlapsing funds; imposing certain transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges; etc. | Budget and Taxation Finance |
Letter of Information |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) (2/11) | |
| SB 675 | HB 997 | State Finance and Procurement - Prevailing Wage Rate - Calculation | Sen. Alonzo Washington (22-D) | Modifying the method by which the Commissioner of Labor and Industry determines a prevailing wage rate; and requiring the Commissioner to vacate a certain prevailing wage rate under certain circumstances. | Finance | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| SB 686 | HB 1022 | PFAS Chemicals - Product Phase Outs and Registration Requirements | Sen. Sara Love (16-D) | Prohibiting manufacturers from selling, offering for sale, distributing, or distributing for sale in the State, certain products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals on or after certain dates; establishing registration requirements for certain products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals; providing for the testing of certain products to determine compliance with the Act; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | |
| SB 697 | Election Law - Actions to Influence an Election - Social Media Platform Algorithms and Bots Purchased by Foreign Nationals | Sen. Brian Feldman (15-D) | Establishing a rebuttable presumption that a social media platform has made an independent expenditure to a certain candidate if the social media platform knowingly and purposefully alters its algorithm to amplify certain political content for the benefit of the candidate; prohibiting a foreign national from using a bot to publish, distribute, or disseminate campaign material or artificially amplify political content to users of an online platform for a certain purpose; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support with Amendment |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | ||
| SB 698 | HB 474 | Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces | Sen. Cory McCray (45-D) | Prohibiting a person from operating or towing a vehicle without removing from exposed vehicle surfaces accumulated snow and ice; and prohibiting a person from committing a violation of the Act that contributes to an accident resulting in property damage or the death of or serious bodily injury to another person. | Judicial Proceedings | Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| SB 706 | Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Alterations | Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R) | Decreasing the renewable energy portfolio standard for Tier 1 renewable sources for 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | |
| SB 725 | HB 1009 | Transfer of Real Property - Recordation Certification and State Transfer Tax (Land Transfer Accountability Act) | Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher (18-D) | Prohibiting a clerk of the circuit court from recording an instrument that effects a change of ownership of real property from the United States to certain persons unless the instrument is accompanied by a Certificate of Compliance; requiring the Office of the Attorney General and the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to review certain changes of ownership of real property and issue a Certificate of Compliance following a determination of legal compliance; etc. | Budget and Taxation Judicial Proceedings |
Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) (2/12) |
| SB 739 | HB 1219 | Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management - Study | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | Requiring the University System of Maryland to conduct a study to evaluate the relationship between climate change, homeowner's insurance, and emergency and disaster preparedness; requiring the University, by January 1, 2027, to submit a report to the General Assembly on the federal flood insurance program, and private flood insurance programs and make recommendations on actions and modifications to mitigate risks associated with climate change and improve the service and responsiveness of insurers; etc. | Finance | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) |
| SB 740 | HB 480 | Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | Altering the definitions of "transportation network company" and "transportation network operator" for purposes of provisions of law regarding transportation network companies; requiring a transportation network company to maintain a deactivation policy that provides the policies and procedures for the deactivation of operators; prohibiting a transportation network company from deactivating an operator unless the deactivation is consistent with the company's deactivation policy; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 749 | Residential Retail Customer and Retail Electricity Suppliers - Definition and Alterations | Sen. Dawn Gile (33-D) | Defining the term "residential retail customer" for the purchase of gas or electricity for home use; altering the requirements for residential electricity suppliers to use a certain calculation of an electric company's standard offer service rate in setting the price for electricity under certain circumstances; authorizing residential electricity suppliers to use consolidated billing; and altering the requirements of the Public Service Commission in approving the price of electricity marketed as green power. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - TBD |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | ||
| SB 753 | HB 1008 | Fiduciary Institutions - Exploitation of Seniors and Vulnerable Adults - Protections and Required Referral (Vulnerable Adult Banking Protection Act) | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | Authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to delay or deny a disbursement from the account of a certain individual or the account on which a certain individual is a beneficiary; requiring a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to provide certain financial records to certain entities; authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to contact certain individuals; and providing certain fiduciary institutions immunity from certain liability. | Finance | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| SB 757 | Consumer Protection - Disclosure of Tariffs and Local Sourcing | Sen. Jim Rosapepe (21-D) | Prohibiting a person from not making a certain disclosure on the price of a consumer good; requiring the Department of Commerce to develop and maintain a searchable online database to connect businesses in the State with local sources for supplies and inventory; and requiring the Department to report on or before December 31 each year on the use and effectiveness of the database. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | ||
| SB 759 | HB 859 | Financial Institutions - Digital Assets and Digital Asset Staking - Regulation (Maryland Financial Innovation Act of 2026) | Sen. Ron Watson (23-D) | Prohibiting certain regulation of certain activities involving digital assets by an agency or other instrumentality of the State or a political subdivision of the State; and clarifying that the provision of digital asset staking as a service is excluded from a certain definition and certain filing and registration requirements under the Maryland Securities Act. | Finance | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| SB 763 | HB 1596 | Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Maryland Growth Initiative - Established | Sen. Guy Guzzone (13-D) | Establishing the Maryland Growth Initiative in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to support the growth of start-up companies; requiring the Initiative to create a certain list of companies in the State that are between certain growth phases according to a certain priority; establishing the Maryland Growth Initiative Fund to be administered by the Corporation as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Initiative; etc. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 767 | HB 840 | Property Tax - Credit for Commercial Buildings Rented to Small Businesses | Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D) | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City and the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a commercial building that is rented or rented to own at fair market value to a small business if the commercial building is located in a designated arts and entertainment district or Main Street Maryland community. | Budget and Taxation | Support |
In the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation (3/5) | |
| SB 770 | HB 1473 | Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment | Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D) | Establishing the Maryland's Future Board under the Department of Commerce to develop, evaluate, and revise a visionary plan for the future of Maryland by a certain date and make recommendations for projects based on the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly; establishing the Maryland's Future Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund. | Finance | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| SB 778 | HB 1426 | Clinical Research Pharmacies and Clinical Trials - Permits, Ownership, and Definition of Practice of Medicine | Sen. Brian Feldman (15-D) | Establishing a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing the State Board of Pharmacy to issue a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing a health care provider to hold an ownership interest in a clinical research pharmacy under certain circumstances; exempting the conduct of an investigational or experimental treatment or clinical trial by a corporation or other legal entity from the definition of "practice medicine"; etc. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 779 | HB 1472 | Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2026 | Sen. Brian Feldman (15-D) | Exempting from certain requirements relating to the offering of health benefit plans to small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization located in the State; and requiring professional employer organizations that enter into agreements with small employers to provide health benefit plans to disclose certain information in writing. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 780 | HB 1287 | Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D) | Requiring that an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain generating stations located within a certain at-risk area to include with the application a baseline understanding of risk, disparities, and environmental needs (BURDEN) report describing and including information on certain environmental and public health burdens; altering the contents of a certain notice that must be provided on receipt of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Letter of Information |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 781 | HB 1268 | Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D) | Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | |
| SB 782 | HB 1100 | Telecommunications Infrastructure - Protections | Sen. Carl Jackson (8-D) | Requiring certain junk dealers, scrap metal processors, and antique dealers to register and provide a description including certain information of purchased telecommunications equipment with a certain law enforcement official; prohibiting junk dealers, scrap metal processors, and antique dealers from purchasing telecommunications equipment other than by check mailed to the seller's address; prohibiting the sale or disposal of certain telecommunications equipment for a period of 30 days after the date of purchase; etc. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 787 | HB 1585 | Maryland Economic Development Corporation - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Project Management | Sen. Guy Guzzone (13-D) | Authorizing the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to participate on the project management team for a major information technology development project by working with certain entities on certain tasks; requiring, by July 1, 2026, the Corporation and the Secretary of Information Technology to identify a certain project for which the Corporation will serve as the primary project manager and report the project details to the General Assembly; requiring the Corporation to evaluate the use of alternative financing; etc. | Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (3/3) |
| SB 801 | HB 1525 | Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, EmPOWER Energy Efficiency Programs, and Net Energy Metering | Sen. Mike McKay (1-R) | Requiring the Governor to withdraw the State from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative by January 1, 2027; authorizing the State to rejoin the Initiative if all other states served by PJM Interconnection become full Members, or the State becomes and remains a net exporter of electricity; eliminating the surcharge that allows recovery of costs to utilities from the EmPOWER energy efficiency programs; altering the rate at which eligible customer-generators are paid for net excess generation; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) |
| SB 804 | Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Revisions to Heat Stress Standards | Sen. Pamela Beidle (32-D) | Requiring certain employers to develop, implement, and maintain an excessive heat-related illness prevention plan for employees; requiring certain employers to develop and implement an acclimatization plan for certain employees or follow the acclimatization plan established by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; requiring certain employers to monitor temperature in certain work locations and provide shade and water to employees; etc. | Finance | Support with Amendment |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | ||
| SB 826 | HB 1128 | Income Tax - Angel Investor Tax Credit for Investments in Emergent Technology | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Allowing a credit against the State income tax for 25% of an investment made in qualified Maryland companies up $1,000,000; providing that investments in companies engaging in certain emergent technology may qualify for the tax credit subject to certain requirements; providing that a qualified investor shall make an investment in a qualified Maryland company within a certain amount of time after the Department issues an initial tax credit certificate; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| SB 827 | HB 1250 | Consumer Protection and Product Liability - Chatbots | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Regulating the manner in which a developer designs and creates and an operator makes available to users in the State a chatbot, including establishing safety and privacy protections for users, establishing an enhanced protection for users who are minors under the age of 13 years, and requiring the display of certain warnings when using a chatbot; establishing that a chatbot is considered a product for certain product liability actions; applying certain provisions of the Act to governmental units; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 831 | HB 1480 | Labor Law - Child Labor Penalties, Private Sector Employee Labor Relations, and State Employee Labor Standards | Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D) | 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. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 834 | Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs, Services, and Plans - Moratorium | Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R) | Prohibiting a unit of State government from implementing or enforcing, after July 1, 2026, certain provisions of law relating to energy efficiency and conservation programs, services, and plans that support certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and targets; requiring the Public Service Commission to continue certain rate-making policies until certain electric companies and gas companies have recovered certain costs; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | |
| SB 837 | HB 1440 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage and Utilization Review - Drugs Reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board | Sen. Justin Ready (5-R) | Prohibiting a managed care organization and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a prior authorization or step therapy or fail-first protocol under certain circumstances for prescription drugs that have been reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board; etc. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 839 | HB 1470 | Medical Assistance Programs - Drug Dispensing - Cost-of-Dispensing Survey and Fee-for-Service Professional Dispensing Fee | Sen. Justin Ready (5-R) | Requiring, beginning in 2026, the Maryland Department of Health to conduct the in-State cost-of-dispensing survey at least every 3 years; and requiring, within 6 months after the completion of the survey, the Department to adopt regulations establishing a fee-for-service professional dispensing fee based on the results of the survey. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 841 | Maryland Energy Administration - Renewable Energy Generation Projects - Alternative Compliance Fee Auctions | Sen. Brian Feldman (15-D) | Altering the uses of the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund and certain compliance fees; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in consultation with the Public Service Commission, to develop and conduct certain annual, competitive, low-bid alternative compliance fee auctions for the development of certain renewable energy generation projects; establishing the purpose and procedures for an auction and the eligibility requirements for certain bidders; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | ||
| SB 843 | HB 1195 | Net Energy Metering, SUNRISE Program, and Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Program (SUNRISE Act) | Sen. Brian Feldman (15-D) | 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. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (3/3) |
| SB 850 | Electric and Gas Companies - Energy Efficiency, Conservation, and Demand Response Programs - Alterations (Utility Affordability and Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026) | Sen. Jason Gallion (35-R) | 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. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | |
| SB 853 | Economic Development Activity - Nondisclosure Agreements | Sen. Charles Sydnor (44-D) | Prohibiting certain individuals from entering into a nondisclosure agreement with a person involved in an economic development activity, including establishing or operating a data center; including public service companies as an instrumentality of the State for the purpose of the Public Information Act; etc. | Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (2/16) | ||
| SB 857 | HB 1356 | Labor and Employment - Civic and Related Activities - Protection (Maryland Employee Civic Activity and Lawful Expression Protection Act) | Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher (18-D) | Authorizing an employer to require an applicant to disclose the applicant's engagement in certain actions only if the disclosure is related to specific job requirements; prohibiting an employer from taking certain adverse action against an employee if the employee engages in certain activity; and providing that adverse action taken against an employee within 120 days after the employee engages in activity protected under the Act creates a rebuttable presumption of retaliation. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 866 | HB 1048 | Public Health - Chain Restaurants - Sodium and Added Sugars Warning Icons | Sen. Alonzo Washington (22-D) | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations relating to the sale of food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content by a chain restaurant by January 1, 2027, and to administer a certain continuing education campaign during calendar year 2027; and requiring certain chain restaurants to display certain icons next to certain food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content on each menu or menu board beginning January 1, 2028. | Finance | Business Regulations |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | |
| SB 869 | Economic Development - Maryland Workforce Launch Pilot Program - Establishment | Sen. Alonzo Washington (22-D) | Establishing the Maryland Workforce Launch Pilot Program in the Department of Commerce to provide customized, no-cost workforce training as a business attraction tool, to recruit strategic industries and qualified business entities to the State; requiring the Department to partner with not more than two community colleges in the State to deliver training services; etc. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | ||
| SB 871 | Civil Actions - Punitive Damage Awards - Surcharge | Sen. William Smith (20-D) | Providing that punitive damages may be awarded in a civil action only if the plaintiff proves by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant acted with gross negligence; requiring the State Court Administrator to assess a certain surcharge on a defendant against whom a judgment for punitive damages is entered; requiring the Administrator to deposit money collected from the surcharge into the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; applying the Act prospectively; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | ||
| SB 881 | HB 1007 | Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to certain disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers. | Finance | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| SB 886 | HB 1229 | Consumer Protection and Labor and Employment - Food Service Facilities and Minimum Wage | Sen. C. Muse (26-D) | Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's right to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right while engaged in employment in the State to be paid at a wage rate that is at least equal to the State minimum wage rate set by law without regard to tips that the individual receives; repealing exemptions from Maryland Wage and Hour Law; specifying the State minimum wage rate and tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 887 | HB 1108 | Labor and Employment - Greenhouse Workers - Collective Bargaining and Heat Protection | Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D) | Establishing collective bargaining rights for employees of employers who operate controlled-environment agricultural operations; requiring the Secretary of Labor to establish by regulation certain procedures related to collective bargaining; authorizing the Secretary to investigate violations regarding and enforce certain provisions of the Act related to collective bargaining; and requiring the employers who operate controlled-environment agricultural operations to provide to their employees certain rest breaks under certain circumstances. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 889 | Consumer Protection and Labor and Employment - Electronic Shelving Labels and Surveillance-Based Price and Wage Setting - Prohibitions | Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D) | Prohibiting a person from engaging in surveillance-based price setting to set the price of consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer from using electronic shelving labels to display the prices of consumer goods, and instead requiring the use of nondigital presentations of price; making a certain violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and prohibiting an employer from engaging in surveillance-based wage setting. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | ||
| SB 890 | HB 1228 | Insurance - Premium Receipts Tax - Exemption for Captive Insurance Procured by Nonprofit Hospitals and Health Care Systems | Sen. Dawn Gile (33-D) | Exempting premiums on lawfully procured captive insurance by nonprofit hospitals and health care systems located in the State from the State insurance premium receipts tax imposed on unauthorized insurers and persons insured by unauthorized insurers; and prohibiting the Maryland Insurance Administration from charging or collecting a certain tax, or certain fees, penalties, or interest from certain unauthorized insurers and certain insureds. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) |
| SB 893 | HB 1026 | Business Regulation - Rounding Cash Transactions - Authorization | Sen. Dawn Gile (33-D) | Authorizing a merchant to round certain cash transactions in a certain manner or round the amount of change due to a customer in a certain manner; authorizing an employer to round a wage that the employer pays using cash in a certain manner; and providing that certain provisions of the Act shall preempt existing regulations, rules, and ordinances that conflict with certain provisions of the Act. | Finance | Support with Amendment |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 894 | HB 1298 | Third-Party Litigation Financing - Licensing and Regulation | Sen. Dawn Gile (33-D) | Prohibiting a certain litigation financier from providing certain litigation financing unless licensed under the Maryland Consumer Loan Law or provisions of law relating to installment loans; providing that litigation financing shall be considered a loan for certain purposes; requiring a certain disclosure of a litigation financing contract in certain civil actions; and providing that certain information is a permissible subject of discovery in certain civil actions. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 896 | Vehicle Laws - Registration Fees - Alterations | Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R) | Altering certain motor vehicle registration fees for certain classes of motor vehicles. | Budget and Taxation Judicial Proceedings |
Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) (2/12) | |
| SB 900 | HB 1016 | Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses - Employer Relocation | Sen. Justin Ready (5-R) | Applying certain provisions of law establishing that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State to employees of certain employers that relocate majority of its employees or principal place of business outside the State. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 905 | Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Maryland Advanced Manufacturing Grant Program - Established | Sen. Craig Zucker (14-D) | Establishing the Maryland Advanced Manufacturing Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to support the growth of companies that specialize in regenerative medicine and other advanced manufacturing by providing certain grants; authorizing grant proceeds to be used only for acquisitions, renovations or construction of certain space, infrastructure improvements, and purchase of equipment; etc. | Finance | Include in Agenda |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | ||
| SB 909 | HB 1295 | Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles | Sen. Sara Love (16-D) | Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; and establishing that certain data collected by fully autonomous vehicles is subject to the Online Data Privacy Act. | Judicial Proceedings | Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| SB 924 | HB 1033 | Department of Social and Economic Mobility - Maryland Chamber of Commerce Grant Program - Established (Business Networks Access Act) | Sen. Kevin Harris (27-D) | Establishing the Maryland Chamber of Commerce Grant Program in the Department of Social and Economic Mobility to provide grants for membership subsidies for underrepresented individuals and inter-chamber events; specifying certain application requirements for the Program; and requiring Program applicants to meet certain eligibility requirements. | Finance | Include in Agenda |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 932 | Consumer Protection - Social Media Platforms - Display of User Location | Sen. Kevin Harris (27-D) | Requiring a person that operates a social media platform to display to State users of the social media platform the general geographical location of each adult user whose account is visible to the State user on the platform. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | ||
| SB 943 | HB 1235 | State Procurement - Competitive Sealed Bids and Proposals - In-State Evaluation Preference (Buy Maryland, Buy Local Act) | Sen. Nick Charles (25-D) | Requiring competitive sealed bids and proposals to be awarded based on certain standardized evaluation criteria; requiring the criteria to be included in an invitation for bids or a request for proposals; and requiring a responsive bid or proposal to include a certain State and local economic impact statement. | Budget and Taxation | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) |
| SB 947 | HB 1081 | Maryland Transit Administration Reform Act | Sen. Cory McCray (45-D) | Establishing the Board of Directors for Baltimore Core Transit Service in the Maryland Transit Administration as a governing body with certain authority over the provision of Baltimore Core Transit Service; establishing the Commuter Services Advisory Board to provide certain oversight over and guidance for certain Administration commuter rail and bus services in the State; repealing the Baltimore Regional Transit Commission as an advisory commission for transit in the Baltimore City region; etc. | Budget and Taxation Finance |
Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 12:00 p.m. (Finance) (3/2) |
| SB 950 | HB 1209 | Conversion Therapy - Prohibitions and Causes of Action | Sen. Cheryl Kagan (17-D) | Clarifying that injury resulting from conversion therapy is cognizable for purposes of a health care malpractice action; establishing certain procedures in an action for health care malpractice resulting from conversion therapy; removing the limitation on noneconomic damages to a claimant in an action for health care malpractice resulting from conversion therapy; etc. | Finance Judicial Proceedings |
Civil Liability Health Care & Biopharma |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) (2/12) |
| SB 953 | HB 1497 | Charles County - Rent Stabilization - Seniors | Charles County | Requiring Charles County to establish a rent increase limit for units occupied by seniors. | Judicial Proceedings | Housing & Development |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| SB 954 | HB 1561 | Electricity Generation and Storage - Investor-Owned Electric Companies and Front-of-the-Meter Storage (Affordable Energy Act) | Sen. Kevin Harris (27-D) | Requiring the Public Service Commission to require one or more electric companies to develop and submit to the Commission a certain resource adequacy plan if the Commission makes a certain determination; authorizing an investor-owned electric company required or authorized to construct, acquire, own, or lease and operate its own generating facilities to recover certain prudently incurred costs and investments in a certain manner under certain circumstances; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - TBD |
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (2/6) | |
| SB 964 | HB 864 | Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) | Sen. Cory McCray (45-D) | Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; repealing certain provisions of law that authorize contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc. | Rules | Oppose |
In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/13) | |
| SB 966 | HB 1476 | Public Service Commission - Net Energy Metering - Successor Program | Sen. Brian Feldman (15-D) | Altering the conditions under which a certain standard contract or tariff for net energy metering will no longer be available; requiring the Public Service Commission to develop and implement a successor program to the existing net energy metering program; establishing the conditions under which the successor program will no longer be available; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain proceeding on the development and implementation of a certain successor program; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support |
In the Senate - Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/4) | |
| SB 979 | HB 1105 | Statute of Limitations - Prosecution or Enforcement of Local Consumer Protection Codes | Sen. Cory McCray (45-D) | Increasing from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for the prosecution or suit for enforcement of local consumer protection codes for which equitable relief, a fine, or a penalty is provided. | Rules | Oppose |
In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/15) | |
| SB 987 | Corporate Income Tax - Addition Modification - Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising | Sen. Karen Young (3-D) | Providing an addition modification under the corporate income tax for the amount of certain direct-to-consumer advertising expenses for certain covered drugs paid or incurred during the taxable year that are deducted under the Internal Revenue Code; providing for the distribution of revenue attributable to the addition modification; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Oppose |
In the Senate - Rereferred to Budget and Taxation (3/4) | ||
| SB 993 | HB 366 | Workers' Compensation - Exemption From Exclusivity of Remedy - Action for Wrongful Death by Nondependent Child | Sen. Carl Jackson (8-D) | Prohibiting the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act from being construed to prohibit a child of a covered employee who is determined not to be a dependent of the covered employee from filing an action for damages related to the wrongful death of the covered employee; and applying the Act prospectively. | Rules | Oppose |
In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/19) | |
| SB 995 | Cannabis Licensure - Labor Peace Agreements and Collective Bargaining | Sen. Carl Jackson (8-D) | Requiring, as a condition of licensure, certain applicants for cannabis licenses and cannabis licensees to establish the existence of a certain labor peace agreement under certain circumstances; defining "labor peace agreement" as one that, at a minimum, protects the State's interests by prohibiting the labor organization from engaging in picketing, work stoppages, boycotts, or any other economic interferences with certain entities within the first 5 years of the effective date of a license; etc. | Rules | Labor & Employment |
In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/21) |