Maryland 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 18)

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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB162

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
4/6/26  
Repealing the sentencing date limitation of October 1, 2021, for an individual convicted as an adult of an offense committed when the individual was a minor to file a motion to reduce the duration of the sentence.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB138

Introduced
1/14/26  
Establishing that engaging in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other in connection with a first-, second-, or third- degree burglary constitutes sexual offense in the third degree; and altering the definitions of "tier I sex offender", "tier II sex offender", and "tier III sex offender" applicable to provisions relating to sex offender registration to include certain acts constituting sexual offense in the third degree.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB186

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/3/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
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 give examinations to licensure applicants; prohibiting the Board from placing a licensee on inactive status for more than 6 consecutive years; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB78

Introduced
1/14/26  
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish subclasses of real property consisting of land and improvements to land and set separate real property tax rates for each subclass.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB44

Introduced
1/14/26  
Establishing that a public employee is subject to forfeiture of benefits from the State Retirement and Pension System when a public employee is found guilty of, pleads guilty to, or enters a plea of nolo contendere to a qualifying crime that is committed in the course of the performance of the public employee's duties; providing for the processes and procedures to implement a forfeiture of benefits; and providing for the processes and procedures to reverse a forfeiture of benefits.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB147

Introduced
1/14/26  
Repealing a termination provision relating to provisions of law establishing a nonprofit organizations navigator within the Department of Commerce.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB202

Introduced
1/14/26  
Establishing the Social Isolation and Loneliness Pilot Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Health to provide grants for the operating costs associated with the maintenance or expansion of programs that target vulnerable populations with socioemotional support addressing social isolation and loneliness; requiring the Governor to include in the budget bill for fiscal year 2028 an appropriation of $100,000 for the Program; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB229

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Engrossed
2/13/26  
Refer
2/16/26  
Report Pass
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/3/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
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.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB296

Introduced
1/14/26  
Altering the purpose, composition, and duties of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Committee; repealing the CTE Skills Standards Advisory Committee; and requiring State agencies and certain workforce development and education programs to use a certain list of occupations as a guideline for curriculum alignment, credentialing, and career advancement.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB162

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring the Department of Aging to provide resources, training, grants, and other support to the Maryland Access Point network to create dementia-friendly communities through community-based efforts; and requiring the Maryland Access Point network to provide certain public awareness and educational materials to communities regarding community-based ways to support individuals with dementia.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB105

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring restaurants to make available to each customer a written disclosure of each main food allergen, if any, that is an ingredient in each menu item; and excluding a violation of the Act from certain criminal penalties.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB141

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/2/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Report Pass
4/9/26  
Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to publicly communicate correct information; prohibiting a person from knowingly or with reckless disregard creating, using, or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information; etc.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB98

Introduced
1/14/26  
Requiring a register of wills to allow an installment payment plan for the inheritance tax to be paid by a certain beneficiary of limited means under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations; and applying the Act to all decedents dying on or after July 1, 2026.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB148

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
3/23/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
4/11/26  
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a 9-1-1 specialist; and requiring the Department of Emergency Management to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2028, on the number of retired 9-1-1 specialists who were issued a tax credit under the Act and the number of specialist employed in the State who have vested under a certain employee retirement system.
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Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB52

Introduced
1/14/26  
Establishing the method for calculating the measure of the actual cash value recovery in the settlement of a first-party claim under a residential or commercial property insurance policy issued or renewed on or after October 1, 2026; and requiring an insurer that renews a policy of homeowner's insurance or renter's insurance to notify the insured, in advance of the renewal, of certain differences between the expiring policy and the renewal policy.