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 | Energy & Environment - Support |
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 | Transportation - Support |
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 | Energy & Environment - Support |
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 |
Business Regulations - Support |
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 State law; etc. | Budget and Taxation Government, Labor, and Elections |
Business Regulations - Support |
Support |
In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/10) |
| HB 235 | SB 47 | Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Local Approval Requirement | Chair, Economic Matters Committee | Altering from 45 to 15 the number of days that a political subdivision has to approve or deny a certain application for financial assistance under the Neighborhood Business Development Program from the Department of Housing and Community Development. | Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Housing & Development - Support |
Support |
In the House - Returned Passed (4/9) |
| 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 | Housing & Development - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) |
| HB 297 | SB 70 | Adult Education - High School Diploma Pathways - MDiplomaWorks Pathway | Chair, Ways and Means Committee | Establishing the MDiplomaWorks pathway as an alternative method of earning a high school diploma in the State; providing the MDiplomaWorks pathway is a method to recognize and certify high school diploma achievement through demonstrated academic and career competencies, including workforce experience; and requiring the Department of Labor to publish on its website, and include in any publications that describe how adults may obtain a high school diploma, information on the MDiplomaWorks pathway. | Ways and Means Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/10) |
| 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 | Education & Workforce - Support |
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 certain provisions of law requiring a person to hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit issued by the Department of the Environment before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO; authorizing the Department, under certain circumstances, to authorize a person to begin construction on any part of a new animal feeding operation under a certain approval process established by the Department. | Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Energy & Environment - Support |
Support |
In the House - Returned Passed (4/8) |
| 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 | Health Care & Biopharma - Support |
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 | Housing & Development - Support |
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 Finance |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the House - Returned Passed (4/7) |
| 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 | Education & Workforce - Support |
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 complete application; granting the proponent of an approved housing development project certain vested rights related to use and development for the longer of 5 years or a period determined by the local regulatory authority of the Commission; etc. | Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Housing & Development - Support |
Support |
In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/11) |
| 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 | Taxation - Support |
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 | Taxation - Support |
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 | Taxation - Support |
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 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; establishing the purpose of the film production activity tax credit; etc. | Budget and Taxation Economic Matters Finance Ways and Means |
Taxation - Support |
Support |
In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/13) |
| HB 933 | SB 644 | Sales and Use Tax - Certificates Indicating Multiple Points of Use - Alterations | Del. Jheanelle Wilkins (20-D) | Authorizing, for purposes of certain laws governing the sales and use tax, a buyer to issue a certain certificate indicating multiple points of use of certain digital codes, digital products, and taxable services under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations; providing for the application for and denial, renewal, and revocation of an authorization for a buyer to issue multiple points of use certificates; requiring an authorized buyer to provide and a vendor to verify a multiple points of use certificate; etc. | Budget and Taxation Ways and Means |
Taxation - Support |
Support |
In the House - Returned Passed (4/13) |
| 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 | Energy & Environment - Support |
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 | Energy & Environment - Support |
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. | Finance Government, Labor, and Elections |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - First Reading Finance (3/23) |
| 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 | Business Regulations - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:35 p.m. (3/11) | |
| HB 1100 | SB 782 | Telecommunications Infrastructure - Protections | Del. Andrew Pruski (33A-D) | Specifying that certain documentation may establish lawful authority to sell certain telecommunications equipment as junk or scrap metal; 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 individuals from destroying telecommunications infrastructure in a certain manner; and providing certain penalties for violations of the Act. | Economic Matters Finance |
Cyber & Tech - Support |
Support |
In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/10) |
| 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 | Cyber & Tech - Support |
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 | Energy & Environment - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 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, Energy, and the Environment |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the House - Conference Committee Appointed (4/11) | |
| 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 | Civil Liability - Support |
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 | Labor & Employment - Support |
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 and Ownership | 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; prohibiting an individual from being required to obtain a license, certification, or authorization to practice under certain provision of law to own or have an ownership interest in a clinical research pharmacy; etc. | Health Rules |
Health Care & Biopharma - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (4/13) |
| 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 | Health Care & Biopharma - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 2:30 p.m. (3/19) |
| 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 | Energy & Environment - Support |
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 | Workers' Comp & UI - Support |
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 | Taxation - Support |
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. | Appropriations Economic Matters |
Business Regulations - Support |
Support |
In the House - Rereferred to Economic Matters and Appropriations (3/16) |
| 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 - Support |
Support |
In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/20) | |
| 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 | Housing & Development - Support |
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 | Housing & Development - Support |
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 MDiplomaWorks pathway as an alternative method of earning a high school diploma in the State; providing the Program is a method to recognize and certify high school diploma achievement through demonstrated academic and career competencies, including workforce experience; requiring an individual wanting to earn a diploma through the Program to complete a combination of components as approved by the Maryland Department of Labor; etc. | Ways and Means Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/10) |
| 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 Government, Labor, and Elections |
Business Regulations - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/13) |
| 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 | Business Regulations - Support |
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 |
Health Care & Biopharma - Support |
Support |
In the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (111-20) (4/13) |
| 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. | Economic Matters Finance |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the House - Second Reading Passed (4/8) |
| 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 Judiciary |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/10) |
| 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 complete application; granting the proponent of an approved housing development project certain vested rights related to use and development for the longer of 5 years or a period determined by the local regulatory authority or the Commission; etc. | Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Housing & Development - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/10) |
| SB 352 | HB 68 | Motor Vehicles - Special Registration Plates - Old Line Plates (Old Line License 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; and requiring the Administration to ensure that an Old Line Plate issued to an eligible disabled veteran includes a designation that states "Disabled Veteran". | Environment and Transportation Judicial Proceedings |
Transportation - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) |
| SB 371 | HB 395 | Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Animal Feeding Operations | Sen. Mary Carozza (38-R) | Repealing a provision of law requiring a person to hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit issued by the Department of the Environment before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO; and authorizing the Department to authorize a person to begin construction on any part of a new animal feeding operation under an approval process established by the Department that requires the person to demonstrate compliance with certain requirements, laws, and regulations. | Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Energy & Environment - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/13) |
| 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 | Energy & Environment - Support |
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; providing for certain requirements relating to the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Account; providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of certain information technology services, digital codes, and digital products under certain circumstances; etc. | Budget and Taxation Economic Matters Finance Ways and Means |
Taxation - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/13) |
| 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 | Energy & Environment - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) |
| SB 483 | HB 360 | Criminal Procedure - Automated Shielding (Clean Slate Act of 2026) | Sen. Mike McKay (1-R) | Requiring the Judiciary to shield all cases meeting certain criteria on or before July 1, 2028; and requiring the Judiciary to shield certain newly eligible cases on a monthly basis. | Judicial Proceedings Judiciary |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (3/26) |
| 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 | Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| SB 589 | HB 433 | Business Regulation - Collection Agencies and Property Managers | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | Prohibiting enforcement of certain provisions of law regulating collection agencies against property managers pending the resolution of a certain judicial case. | Economic Matters Finance |
Housing & Development - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) |
| 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 | Taxation - Support |
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 | Energy & Environment - Support |
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) | Authorizing, for purposes of certain laws governing the sales and use tax, a buyer to issue a certain certificate indicating multiple points of use of certain digital codes, digital products, and taxable services under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations; providing for the application for and denial, renewal, and revocation of an authorization for a buyer to issue multiple points of use certificates; etc. | Budget and Taxation Ways and Means |
Taxation - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/13) |
| 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 | Labor & Employment - Support |
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. | Appropriations Economic Matters Finance |
Business Regulations - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/13) |
| 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, a Main Street Maryland community, a designated Baltimore Main Street, or any other designated business improvement district. | Budget and Taxation Ways and Means |
Taxation - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/13) |
| SB 778 | HB 1426 | Clinical Research Pharmacies and Clinical Trials - Permits and Ownership | 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; prohibiting an individual from being required to obtain a license, certification, or authorization to practice under certain provisions of law to own or have an ownership interest in a clinical research pharmacy; etc. | Health Finance |
Health Care & Biopharma - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/13) |
| 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 | Health Care & Biopharma - Support |
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) | Specifying that certain documentation may establish lawful authority to sell certain telecommunications equipment as junk or scrap metal; 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; and prohibiting a person from recklessly or willfully and maliciously defacing, damaging, or destroying telecommunications infrastructure. | Economic Matters Finance |
Cyber & Tech - Support |
Support |
In the House - Rereferred to Economic Matters (4/13) |
| 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 | Cyber & Tech - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) |
| 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. | Economic Matters Finance |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/13) | |
| 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 | Civil Liability - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 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. | Economic Matters Finance |
Business Regulations - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/13) | |
| 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 | Energy & Environment - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (3/6) |