Maryland Bills

Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Tolls - Collection

Authorizing the Maryland Transportation Authority to waive delinquent tolls due or penalties assessed without recalling the debt from the Central Collection Unit; authorizing the Central Collection Unit to reduce specified fees; etc.

Last action: Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

Financial Institutions - Consumer Credit - Application of Licensing Requirements

Repealing a certain provision of law exempting all persons that acquire or are assigned certain mortgages, mortgage loans, or installment loans under certain circumstances from certain provisions of law governing the licensing of providers of cert...

Last action: Favorable Report by Economic Matters

Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Vaccination Orders

Authorizing a pharmacist to order certain vaccinations for individuals who are at least 3 years old without having to also administer the vaccination.

Last action: Favorable with Amendments Report by Health

Human–Relevant Research Fund – Collection of Contributions – Responsible Entity

Requiring research facilities that are located in the State and required to submit an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Form 7023 to pay contributions for the Human-Relevant Research Fund to the Department of Agriculture, rather than the ...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

State Board of Pharmacy - Prescriber-Pharmacist Agreements - Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders

Authorizing licensed certified midwives to enter into therapy management contracts; repealing a requirement that authorized prescribers submit prescriber-pharmacist agreements to the health occupations board that regulates the authorized prescribe...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Health Occupations - Massage Therapy - Advertising

Prohibiting licensed massage therapists, registered massage practitioners, and third parties directed by licensed massage therapists or registered massage practitioners from placing, publishing, or distributing certain advertisements; and requirin...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Certificate of Need - Intermediate Health Care Facilities

Repealing the exemption from the certificate of need requirement for a change in bed capacity for intermediate care facilities that offer substance use disorder treatment services; providing a certificate of need is not required for a change in be...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Collaborative Care Model - Cost Sharing Prohibition

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 ...

Last action: Favorable with Amendments Report by Health

Health Occupations - State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Revisions

Authorizing an individual registered by the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners to practice massage therapy in the State to continue to practice massage therapy beyond October 31, 2026; altering the requirements an individual must meet to qua...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Public Health - Expedited Partner Therapy - Bacterial Vaginosis

Adding bacterial vaginosis to the list of diagnoses for which certain health care practitioners may prescribe, dispense, or otherwise provide antibiotic therapy to a sexual partner of a diagnosed patient without making a personal physical assessme...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension and Membership

Extending to December 31, 2027, the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study and make recommendations related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; adding a representative of a historically Black college or ...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives - Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)

Requiring nursing homes, assisted living programs, nurse midwives, and licensed certified midwives to notify each resident and prospective resident at certain times if the nursing home, assisted living program, nurse midwife, or licensed certified...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)

Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage related to orthoses beginning January 1, 2027; clarifying that certain mandate...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage

Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations that provide coverage for chemotherapy to treat cancer to provide coverage for scalp cooling systems used for the preserva...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Maryland Health Care Commission - Membership

Altering the membership of the Maryland Health Care Commission by reducing from nine to eight the number of members who are individuals who do not have any connection with the management or policy of a health care provider or payor and including a...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program

Revising, restating, and recodifying the laws of this State relating to the Maryland Medical Assistance Program.

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Unemployment Insurance - Confidentiality of Information

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 ...

Last action: Favorable Report by Economic Matters

Health Insurance - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders - Codification of Federal Requirements

Codifying in State law certain provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations related to mental health parity and clarifying the authority of the Maryland Insurance Administration to enforce certain laws; requiring health insurance carriers to coll...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements

Altering the required elements of comprehensive and general plans for charter counties and other local jurisdictions; establishing requirements and guidelines for each element; and requiring certain State agencies to provide charter counties and o...

Last action: Favorable Report by Economic Matters

State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Examination Requirements and Time Period for Inactive Status

Clarifying that applicants for licensure as an optometrist and certain applicants for reinstatement are required to pass all sections of each part of a licensure examination; repealing the requirement that the State Board of Examiners in Optometry...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures

Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related ...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Insurance - Third Party Administrators - Enforcement

Altering the grounds on which the Maryland Insurance Commissioner may deny an applicant for registration as or refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke the registration of a third party administrator; and altering the violations for which the Commissio...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Medicare Supplement Policies - Issuance - Requirements

Requiring a carrier that issues Medicare supplement policies to issue a Medicare supplement policy to an individual who meets certain criteria during certain special enrollment periods.

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Business Occupations and Professions - State Boards and Commissions - Sunset Extensions

Continuing the State Board of Barbers, the State Board of Cosmetologists, the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors, the State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors, and the State Board of ...

Last action: Favorable Report by Economic Matters

Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Membership

Altering the membership of the Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities.

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Sunset Extension

Continuing the State Board of Environmental Health Specialists, in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law), by extending to July 1, 2032, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulator...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)

Requiring the Secretary of Aging to lead implementation of the Longevity Ready Maryland Plan which is a multisector plan on aging that transforms programs, services, policies, institutions, and systems to address the growing population of older ad...

Last action: Favorable with Amendments Report by Health

State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy

Authorizing the State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists to issue a limited license to practice music therapy; providing the purpose of the limited license is to permit a...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Financial Institutions - Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund and Regulation of Entities - Revisions

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 Fun...

Last action: Favorable Report by Economic Matters

State Athletic Commission - Blood Testing of Contestants - Timing

Extending from 30 to 90 days the period of time before applying for a license to participate in a boxing, kick boxing, wrestling, or mixed martial arts contest and before participating in the contest during which certain blood testing may be condu...

Last action: Favorable Report by Economic Matters

State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions

Altering the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program, including by establishing requirements regarding an automated external defibrillator (AED) coordinator, repealing certain provisions of law regarding regional council AED committ...

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

State Board of Social Work Examiners - Provisional License to Practice Social Work - Established

Establishing a provisional social work license through which an individual issued a provisional social work license may receive a full license; requiring the Board, beginning November 1, 2026, to issue a provisional license to an applicant who, ex...

Last action: Favorable with Amendments Report by Health

Health Insurance - Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Enrollment - Effective Dates

Altering the effective dates of enrollment in a Small Business Health Options (SHOP) Exchange plan for individuals who enroll during certain special enrollment periods; etc.

Last action: Favorable Report by Health

Farmers Markets - Street Food Vending Zones - Requirements PG 411-26

Authorizing a county to designate areas adjacent to a farmers market as a street food vending zone; and requiring vendors selling certain food in a street food vending zone to meet certain requirements.

Last action: Favorable with Amendments Report by Health

Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Reemployment After Retirement - Exemption From Earnings Offset

Exempting a retiree of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System from a certain earnings offset if the retiree is reemployed with a participating employer.

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

State Procurement - Apprenticeship Program Accountability and Completion

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.

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures

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 an...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification

Clarifying the Consumer Price Index used to determine the cost-of-living adjustments for retirees of the State Retirement and Pension System in certain years.

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Allegany County

Requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Allegany County in the event Allegany County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement Sys...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Calvert County - Property Tax Credit - Tobacco Barns

Authorizing the governing body of Calvert County to grant a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on certain real property that was formerly used solely as a tobacco barn; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning a...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Carroll County - Office of Permits and Inspections - Denial of Commercial Permit or License for Unpaid Personal Property Taxes

Prohibiting the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections from issuing or renewing a commercial license or permit in the county if the applicant has unpaid personal property taxes except under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Carr...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Wicomico County - Property Tax Credit - Salisbury Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.

Authorizing the governing body of Wicomico County and the governing body of a municipal corporation in Wicomico County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on certain real propert...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Property Tax - City of Hagerstown and the Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc. - Exemption

Exempting from the property tax property that is owned by the City of Hagerstown and used primarily for public social, recreational, and entertainment purposes; establishing that the exemption from the property tax for certain property owned by th...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Study to Evaluate Blockchain-Based Real Property Lease and Title Recordation and Verification

Establishing the Blockchain-Based Real Property Title Pilot Program in the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to explore the use of blockchain technology for securely recording and verifying real property ownership and to assess its pote...

Last action: Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation

Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis

Prohibiting an employer from taking certain discriminatory employment actions against a fire and rescue public safety employee based on the employee's use of medical cannabis, subject to certain conditions; and requiring an employer to report an i...

Last action: Favorable Report by Economic Matters

Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Military Service Credit Eligibility - Helicopter Pilots

Authorizing certain members and former members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System to receive credit for certain military service if the member receives military service credit in another retirement system; and prohibiting an individua...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Washington County - Property Tax Credit - Platoon 22, Incorporated

Requiring the governing body of Washington County and of a municipal corporation in Washington County to grant a 100% property tax credit against the county and municipal corporation property tax imposed on certain real property owned by Platoon 2...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Dorchester County

Requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Dorchester County in the event Dorchester County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding

Requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $450,000 in the annual budget bill for the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program for fiscal years 2028 through 2030.

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study

Delaying the implementation of the Earned Income Tax Credit Assistance Program until taxable year 2030; requiring the Comptroller's Office, on or before December 1, 2026, to study and make recommendations regarding outreach efforts to encourage el...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Children's Cabinet Fund - Renaming and Funding for Grants to Local Management Boards

Renaming the Children's Cabinet Fund to be the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund; and requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2028 through 2031, to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill to the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund to...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications

Clarifying the membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain employees of certain Maryland Department of Health facilities; and clarifying that certain participating employees who are appointed, promoted, or transferred ar...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

St. Mary's County - Gaming by Qualified Organization - Permit Required

Requiring a qualified organization to hold a gaming permit whenever the qualified organization operates a certain gaming device in St. Mary's County; authorizing the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to adopt certain regulations; and requi...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Constitutional Officers - Salaries

Providing for the annual salaries of the Comptroller, the Treasurer, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State.

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Anne Arundel County - Residential Property Tax Payment Deferrals - Eligibility

Expanding eligibility for property tax payment deferrals in Anne Arundel County to include members of certain reserve components and certain members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service; and applying...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Income Tax - Credit for Physician Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages - Alterations

Altering eligibility for a credit against the State income tax for physician preceptors by repealing a requirement that a student in a physician preceptorship program be enrolled in a medical school or medical training program in the State and red...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Queen Anne's County - Authorized Uses of Revenues From Development Impact Fees - Expansion

Authorizing the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County to use revenue from development impact fees to finance the capital costs related to the replacement of public school facilities.

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Income Tax - Theatrical Production Tax Credit - Alterations and Sunset Extension

Extending the termination date for a credit against the State income tax for certain costs related to certain theatrical productions in the State; etc.

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

State Retirement and Pension System - Transfers Between Systems - Workgroup - Extension

Extending the reporting date and the termination date for a workgroup convened by the State Retirement Agency to study transfers of member service between State and local retirement and pension systems; and requiring the State Retirement Agency to...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program

Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on real property that is located in a Rural Legacy Area, subject to certain land preservation programs, and for w...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions

Exempting certain contracts entered into by the Office of International Trade from certain prohibitions on the provisions that may be included in State contracts.

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Department of Information Technology – Information Technology Investment Fund – Uses

Authorizing the Information Technology Investment Fund, at the discretion of the Secretary of Information Technology, to be used to support State-owned communication sites, communication facilities, and telecommunications equipment used in connect...

Last action: Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation

Maryland Transportation Authority - Revenue Bond Limit - Increase

Increasing, from $4,000,000,000 to $5,000,000,000, the limit on the amount of certain revenue bonds that the Maryland Transportation Authority may have outstanding and unpaid on June 30 each year; etc.

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes

Prohibiting a person from slaughtering or causing the slaughter of a racehorse in the State for certain commercial purposes; prohibiting a person from purchasing, selling, transferring, offering for sale, importing into the State, or transporting ...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Baltimore County – Property Tax Credit – Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 34

Authorizing the governing body of Baltimore County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on certain real property owned by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 34; and applying the Act to all taxable years ...

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas

Authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to designate certain noncontiguous blighted areas as development districts.

Last action: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations

Amending certain prior authorizations of State Debt to change the names of certain grantees, alter the authorized uses of certain grants, and extend the termination date of certain grants.

Last action: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.

Maryland Public Charter School Program - School Facilities - Funding

Requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to distribute funds to public charter schools for the maintenance and operation of public charter school facilities; and beginning in fiscal year 2028, requiring the Governor to include i...

Last action: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.

Insurance - Captive Insurers - Premium Receipts Tax Moratorium and Study

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 insur...

Last action: Referred Rules and Executive Nominations

Municipalities - Vagrancy - Repeal of Authority to Prohibit

Repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy.

Last action: Motion Special Order until 4/8 (Senator Smith) Adopted

Courts - Administrative Judges - Annual Stipend

Authorizing the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland and a judge who serves as an administrative judge for a circuit court or the District Court to receive an annual stipend in addition to the judge's annual salary.

Last action: Hearing canceled

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

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...

Last action: Second Reading Passed with Amendments

State Highway Administration - Speed Monitoring Systems - Application Approval

Requiring the State Highway Administration to approve, deny, or return as incomplete an application for the use of a certain speed monitoring system within 120 days after receipt of the application; providing that if the Administration does not ap...

Last action: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.

Education - Program of Educational Accountability - Alterations (Comprehensive Outcomes and Measures of Progress for Supporting Schools (COMPASS Act))

Altering the school quality indicators authorized for an educational accountability program in public schools; and prohibiting the use of certain indicators in an educational accountability system.

Last action: Second Reading Passed with Amendments

Calvert County - County Officials and Board of Education - Salaries and Benefits

Altering the salaries of the County Commissioners of Calvert County, the president and members of the Calvert County Board of Education, and the County Treasurer of Calvert County; altering the benefits of the County Commissioners of Calvert Count...

Last action: Second Reading Passed with Amendments

Health Occupations - Criminal History Records Checks

Establishing and altering requirements related to criminal history records checks for certain licenses and certificates issued by certain health occupations boards, including the State Board of Acupuncture, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation

Altering the definition of "abuse" to include female genital mutilation for the purposes of a provision of law requiring certain persons to provide notice of suspected abuse or neglect of a child or make a written report of suspected abuse or negl...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Financial Institutions - Payment Stablecoin Services - Establishment and Regulation (Maryland Stablecoin Act)

Altering the examination fee for a new commercial bank charter; requiring a certain nondepository trust company to include certain disclosures in its articles of incorporation; exempting from certain provisions of law a certain nondepository trust...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Supporting Our Caregiver Infrastructure Program - Feasibility Study

Requiring the Office of the Comptroller, with assistance from the Department of Human Services, to conduct a feasibility study for establishing and operating the Supporting Our Caregiver Infrastructure Program; and requiring the Office to submit a...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Baltimore County Board of Education - Financial Reporting Requirements

Requiring the Baltimore County Board of Education to provide historical budget data from the previous three fiscal years, vendor contract awards for certain fiscal years, quarterly expense reports, school-level enrollment data for the current fisc...

Last action: Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.

Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2026

Adding a substitute member to the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County; establishing a certain special event permit that the Board may issue to a holder of a Class 3 winery license or a Class 4 limited winery license; establishing cer...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs - Insurance and Liability

Repealing certain provisions of law authorizing a peer-to-peer car sharing program's motor vehicle liability insurance policy on a replacement vehicle to be secondary coverage for a shared vehicle driver; altering and establishing certain motor ve...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Howard County Board of Education - Student Member - Voting Ho. Co. 7-26

Altering the matters on which the student member of the Howard County Board of Education may vote.

Last action: Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.

Worcester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License

Establishing a temporary to-go event permit in Worcester County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Worcester County to issue a temporary to-go event permit to a holder of a Class B liquor license or a Class D license under certain...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Health Insurance - Graduate-Level Clinical Interns - Required Reimbursement

Establishing that insureds and any other persons covered by certain health insurance policies, contracts, or certificates are entitled to reimbursement for the services rendered by a graduate-level counseling, social work, or psychology clinical i...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Credit Unions - Mergers and Consolidations - Alteration of Voting Requirement

Authorizing a majority of the board of a surviving credit union to approve a proposed merger without the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the surviving credit union, subject to certain requirements.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Fiduciary Institutions - Exploitation of Seniors and Vulnerable Adults - Protections and Required Referral (Vulnerable Adult Banking Protection Act)

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 cert...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Nursing Facilities - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer

Prohibiting certain facilities from involuntarily transferring or discharging a resident to certain housing or before receiving certain confirmations; altering the information required to be included in a certain notice or new notice; requiring th...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 46th Alcoholic Beverages District

Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to authorize the transfer of a Class B-D-7 license from an area in the 40th alcoholic beverages district into the 46th alcoholic beverages district; authorizing a license holder in ...

Last action: Second Reading Passed with Amendments

Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class HC (Health Club) License - Hours of Sale

Extending from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. rather than 9 p.m. the hours during which a holder of a Class HC (health club) beer and wine license in Harford County may sell alcoholic beverages.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Health Occupations - Massage Therapy - Advertising

Prohibiting licensed massage therapists, registered massage practitioners, and third parties directed by licensed massage therapists or registered massage practitioners from placing, publishing, or distributing certain advertisements; and requirin...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Worcester County - Board of License Commissioners - Membership

Increasing from three to five the number of members on the Board of License Commissioners for Worcester County.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies

Extending the presumption of compensability under the workers' compensation law to include, subject to certain conditions, Carroll County correctional deputies who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial disability or death;...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Anne Arundel County - Board of License Commissioners - Alterations

Increasing from three to five the membership of the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County; requiring the Governor to appoint members to the Board from a list of individuals recommended by the Anne Arundel County delegations to the...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council - Legal Status

Clarifying that the Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council is a tax-exempt body politic and corporate.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

State Board of Pharmacy - Prescriber-Pharmacist Agreements

Authorizing licensed certified midwives to enter into therapy management contracts; repealing a requirement that authorized prescribers submit prescriber-pharmacist agreements to the health occupations board that regulates the authorized prescribe...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Department of Aging - Aging Resilience Fund - Establishment

Establishing the Aging Resilience Fund to be used to carry out the mission of the Department of Aging including personnel, partnership development, and any programs, services, or activities within the Department; requiring interest earnings of the...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B (Golf Course) License - Hours of Sale

Altering the hours during which a holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor (golf course) license in Wicomico County may sell alcoholic beverages so as to begin at 7 a.m. rather than 10 a.m., Monday through Sunday.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities – Membership

Altering the membership of the Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class C (Veterans' Organization) Licenses - Membership

Altering membership criteria for a Class C (veterans' organization) alcoholic beverages license in Anne Arundel County by including certain members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service, and repealing...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages – Golf Course License and Sports Activity Venue Licenses

Establishing in Anne Arundel County a Class C (golf course) license that authorizes the holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption at a golf course with at least 9 holes; and establishing in Anne Arundel County sports activi...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages - Alteration of License Quota

Altering the quota on the number of alcoholic beverages licenses that the Board of License Commissioners for Cecil County may issue to apply only to Class A licenses based on a certain ratio.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Commission on Historic, Cultural, and Civic Contributions in Education - Establishment

Establishing the Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education to make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to further the discovery, interpretation, and learning of the history, culture, ...

Last action: Second Reading Passed with Amendments

Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact

Entering into the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact; authorizing a podiatrist to practice in a participating state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact Commission to ov...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database

Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to post a user-friendly, searchable database of active elevator inspection certificates on the Maryland Department of Labor's website; and requiring the database to be searchable by street address, ...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program

Revising, restating, and recodifying the laws of this State relating to the Maryland Medical Assistance Program.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Class C Per Diem License Fees

Altering the license fee structure for Class C per diem beer, beer and wine, and beer, wine, and liquor licenses issued by the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Entertainment Permits

Altering the titles of certain entertainment permits for certain alcoholic beverages license holders in Anne Arundel County; altering the authorized forms of entertainment that certain entertainment permit holders in the county may provide; and ad...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Certificate of Need - Intermediate Health Care Facilities

Repealing the exemption from the certificate of need requirement for a change in bed capacity for intermediate care facilities that offer substance use disorder treatment services; providing a certificate of need is not required for a change in be...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Investments - Alterations

Requiring the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to adopt certain regulations regarding the consideration of remedies for investments in certain businesses that no longer meet the definition of a qualified business for purposes of provisi...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment

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 an...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Economic Development - Rural Readiness Program and Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund - Establishment

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 entitie...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)

Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage related to orthoses beginning January 1, 2027; clarifying that certain mandate...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives - Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)

Requiring nursing homes, assisted living programs, nurse midwives, and licensed certified midwives to notify each resident and prospective resident in writing or by written electronic communication if the nursing home, assisted living program, nur...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Public Health - Expedited Partner Therapy - Bacterial Vaginosis and Licensed Certified Midwives

Adding bacterial vaginosis to the list of diagnoses for which certain health care practitioners may prescribe, dispense, or otherwise provide antibiotic therapy to a sexual partner of a diagnosed patient without making a personal physical assessme...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Membership and Termination - Altered and Extended

Altering the membership of the Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission and extending the termination of the Commission.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage

Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations that provide coverage for chemotherapy to treat cancer to provide coverage for scalp cooling systems used for the preserva...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Baltimore County Public Library - Collective Bargaining - Supervisory Employees

Authorizing supervisory employees of the Baltimore County Public Library to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; authorizing certain bargaining units for t...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Examination Requirements and Time Period for Inactive Status

Clarifying that applicants for licensure as an optometrist and certain applicants for reinstatement are required to pass all sections of each part of a licensure examination; repealing the requirement that the State Board of Examiners in Optometry...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Physician Assistants and Midwives - Parity With Other Health Care Practitioners

Altering certain provisions of law to include physician assistants in the health care practitioners who may take certain actions, including actions related to the guardianship of disabled persons, admission of individuals to mental health faciliti...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

State Veterans' Cemeteries - Interment

Defining the term "interment location" for the purposes of provisions of law governing the interment of individuals in State veterans' cemeteries; and requiring the Department of Veterans and Military Families to provide an outer burial receptacle...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - License Extension

Extending until the end of July 1, 2029, the expiration of a racetrack alcoholic beverages license issued for the 5200 block of Park Heights Avenue in Baltimore City for the purpose of completing renovations at the same location.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension

Establishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal suffering from hypertension are presumed to have an occupational disea...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Maryland Health Care Commission - Membership

Altering the membership of the Maryland Health Care Commission by reducing from nine to eight the number of members who are individuals who do not have any connection with the management or policy of a health care provider or payor and including a...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Health Insurance - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders - Codification of Federal Requirements

Codifying in State law certain provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations related to mental health parity and clarifying the authority of the Maryland Insurance Administration to enforce certain laws; requiring health insurance carriers to coll...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Insurance – Third Party Administrators – Enforcement

Altering the grounds on which the Maryland Insurance Commissioner may deny an applicant for registration as or refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke the registration of a third party administrator; and altering the violations for which the Commissio...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Medicare Supplement Policies - Issuance - Requirements

Requiring a carrier that issues Medicare supplement policies to issue a Medicare supplement policy to an individual who meets certain criteria during certain special enrollment periods.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Sunset Extension

Continuing the State Board of Environmental Health Specialists, in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law), by extending to July 1, 2032, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulator...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Health Insurance – Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Enrollment – Effective Dates

Altering the effective dates of enrollment in a Small Business Health Options (SHOP) Exchange plan for individuals who enroll during certain special enrollment periods.

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Financial Institutions - Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund and Regulation of Entities - Revisions

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 Fun...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Unemployment Insurance - Confidentiality of Information

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 ...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations

Altering the voting membership of the Maryland Heritage Area Authority; increasing the number of voting members of the Authority that constitutes a quorum from 9 to 10; repealing the requirement that the Authority send copies of boundary maps to c...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale for Off-Premises Consumption

Providing that certain authorization for the holders of certain licenses to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption in a certain manner applies only if the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County has adopted certain regul...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Health Occupations - State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Revisions

Authorizing an individual registered by the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners to practice massage therapy in the State to continue to practice massage therapy beyond October 31, 2026; altering the requirements an individual must meet to qua...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Related Event Promoter's Permit

Reestablishing a related event promoter's permit in Baltimore City; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a related event promoter's permit to certain applicants under certain circumstances; and requiring a hol...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy

Authorizing the State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists to issue a limited license to practice music therapy; providing the purpose of the limited license is to permit a...

Last action: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

Caroline County - Alcoholic Beverages - Inspector

Specifying that the inspector for the Board of License Commissioners for Caroline County is the county codes administrator or an individual the Board appoints as inspector.

Last action: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.

Higher Education - Community College Promise Scholarship Eligibility - Delmar High School Graduates

Altering the eligibility for the Community College Promise Scholarship to include residents of Delmar, Maryland who graduated from Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware.

Last action: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.

Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program

Altering the definition of "military-connected student" under the Purple Star Schools Program to conform with certain terms defined under State law; and establishing the Purple Star Colleges Program to recognize certain colleges that provide stron...

Last action: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.

Information Technology - State and Higher Education E-Mail - Requirements

Establishing that certain provisions of law governing information technology plans apply to certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a certain policy of the State relating to State and higher education employee e-mail systems ...

Last action: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.

Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions

Expanding eligibility under the Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program to include students attending the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and enrolled in certain Physician Assistant, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, or Veterinary Me...

Last action: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.

Public Libraries - State Library Resource Center - Funding

Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter.

Last action: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)

Education - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions

Repealing a requirement that county boards of education submit a certain technology report each year; extending the time period during which a certain method is used to calculate compensatory education enrollment through fiscal year 2027; repealin...

Last action: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)

Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026

Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; authorizing the Secretary of Health to establish the retenti...

Last action: Passed Enrolled

Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2027)

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.

Last action: Passed Enrolled

Uniformed Services Spouses Act

Applying certain provisions of law regarding priority registration at public institutions of higher education, resources and support at community colleges, senatorial and Delegate scholarships, and preferences in hiring by the Public Service Commi...

Last action: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.

Maryland Environmental Service - Authorizations and Requirements - Alterations

Expanding the authority of the Treasurer of the Maryland Environmental Service to delegate certain functions to the Deputy Treasurer of the Service; increasing the threshold amount from $25,000 to $50,000 or less for estimated contract costs under...

Last action: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)

Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations

Altering the voting membership of the Maryland Heritage Area Authority; increasing the number of voting members of the Authority that constitutes a quorum from 9 to 10; repealing the requirement that the Authority send copies of boundary maps to c...

Last action: Hearing canceled (Government, Labor, and Elections)

Maryland Transportation Authority - Revenue Bond Limit - Increase

Increasing, from $4,000,000,000 to $5,000,000,000, the limit on the amount of certain revenue bonds that the Maryland Transportation Authority may have outstanding and unpaid on June 30 each year; etc.

Last action: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.

Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Reentry Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals

Altering certain provisions requiring a prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals to instead require a reentry facility; altering the required specifications for a reentry facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the D...

Last action: Reassigned to Judiciary Appropriations