Increasing the minimum gross income amounts from charitable contributions at which a charitable organization must include a certain audit or a certain review with a registration statement; increasing the amount of cash receipts from charitable contributions the Secretary of State may accept an affidavit attesting to under certain circumstances; increasing the maximum amount of gross income of a charitable organization at which the Secretary of State may require an audit or review from $750,000 to $1,000,000; etc.

Increasing the penalties for stalking to a period of imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $10,000 or both if the victim had a protective order in effect against the defendant at the time of the offense or the defendant had previously been convicted of stalking.

Providing that the exemption for owner-occupied residential real property in a bankruptcy proceeding includes certain real property held in a revocable trust; and altering the amount of the exemption for owner-occupied residential real property in a bankruptcy proceeding.

Establishing the Maryland's Future Board under the Department of Commerce to develop, evaluate, and revise a visionary plan for the future of Maryland by January 1, 2027; requiring the Board to make recommendations for projects based on the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly by August 1, 2027 and each August 1 thereafter; establishing the Maryland's Future Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to study economic growth trends for certain industries and report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.

Establishing the Maryland 3-1-1 Oversight Board in the Maryland Information Network to oversee the expansion of 3-1-1 systems in Maryland; establishing the 3-1-1 Program to use certain artificial intelligence to answer certain questions and route certain calls in certain counties; and requiring creation and implementation of a plan to expand the 3-1-1 Program to all of the counties in Maryland after a certain time period.

Extending the fiscal years through 2029 in which the Governor may include an appropriation of $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill for certain qualifying nonprofit organizations that provide automotive repair training and reentry assistance to incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals; and extending the termination date for provisions relating to funding for certain services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals.

Altering the violations of law with respect to which the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission is authorized to issue a citation; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, exposing for sale, or advertising for sale unauthorized consumable products; authorizing the Executive Director of the Commission to seize, confiscate, or destroy unauthorized consumable products; altering certain provisions governing the enforcement related to unauthorized consumable products; etc.

Altering the period of time within which the Securities Commissioner in the Office of the Attorney General may exercise a power under certain provisions of law governing the sale of franchises; altering the period of time within which an action for liability under a certain provision of law pertaining to franchise offers for sale must be brought; providing that all franchisees have a right to join a trade association consisting of franchisees of the same franchise and to participate in the trade association for any lawful purpose; etc.

Prohibiting a person from using force, threat of force, or physical obstruction to interfere with or physically injure another while the other is lawfully exercising or attempting to lawfully exercise religious beliefs at a place of religious worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of up to $1,000, or both.

Requiring the Department of Information Technology to post on its website the Statewide Information Technology Master Plan within 1 year after the Governor is inaugurated in each gubernatorial term; requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to notify the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly if the plan is delayed; and requiring the Secretary of Information Technology, or the Secretary's designee, to provide a certain annual briefing to the General Assembly.

Requiring the State Board of Elections and each local board of elections to refer to absentee ballots that are delivered to a voter by the Internet as "print-at-home ballots" in all communications with voters and the general public; providing that absentee ballots are considered timely and may be counted under certain circumstances; and establishing requirements regarding absentee ballots that apply if federal law or a federal court establish requirements for the timeliness of absentee ballots that differ from State requirements.

Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of January as Muslim American Heritage month and the month of May as Jewish American Heritage month; and requiring the proclamations to urge certain organizations to observe the months with certain programs and activities.

Authorizing a county or municipal corporation to designate assistant fire marshals with the approval of the State Fire Marshal or to request that the State Fire Marshal designate certain fire marshals and requiring the State Fire Marshal to adopt certain regulations governing the qualifications, training, standards, and certification of designees; requiring, by October 1, 2026, the installation of certain automatic fire sprinklers in certain high-rise residential buildings; etc.

Establishing the Workgroup on Transportation Contract Approval Authority to review the procurement procedures for capital expenditures in connection with State roads, bridges, or highways; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.

Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualifying new apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; altering certain provisions of law that authorize contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc.

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 Maryland Department of Health; and establishing that a research facility that fails to pay the contribution required by the Act may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per day.

Establishing the Maryland Advanced Manufacturing Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to support the growth of companies that specialize in regenerative medicine and other advanced manufacturing by providing certain grants; authorizing grant proceeds to be used only for acquisitions, renovations or construction of certain space, infrastructure improvements, and purchase of equipment; etc.

Establishing the Audit and Finance Compliance Unit in the Department of Budget and Management; requiring the Governor to implement systems and processes to monitor certain efforts; requiring the Unit to monitor efforts of Departmental Units to correct certain audit findings and provide guidance, coordination, and technical assistance; authorizing the Unit to implement steps to address and prevent audit findings; requiring the Unit to provide direct assistance to Departmental Units with four or more repeat audit findings; etc.

Authorizing, rather than requiring, a certain racing licensee to receive a grant for a capital construction plan from the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account without providing and expending a matching fund; requiring the racing licensee that receives the grant without providing and expending a matching fund to conduct live racing in the State for at least 10 years after the construction plan is complete; and requiring the State Racing Commission to recapture certain grant funds under certain circumstances and in a certain manner.

Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or a request for proposals from submitting a bid or proposal or assisting in the submission of a bid or proposal; requiring a procurement contract to include a certain clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in State law; etc.

Legalizing the 2025 Edition of the Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws and any supplement to the extent to which that code or supplement contains laws enacted by the General Assembly.

Providing that the Department of Natural Resources may authorize the reduction of the deer population on certain property with deer damage using certain methods; altering the time restrictions for Sunday deer hunting in certain counties during deer firearms season; repealing certain time restrictions that apply to the hunting of game birds and mammals on certain Sundays on private property in Wicomico County; authorizing the Department to allow a person to hunt deer on each Sunday of the deer bow hunting season in Baltimore City; etc.

Establishing the Audit and Finance Compliance Unit in the Department of Budget and Management; requiring the Governor to implement systems and processes to monitor certain efforts; requiring the Unit to monitor efforts of Departmental Units to correct certain audit findings and provide guidance, coordination, and technical assistance; authorizing the Unit to implement steps to address and prevent audit findings; requiring the Unit to provide direct assistance to Departmental Units with four or more repeat audit findings; etc.

Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or a request for proposals from submitting a bid or proposal or assisting in the submission of a bid or proposal; requiring a procurement contract to include a certain clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in law; altering the required contents of a certain change order; etc.

Increasing the minimum gross income amounts from charitable contributions at which a charitable organization must include a certain audit or a certain review with a registration statement; increasing the amount of cash receipts from charitable contributions the Secretary of State may accept an affidavit attesting to under certain circumstances; increasing the maximum amount of gross income of a charitable organization at which the Secretary of State may require an audit or review from $750,000 to $1,000,000; etc.

Increasing the penalties for stalking to a period of imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $10,000 or both if the victim had a protective order in effect against the defendant at the time of the offense or the defendant had previously been convicted of stalking.

Providing that the exemption for owner-occupied residential real property in a bankruptcy proceeding includes certain real property held in a revocable trust; and altering the amount of the exemption for owner-occupied residential real property in a bankruptcy proceeding.

Establishing the Maryland's Future Board under the Department of Commerce to develop, evaluate, and revise a visionary plan for the future of Maryland by January 1, 2027; requiring the Board to make recommendations for projects based on the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly by August 1, 2027 and each August 1 thereafter; establishing the Maryland's Future Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to study economic growth trends for certain industries and report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.

Establishing the Maryland 3-1-1 Oversight Board in the Maryland Information Network to oversee the expansion of 3-1-1 systems in Maryland; establishing the 3-1-1 Program to use certain artificial intelligence to answer certain questions and route certain calls in certain counties; and requiring creation and implementation of a plan to expand the 3-1-1 Program to all of the counties in Maryland after a certain time period.

Extending the fiscal years through 2029 in which the Governor may include an appropriation of $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill for certain qualifying nonprofit organizations that provide automotive repair training and reentry assistance to incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals; and extending the termination date for provisions relating to funding for certain services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals.

Altering the violations of law with respect to which the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission is authorized to issue a citation; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, exposing for sale, or advertising for sale unauthorized consumable products; authorizing the Executive Director of the Commission to seize, confiscate, or destroy unauthorized consumable products; altering certain provisions governing the enforcement related to unauthorized consumable products; etc.

Altering the period of time within which the Securities Commissioner in the Office of the Attorney General may exercise a power under certain provisions of law governing the sale of franchises; altering the period of time within which an action for liability under a certain provision of law pertaining to franchise offers for sale must be brought; providing that all franchisees have a right to join a trade association consisting of franchisees of the same franchise and to participate in the trade association for any lawful purpose; etc.

Prohibiting a person from using force, threat of force, or physical obstruction to interfere with or physically injure another while the other is lawfully exercising or attempting to lawfully exercise religious beliefs at a place of religious worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of up to $1,000, or both.

Requiring the Department of Information Technology to post on its website the Statewide Information Technology Master Plan within 1 year after the Governor is inaugurated in each gubernatorial term; requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to notify the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly if the plan is delayed; and requiring the Secretary of Information Technology, or the Secretary's designee, to provide a certain annual briefing to the General Assembly.

Requiring the State Board of Elections and each local board of elections to refer to absentee ballots that are delivered to a voter by the Internet as "print-at-home ballots" in all communications with voters and the general public; providing that absentee ballots are considered timely and may be counted under certain circumstances; and establishing requirements regarding absentee ballots that apply if federal law or a federal court establish requirements for the timeliness of absentee ballots that differ from State requirements.

Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of January as Muslim American Heritage month and the month of May as Jewish American Heritage month; and requiring the proclamations to urge certain organizations to observe the months with certain programs and activities.

Authorizing a county or municipal corporation to designate assistant fire marshals with the approval of the State Fire Marshal or to request that the State Fire Marshal designate certain fire marshals and requiring the State Fire Marshal to adopt certain regulations governing the qualifications, training, standards, and certification of designees; requiring, by October 1, 2026, the installation of certain automatic fire sprinklers in certain high-rise residential buildings; etc.

Establishing the Workgroup on Transportation Contract Approval Authority to review the procurement procedures for capital expenditures in connection with State roads, bridges, or highways; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.

Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualifying new apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; altering certain provisions of law that authorize contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc.

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 Maryland Department of Health; and establishing that a research facility that fails to pay the contribution required by the Act may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per day.

Establishing the Maryland Advanced Manufacturing Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to support the growth of companies that specialize in regenerative medicine and other advanced manufacturing by providing certain grants; authorizing grant proceeds to be used only for acquisitions, renovations or construction of certain space, infrastructure improvements, and purchase of equipment; etc.

Establishing the Audit and Finance Compliance Unit in the Department of Budget and Management; requiring the Governor to implement systems and processes to monitor certain efforts; requiring the Unit to monitor efforts of Departmental Units to correct certain audit findings and provide guidance, coordination, and technical assistance; authorizing the Unit to implement steps to address and prevent audit findings; requiring the Unit to provide direct assistance to Departmental Units with four or more repeat audit findings; etc.

Authorizing, rather than requiring, a certain racing licensee to receive a grant for a capital construction plan from the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account without providing and expending a matching fund; requiring the racing licensee that receives the grant without providing and expending a matching fund to conduct live racing in the State for at least 10 years after the construction plan is complete; and requiring the State Racing Commission to recapture certain grant funds under certain circumstances and in a certain manner.

Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or a request for proposals from submitting a bid or proposal or assisting in the submission of a bid or proposal; requiring a procurement contract to include a certain clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in State law; etc.

Legalizing the 2025 Edition of the Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws and any supplement to the extent to which that code or supplement contains laws enacted by the General Assembly.

Providing that the Department of Natural Resources may authorize the reduction of the deer population on certain property with deer damage using certain methods; altering the time restrictions for Sunday deer hunting in certain counties during deer firearms season; repealing certain time restrictions that apply to the hunting of game birds and mammals on certain Sundays on private property in Wicomico County; authorizing the Department to allow a person to hunt deer on each Sunday of the deer bow hunting season in Baltimore City; etc.

Establishing the Audit and Finance Compliance Unit in the Department of Budget and Management; requiring the Governor to implement systems and processes to monitor certain efforts; requiring the Unit to monitor efforts of Departmental Units to correct certain audit findings and provide guidance, coordination, and technical assistance; authorizing the Unit to implement steps to address and prevent audit findings; requiring the Unit to provide direct assistance to Departmental Units with four or more repeat audit findings; etc.

Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or a request for proposals from submitting a bid or proposal or assisting in the submission of a bid or proposal; requiring a procurement contract to include a certain clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in law; altering the required contents of a certain change order; etc.