Repealing a certain provision relating to strategic lawsuits against public participation; authorizing a person served with a pleading asserting a certain cause of action based on the person's communication related to a governmental proceeding or exercise of certain constitutional rights to file a special motion for expedited relief to dismiss the cause of action; generally relating to civil actions and public expression; and applying the Act prospectively.

Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County, subject to certain requirements.

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.

Prohibiting the Baltimore County Board of Elections from removing an absentee ballot from a return envelope or ballot/return envelope or counting the ballot unless the return envelope or ballot/return envelope is signed by the voter and, except under certain circumstances, a witness and the Board verifies the voter's signature.

Prohibiting a person from operating, conducting, or promoting interactive games; requiring gaming license applicants and license holders to report to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission annually any business relationship with certain persons known to support, operate, conduct, or promote certain interactive games; requiring the Commission to deny certain license applications and revoke certain licenses under certain circumstances; etc.

Exempting certain religious educational institutions accredited by accrediting bodies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from the requirement to obtain a certificate of approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to operate in the State.

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.

Establishing an exception to the prohibition against operating or riding on a motorcycle without certain protective headgear for an individual at least 21 years old who has been licensed to operate a motorcycle for at least 2 years or has completed a certain motorcycle safety course and for the individual's passenger.

Authorizing under certain circumstances and requiring under certain circumstances the Motor Vehicle Administration to suspend the registration of motor vehicles involved in violations recorded by a speed monitoring system placed on Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County.

Establishing expedited processing fees for certain documents filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; and requiring the Department to process documents filed at least 1 hour before the Department's close of business within 1 hour after the documents are received, and documents filed at least 30 minutes before the Department's close of business within 30 minutes after the documents are received.

Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to enter into an agreement or arrangement with Virginia to obtain information regarding motor vehicles owned by Maryland residents and improperly registered in Virginia; requiring the Administration to make the information available to State and local governments for certain automated speed enforcement purposes; increasing the penalties for the owners or drivers of certain improperly registered motor vehicles for violations recorded by automated speed enforcement systems; etc.

Requiring any person involved in a motor vehicle accident that results in the death of, or a life threatening injury to, another person to submit to breath and blood testing for impaired driving.

Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in an on-street parking space served by a meter if the vehicle has disabled veteran special registration plates; and prohibiting a State agency from adopting or enforcing a regulation or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in a parking lot owned or controlled by the agency if the vehicle has disabled veteran special registration plates.

Requiring a procurement contract for 3 years or more in duration and valued at greater than $2,000,000 for construction or security services to include a clause requiring contract modification for increased costs for compensation and benefits as a result of statutory changes increasing required compensation or benefits; and requiring a certain contract that is modified to be contingent on approval by the Chief Procurement Officer.

Authorizing the introduction of evidence that a certain defendant was the victim of domestic violence and that the domestic violence was a significant contributing factor to the commission of a certain crime as a mitigating factor at sentencing of the defendant or a hearing on a motion for modification or reduction of a sentence; and establishing related procedures.

Providing that certain State, county, and municipal employees are entitled to up to 4 hours of paid cancer screening in any 12-month period after obtaining approval from their appointing authorities.

Prohibiting a person from distributing personal identifying information or images of a student enrolled in an institution of secondary education or an institution of postsecondary education with intent or knowledge that the information will be used to harm the student or with reckless disregard for the risk the information will be used to harm the student; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to $5,000 or both.

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.

Repealing the requirement that a county supervisor of real property assessments reside in the county for which the supervisor is appointed; and repealing the requirement that the county assessment office be located in the county seat.

Prohibiting a unit of State government or other State entity that provides State aid from providing State aid to a nonprofit entity unless the nonprofit is current with certain obligations under federal, State, and local law.

Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to prepare, install, and maintain certain appraisal aids that consist of a database of statewide and local geographic images; requiring each county and Baltimore City to reimburse the State for 100% of the costs of the database less than $1,000,000 and 50% of the costs over $1,000,000; and requiring, by June 30, 2026, the Department to develop policies to protect the identity of any individual whose image is captured by oblique aerial photographic imagery.

Requiring the governing body of Baltimore County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on certain dwellings owned by public safety officers or Baltimore County public school employees under certain circumstances.

Repealing a termination provision relating to provisions of law establishing a nonprofit organizations navigator within the Department of Commerce.

Establishing that a new public record is not created if, in responding to a certain request under the Public Information Act, a custodian conducts certain data manipulation.

Repealing a certain provision relating to strategic lawsuits against public participation; authorizing a person served with a pleading asserting a certain cause of action based on the person's communication related to a governmental proceeding or exercise of certain constitutional rights to file a special motion for expedited relief to dismiss the cause of action; generally relating to civil actions and public expression; and applying the Act prospectively.

Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County, subject to certain requirements.

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.

Prohibiting the Baltimore County Board of Elections from removing an absentee ballot from a return envelope or ballot/return envelope or counting the ballot unless the return envelope or ballot/return envelope is signed by the voter and, except under certain circumstances, a witness and the Board verifies the voter's signature.

Prohibiting a person from operating, conducting, or promoting interactive games; requiring gaming license applicants and license holders to report to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission annually any business relationship with certain persons known to support, operate, conduct, or promote certain interactive games; requiring the Commission to deny certain license applications and revoke certain licenses under certain circumstances; etc.

Exempting certain religious educational institutions accredited by accrediting bodies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from the requirement to obtain a certificate of approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to operate in the State.

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.

Establishing an exception to the prohibition against operating or riding on a motorcycle without certain protective headgear for an individual at least 21 years old who has been licensed to operate a motorcycle for at least 2 years or has completed a certain motorcycle safety course and for the individual's passenger.

Authorizing under certain circumstances and requiring under certain circumstances the Motor Vehicle Administration to suspend the registration of motor vehicles involved in violations recorded by a speed monitoring system placed on Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County.

Establishing expedited processing fees for certain documents filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; and requiring the Department to process documents filed at least 1 hour before the Department's close of business within 1 hour after the documents are received, and documents filed at least 30 minutes before the Department's close of business within 30 minutes after the documents are received.

Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to enter into an agreement or arrangement with Virginia to obtain information regarding motor vehicles owned by Maryland residents and improperly registered in Virginia; requiring the Administration to make the information available to State and local governments for certain automated speed enforcement purposes; increasing the penalties for the owners or drivers of certain improperly registered motor vehicles for violations recorded by automated speed enforcement systems; etc.

Requiring any person involved in a motor vehicle accident that results in the death of, or a life threatening injury to, another person to submit to breath and blood testing for impaired driving.

Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in an on-street parking space served by a meter if the vehicle has disabled veteran special registration plates; and prohibiting a State agency from adopting or enforcing a regulation or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in a parking lot owned or controlled by the agency if the vehicle has disabled veteran special registration plates.

Requiring a procurement contract for 3 years or more in duration and valued at greater than $2,000,000 for construction or security services to include a clause requiring contract modification for increased costs for compensation and benefits as a result of statutory changes increasing required compensation or benefits; and requiring a certain contract that is modified to be contingent on approval by the Chief Procurement Officer.

Authorizing the introduction of evidence that a certain defendant was the victim of domestic violence and that the domestic violence was a significant contributing factor to the commission of a certain crime as a mitigating factor at sentencing of the defendant or a hearing on a motion for modification or reduction of a sentence; and establishing related procedures.

Providing that certain State, county, and municipal employees are entitled to up to 4 hours of paid cancer screening in any 12-month period after obtaining approval from their appointing authorities.

Prohibiting a person from distributing personal identifying information or images of a student enrolled in an institution of secondary education or an institution of postsecondary education with intent or knowledge that the information will be used to harm the student or with reckless disregard for the risk the information will be used to harm the student; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to $5,000 or both.

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.

Repealing the requirement that a county supervisor of real property assessments reside in the county for which the supervisor is appointed; and repealing the requirement that the county assessment office be located in the county seat.

Prohibiting a unit of State government or other State entity that provides State aid from providing State aid to a nonprofit entity unless the nonprofit is current with certain obligations under federal, State, and local law.

Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to prepare, install, and maintain certain appraisal aids that consist of a database of statewide and local geographic images; requiring each county and Baltimore City to reimburse the State for 100% of the costs of the database less than $1,000,000 and 50% of the costs over $1,000,000; and requiring, by June 30, 2026, the Department to develop policies to protect the identity of any individual whose image is captured by oblique aerial photographic imagery.

Requiring the governing body of Baltimore County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on certain dwellings owned by public safety officers or Baltimore County public school employees under certain circumstances.

Repealing a termination provision relating to provisions of law establishing a nonprofit organizations navigator within the Department of Commerce.

Establishing that a new public record is not created if, in responding to a certain request under the Public Information Act, a custodian conducts certain data manipulation.