Altering the definition of "slot machine" to increase from 54 to 100 the number of bingo cards certain handheld devices may allow a user to play at the same time; providing that an electronic instant bingo machine is not required to print a paper ticket for each instant bingo game played unless the player elects to print the ticket; requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026, on all relevant impacts associated with an expansion of electronic instant bingo machines; etc.

Requiring certain centers where mammography testing is performed to include in the screening results letter that is sent to a patient, as required by federal law, a notice of the presence of arterial calcification as observed during the patient's mammogram.

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 purposes of completing a transfer of ownership and renewal and completing renovations at the same location.

Altering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; providing example forms for the creation and revocation of a transfer-on-death deed; providing for the retroactive application of the Act to transfer-on-death deeds executed prior to the effective date of the Act for a transferor who dies on or after October 1, 2026; etc.

Requiring the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County to appoint three majors at a salary determined by the County Council of Anne Arundel County.

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.

Prohibiting an agent of a private home detention monitoring agency, an employee of a courthouse, or an employee of a correctional facility from engaging in certain activities promoting or otherwise soliciting business for a private home detention monitoring agency on the grounds of a courthouse or correctional facility.

Requiring the State Board of Elections and each municipality that has a website to display certain information relating to municipal elections on their websites; and requiring each municipality to include the date of the next regular municipal election and each office to be voted on at the election in a certain report submitted to the State Board.

Altering certain criteria for determining the venue for administrative or judicial probate of decedents who were not domiciled in the State; providing that, for purposes of the application of the Maryland inheritance tax, the situs of intangible personal property is the domicile of the decedent; repealing a certain exemption from the Maryland inheritance tax for personal property that passes from a nonresident decedent; etc.

Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing or record to a nonparty unless the court or the party redacts certain identifying information relating to a certain victim of sexual assault or victim of stalking that appears in the filing or record, unless the court finds clear and convincing evidence that there is good cause to order otherwise; etc.

Authorizing a party to the guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person to request a stay of certain civil actions or proceedings on the filing of a petition for guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person; requiring a certain party to the guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person to provide certain notice to a court granting a stay and to parties to a civil action or proceeding; establishing that a stay may be in effect for not more than 90 days, unless extended for good cause; etc.

Requiring an applicant for appointment as a commissioner of a bicounty commission to submit a certain statement to the Prince George's County Office of Ethics and Accountability; requiring the chief administrative officer for Prince George's County to transmit the financial disclosure statements of commissioners or appointed applicants of bicounty commissions to the Office; and requiring the Office, rather than the chief administrative officer for Prince George's County, to take certain actions regarding the statements.

Establishing that the registered owner of a Class G (trailer) vehicle is liable under certain circumstances to the Maryland Transportation Authority for payment of a video toll assessed at the time of passage through a toll collection facility, subject to certain standards and procedures for the transfer of liability.

Altering provisions related to the rates the Department of State Police sets for towing companies involved in police-initiated towing of motor vehicles to include the towing and recovery of light-duty vehicles; defining "light-duty towing" as towing and recovery of a vehicle including trailers or semitrailers with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less; and prohibiting approved rates for light-duty towing and recovery from exceeding 80% of the maximum approved rates for medium-duty towing and recovery.

Establishing the Chesapeake Bay Enhancement Program in the Department of Natural Resources to provide funding for certain oyster propagation and replenishment projects that mitigate the effects of certain transportation projects on the State's oyster population; establishing the Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund to provide financial assistance to certain commercial watermen and small businesses; prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from making certain approvals for tidal fish licenses; etc.

Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another State.

Exempting the driver's seat of a school bus from the requirement that a school bus be constructed with certain materials that enable it to meet all the criteria of the school bus seat upholstery fire block test established by the National School Transportation specifications and procedures adopted by the most recent National Congress on School Transportation.

Authorizing the Public Service Commission to require a water company, sewage disposal company, or water and sewage disposal company to adopt a certain limited-income mechanism subject to the approval of the Commission; and requiring the Commission to study the feasibility of requiring certain companies to adopt a limited-income mechanism to benefit limited-income customers and to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.

Altering a certain benefit amount for certain fire and rescue volunteers in Calvert County.

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.

Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study and make recommendations on the availability and affordability of housing in Montgomery County; and requiring the Department to issue two interim reports and its final report of the findings and recommendation by February 1, 2029, to certain entities in Montgomery County and the Montgomery County Delegation to the General Assembly.

Conforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other individual for purposes relating to the inheritance of property; establishing evidentiary procedures for determining an individual's death or survival in certain circumstances; providing for liability under the Act in connection with the distribution of disputed assets; etc.

Establishing certain consumer protection requirements for registered cemeterians, registered cemetery operators, and certain permit holders and licensees that sell or offer for sale pet cremation services for pet remains; establishing the duties of certain persons responsible for returning pet cremains to certain animal owners after cremation; and providing certain penalties for a first violation of the Act, increasing with the second violation, and for a third violation a fine of up to $15,000, and imprisonment of up to 3 years or both.

Providing that the maximum annual salary of the clerks of the circuit courts and the registers of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect on the day before the clerk or the register begins a new term of office; and repealing as obsolete a certain minimum salary requirement for the register of wills for Baltimore City.

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 and recommendations on or before October 1, 2027, to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Economic Matters Committee.

Altering the definition of "slot machine" to increase from 54 to 100 the number of bingo cards certain handheld devices may allow a user to play at the same time; providing that an electronic instant bingo machine is not required to print a paper ticket for each instant bingo game played unless the player elects to print the ticket; requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026, on all relevant impacts associated with an expansion of electronic instant bingo machines; etc.

Requiring certain centers where mammography testing is performed to include in the screening results letter that is sent to a patient, as required by federal law, a notice of the presence of arterial calcification as observed during the patient's mammogram.

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 purposes of completing a transfer of ownership and renewal and completing renovations at the same location.

Altering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; providing example forms for the creation and revocation of a transfer-on-death deed; providing for the retroactive application of the Act to transfer-on-death deeds executed prior to the effective date of the Act for a transferor who dies on or after October 1, 2026; etc.

Requiring the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County to appoint three majors at a salary determined by the County Council of Anne Arundel County.

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.

Prohibiting an agent of a private home detention monitoring agency, an employee of a courthouse, or an employee of a correctional facility from engaging in certain activities promoting or otherwise soliciting business for a private home detention monitoring agency on the grounds of a courthouse or correctional facility.

Requiring the State Board of Elections and each municipality that has a website to display certain information relating to municipal elections on their websites; and requiring each municipality to include the date of the next regular municipal election and each office to be voted on at the election in a certain report submitted to the State Board.

Altering certain criteria for determining the venue for administrative or judicial probate of decedents who were not domiciled in the State; providing that, for purposes of the application of the Maryland inheritance tax, the situs of intangible personal property is the domicile of the decedent; repealing a certain exemption from the Maryland inheritance tax for personal property that passes from a nonresident decedent; etc.

Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing or record to a nonparty unless the court or the party redacts certain identifying information relating to a certain victim of sexual assault or victim of stalking that appears in the filing or record, unless the court finds clear and convincing evidence that there is good cause to order otherwise; etc.

Authorizing a party to the guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person to request a stay of certain civil actions or proceedings on the filing of a petition for guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person; requiring a certain party to the guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person to provide certain notice to a court granting a stay and to parties to a civil action or proceeding; establishing that a stay may be in effect for not more than 90 days, unless extended for good cause; etc.

Requiring an applicant for appointment as a commissioner of a bicounty commission to submit a certain statement to the Prince George's County Office of Ethics and Accountability; requiring the chief administrative officer for Prince George's County to transmit the financial disclosure statements of commissioners or appointed applicants of bicounty commissions to the Office; and requiring the Office, rather than the chief administrative officer for Prince George's County, to take certain actions regarding the statements.

Establishing that the registered owner of a Class G (trailer) vehicle is liable under certain circumstances to the Maryland Transportation Authority for payment of a video toll assessed at the time of passage through a toll collection facility, subject to certain standards and procedures for the transfer of liability.

Altering provisions related to the rates the Department of State Police sets for towing companies involved in police-initiated towing of motor vehicles to include the towing and recovery of light-duty vehicles; defining "light-duty towing" as towing and recovery of a vehicle including trailers or semitrailers with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less; and prohibiting approved rates for light-duty towing and recovery from exceeding 80% of the maximum approved rates for medium-duty towing and recovery.

Establishing the Chesapeake Bay Enhancement Program in the Department of Natural Resources to provide funding for certain oyster propagation and replenishment projects that mitigate the effects of certain transportation projects on the State's oyster population; establishing the Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund to provide financial assistance to certain commercial watermen and small businesses; prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from making certain approvals for tidal fish licenses; etc.

Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another State.

Exempting the driver's seat of a school bus from the requirement that a school bus be constructed with certain materials that enable it to meet all the criteria of the school bus seat upholstery fire block test established by the National School Transportation specifications and procedures adopted by the most recent National Congress on School Transportation.

Authorizing the Public Service Commission to require a water company, sewage disposal company, or water and sewage disposal company to adopt a certain limited-income mechanism subject to the approval of the Commission; and requiring the Commission to study the feasibility of requiring certain companies to adopt a limited-income mechanism to benefit limited-income customers and to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.

Altering a certain benefit amount for certain fire and rescue volunteers in Calvert County.

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.

Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study and make recommendations on the availability and affordability of housing in Montgomery County; and requiring the Department to issue two interim reports and its final report of the findings and recommendation by February 1, 2029, to certain entities in Montgomery County and the Montgomery County Delegation to the General Assembly.

Conforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other individual for purposes relating to the inheritance of property; establishing evidentiary procedures for determining an individual's death or survival in certain circumstances; providing for liability under the Act in connection with the distribution of disputed assets; etc.

Establishing certain consumer protection requirements for registered cemeterians, registered cemetery operators, and certain permit holders and licensees that sell or offer for sale pet cremation services for pet remains; establishing the duties of certain persons responsible for returning pet cremains to certain animal owners after cremation; and providing certain penalties for a first violation of the Act, increasing with the second violation, and for a third violation a fine of up to $15,000, and imprisonment of up to 3 years or both.

Providing that the maximum annual salary of the clerks of the circuit courts and the registers of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect on the day before the clerk or the register begins a new term of office; and repealing as obsolete a certain minimum salary requirement for the register of wills for Baltimore City.

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 and recommendations on or before October 1, 2027, to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Economic Matters Committee.