Support
Bill Tracking
2026
| Bill | Crossfile | Bill Title | Sponsor | Synopsis | MGA Committees | MDCC Policy Committee & Position | Leg. Comm. Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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) | |
| 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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) |