2026 Regular Session·2,645 bills·Adjourned April 13, 2026
Track legislation moving through Maryland. Browse 2,645 bills and resolutions during the 2026 Regular Session, each with a plain-language summary, current status from introduction to enactment, sponsors, and voting history.
Requiring electric companies to submit to the Public Service Commission cost containment plans for electric distribution and transmission system planning on or before January 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter; requiring the plans to combine to reduce peak electric system loads in a certain manner; and requiring electric companies to submit certain progress reports on the implementation of the plan.
2026 Regular Session·2,645 bills·Adjourned April 13, 2026
Track legislation moving through Maryland. Browse 2,645 bills and resolutions during the 2026 Regular Session, each with a plain-language summary, current status from introduction to enactment, sponsors, and voting history.
Requiring electric companies to submit to the Public Service Commission cost containment plans for electric distribution and transmission system planning on or before January 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter; requiring the plans to combine to reduce peak electric system loads in a certain manner; and requiring electric companies to submit certain progress reports on the implementation of the plan.
Requiring electric companies to submit to the Public Service Commission cost containment plans for electric distribution and transmission system planning on or before January 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter; requiring the plans to combine to reduce peak electric system loads in a certain manner; and requiring electric companies to submit certain progress reports on the implementation of the plan.
Applying certain rate schedule requirements for large load customers to certain data centers; and modifying, from September 1, 2026, to January 1, 2027, the date by which certain electric companies must submit to the Public Service Commission for approval certain rate schedules for large load customers.
Applying certain rate schedule requirements for large load customers to certain data centers; and modifying, from September 1, 2026, to January 1, 2027, the date by which certain electric companies must submit to the Public Service Commission for approval certain rate schedules for large load customers.
Establishing the Maryland Law Enforcement Public Service Medal; establishing eligibility requirements for the medal and procedures for nomination, selection, and the awarding of the medal; and requiring the Governor to award the medal to certain law enforcement officers at a certain ceremony.
Establishing the Maryland Law Enforcement Public Service Medal; establishing eligibility requirements for the medal and procedures for nomination, selection, and the awarding of the medal; and requiring the Governor to award the medal to certain law enforcement officers at a certain ceremony.
Requiring a nursing home to expend at least 75% of its total nursing and residential care revenue for direct care wages and benefits; and requiring nursing homes by September 1 each year, beginning in 2027, to submit a cost report with documentation of wage disbursement and other appropriate information to the Maryland Department of Health.
Requiring a nursing home to expend at least 75% of its total nursing and residential care revenue for direct care wages and benefits; and requiring nursing homes by September 1 each year, beginning in 2027, to submit a cost report with documentation of wage disbursement and other appropriate information to the Maryland Department of Health.
Requiring the Maryland Medical Advisory Committee to form subcommittees and workgroups, as necessary, to carry out the duties of the Committee; establishing the Workgroup to Study the Adoption of a Fee-for-Service Model for all Medicaid Services to study the feasibility of implementing a direct care payment model throughout the State's Medicaid program; and requiring the workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Advisory Committee and certain members of the General Assembly by January 1, 2027.
Requiring the Maryland Medical Advisory Committee to form subcommittees and workgroups, as necessary, to carry out the duties of the Committee; establishing the Workgroup to Study the Adoption of a Fee-for-Service Model for all Medicaid Services to study the feasibility of implementing a direct care payment model throughout the State's Medicaid program; and requiring the workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Advisory Committee and certain members of the General Assembly by January 1, 2027.
Clarifying that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for a unit, an official, or an employee of the State or a political subdivision of the State to deny the person's application for a license, permit, registration, or governmental service; providing that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for an educational institution to expel or refuse to admit the person; etc.
Clarifying that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for a unit, an official, or an employee of the State or a political subdivision of the State to deny the person's application for a license, permit, registration, or governmental service; providing that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for an educational institution to expel or refuse to admit the person; etc.
Reducing the maximum homestead tax credit percentage for State, county, municipal, and bicounty commission property tax to 105%; and establishing a homestead portability adjustment for certain homeowners.
Reducing the maximum homestead tax credit percentage for State, county, municipal, and bicounty commission property tax to 105%; and establishing a homestead portability adjustment for certain homeowners.
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to complete construction of the Administration's fifth bus division facility on or before June 30, 2032; etc.
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to complete construction of the Administration's fifth bus division facility on or before June 30, 2032; etc.
Increasing the sales and use tax on the sale of electronic smoking devices and vaping liquid; and requiring the increased revenue from the sales and use tax on electronic smoking devices and vaping liquid under the Act to be distributed to the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Research Fund.
Increasing the sales and use tax on the sale of electronic smoking devices and vaping liquid; and requiring the increased revenue from the sales and use tax on electronic smoking devices and vaping liquid under the Act to be distributed to the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Research Fund.
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving a rate increase for a water company or a sewage disposal company if a county or municipality has commenced or indicated an intent to commence a certain eminent domain proceeding; and requiring a fact finder to consider certain factors in an eminent domain proceeding involving a water company or a sewage disposal company.
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving a rate increase for a water company or a sewage disposal company if a county or municipality has commenced or indicated an intent to commence a certain eminent domain proceeding; and requiring a fact finder to consider certain factors in an eminent domain proceeding involving a water company or a sewage disposal company.
Prohibiting a merchant from setting the price of consumer goods or services using personalized algorithmic pricing and issuing a certain communication in a certain manner unless the merchant includes a certain disclosure; prohibiting a person from knowingly or recklessly operating or licensing in a certain manner to perform a coordinating function to facilitate a certain agreement; prohibiting residential rental property owners or managers from knowingly or recklessly setting or adjusting rental terms in a certain manner; etc.
Prohibiting a merchant from setting the price of consumer goods or services using personalized algorithmic pricing and issuing a certain communication in a certain manner unless the merchant includes a certain disclosure; prohibiting a person from knowingly or recklessly operating or licensing in a certain manner to perform a coordinating function to facilitate a certain agreement; prohibiting residential rental property owners or managers from knowingly or recklessly setting or adjusting rental terms in a certain manner; etc.
Establishing that a person who has been granted an expungement shall be determined for all purposes not to have been arrested for, cited for, charged with, or convicted of the underlying offense.
Establishing that a person who has been granted an expungement shall be determined for all purposes not to have been arrested for, cited for, charged with, or convicted of the underlying offense.
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction or the Commissioner's designee to remove an incarcerated individual from home detention for violating a condition of the incarcerated individual's placement in home detention.
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction or the Commissioner's designee to remove an incarcerated individual from home detention for violating a condition of the incarcerated individual's placement in home detention.
Requiring a person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of any transmission line to provide certain notices to certain landowners regarding the construction; and establishing that failure to provide a certain notice invalidates a certain hearing and, under certain circumstances, voids an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Requiring a person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of any transmission line to provide certain notices to certain landowners regarding the construction; and establishing that failure to provide a certain notice invalidates a certain hearing and, under certain circumstances, voids an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Requiring that an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain generating stations located within a certain at-risk area to include with the application a baseline understanding of risk, disparities, and environmental needs (BURDEN) report describing and including information on certain environmental and public health burdens; altering the contents of a certain notice that must be provided on receipt of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc.
Requiring that an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain generating stations located within a certain at-risk area to include with the application a baseline understanding of risk, disparities, and environmental needs (BURDEN) report describing and including information on certain environmental and public health burdens; altering the contents of a certain notice that must be provided on receipt of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc.
Altering the requirements for a certain firearms training course that an applicant for a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun must successfully complete.
Altering the requirements for a certain firearms training course that an applicant for a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun must successfully complete.
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Judiciary to expunge all cases meeting certain criteria on or before July 1, 2028; and requiring the Department and the Judiciary to expunge certain newly eligible cases on a monthly basis.
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Judiciary to expunge all cases meeting certain criteria on or before July 1, 2028; and requiring the Department and the Judiciary to expunge certain newly eligible cases on a monthly basis.
Establishing the Commission to Examine the Expungement Laws of Maryland for issues of efficiency and equity; and requiring the Commission to submit a certain report to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2027.
Establishing the Commission to Examine the Expungement Laws of Maryland for issues of efficiency and equity; and requiring the Commission to submit a certain report to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2027.
Altering the requirements for signs displaying a standard price and a conditional price for motor fuel products at retail service stations; and authorizing the Comptroller to assess certain penalties under certain circumstances.
Altering the requirements for signs displaying a standard price and a conditional price for motor fuel products at retail service stations; and authorizing the Comptroller to assess certain penalties under certain circumstances.
Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc.
Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc.
Altering the circumstances under which the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program is required to disclose prescription monitoring data to a federal law enforcement agency to prohibit the disclosure if the Protected Health Care Commission determines that the data is sensitive health services information that has been determined by the Secretary of Health to be legally protected health care.
Altering the circumstances under which the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program is required to disclose prescription monitoring data to a federal law enforcement agency to prohibit the disclosure if the Protected Health Care Commission determines that the data is sensitive health services information that has been determined by the Secretary of Health to be legally protected health care.
Altering the definition of "exempt material" for the purpose of provisions of law related to extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper products.
Altering the definition of "exempt material" for the purpose of provisions of law related to extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper products.
Requiring the Department of Social and Economic Mobility, in collaboration with the Department of Commerce, to establish the DBE Reevaluation Assistance Program to provide certain services to eligible businesses.
Requiring the Department of Social and Economic Mobility, in collaboration with the Department of Commerce, to establish the DBE Reevaluation Assistance Program to provide certain services to eligible businesses.
Altering the definition of "Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor facility" to include a market hall, a sports facility, a mixed-use development, a technology innovation center, and facilities related to commercial development and revitalization.
Altering the definition of "Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor facility" to include a market hall, a sports facility, a mixed-use development, a technology innovation center, and facilities related to commercial development and revitalization.
Repealing the requirement that a private home detention monitoring agency provide notice to the designated law enforcement agency for violating a condition of home detention monitoring under certain circumstances.
Repealing the requirement that a private home detention monitoring agency provide notice to the designated law enforcement agency for violating a condition of home detention monitoring under certain circumstances.
Requiring electric companies to submit to the Public Service Commission cost containment plans for electric distribution and transmission system planning on or before January 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter; requiring the plans to combine to reduce peak electric system loads in a certain manner; and requiring electric companies to submit certain progress reports on the implementation of the plan.
Applying certain rate schedule requirements for large load customers to certain data centers; and modifying, from September 1, 2026, to January 1, 2027, the date by which certain electric companies must submit to the Public Service Commission for approval certain rate schedules for large load customers.
Applying certain rate schedule requirements for large load customers to certain data centers; and modifying, from September 1, 2026, to January 1, 2027, the date by which certain electric companies must submit to the Public Service Commission for approval certain rate schedules for large load customers.
Establishing the Maryland Law Enforcement Public Service Medal; establishing eligibility requirements for the medal and procedures for nomination, selection, and the awarding of the medal; and requiring the Governor to award the medal to certain law enforcement officers at a certain ceremony.
Establishing the Maryland Law Enforcement Public Service Medal; establishing eligibility requirements for the medal and procedures for nomination, selection, and the awarding of the medal; and requiring the Governor to award the medal to certain law enforcement officers at a certain ceremony.
Requiring a nursing home to expend at least 75% of its total nursing and residential care revenue for direct care wages and benefits; and requiring nursing homes by September 1 each year, beginning in 2027, to submit a cost report with documentation of wage disbursement and other appropriate information to the Maryland Department of Health.
Requiring a nursing home to expend at least 75% of its total nursing and residential care revenue for direct care wages and benefits; and requiring nursing homes by September 1 each year, beginning in 2027, to submit a cost report with documentation of wage disbursement and other appropriate information to the Maryland Department of Health.
Requiring the Maryland Medical Advisory Committee to form subcommittees and workgroups, as necessary, to carry out the duties of the Committee; establishing the Workgroup to Study the Adoption of a Fee-for-Service Model for all Medicaid Services to study the feasibility of implementing a direct care payment model throughout the State's Medicaid program; and requiring the workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Advisory Committee and certain members of the General Assembly by January 1, 2027.
Requiring the Maryland Medical Advisory Committee to form subcommittees and workgroups, as necessary, to carry out the duties of the Committee; establishing the Workgroup to Study the Adoption of a Fee-for-Service Model for all Medicaid Services to study the feasibility of implementing a direct care payment model throughout the State's Medicaid program; and requiring the workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Advisory Committee and certain members of the General Assembly by January 1, 2027.
Clarifying that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for a unit, an official, or an employee of the State or a political subdivision of the State to deny the person's application for a license, permit, registration, or governmental service; providing that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for an educational institution to expel or refuse to admit the person; etc.
Clarifying that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for a unit, an official, or an employee of the State or a political subdivision of the State to deny the person's application for a license, permit, registration, or governmental service; providing that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for an educational institution to expel or refuse to admit the person; etc.
Reducing the maximum homestead tax credit percentage for State, county, municipal, and bicounty commission property tax to 105%; and establishing a homestead portability adjustment for certain homeowners.
Reducing the maximum homestead tax credit percentage for State, county, municipal, and bicounty commission property tax to 105%; and establishing a homestead portability adjustment for certain homeowners.
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to complete construction of the Administration's fifth bus division facility on or before June 30, 2032; etc.
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to complete construction of the Administration's fifth bus division facility on or before June 30, 2032; etc.
Increasing the sales and use tax on the sale of electronic smoking devices and vaping liquid; and requiring the increased revenue from the sales and use tax on electronic smoking devices and vaping liquid under the Act to be distributed to the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Research Fund.
Increasing the sales and use tax on the sale of electronic smoking devices and vaping liquid; and requiring the increased revenue from the sales and use tax on electronic smoking devices and vaping liquid under the Act to be distributed to the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Research Fund.
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving a rate increase for a water company or a sewage disposal company if a county or municipality has commenced or indicated an intent to commence a certain eminent domain proceeding; and requiring a fact finder to consider certain factors in an eminent domain proceeding involving a water company or a sewage disposal company.
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving a rate increase for a water company or a sewage disposal company if a county or municipality has commenced or indicated an intent to commence a certain eminent domain proceeding; and requiring a fact finder to consider certain factors in an eminent domain proceeding involving a water company or a sewage disposal company.
Prohibiting a merchant from setting the price of consumer goods or services using personalized algorithmic pricing and issuing a certain communication in a certain manner unless the merchant includes a certain disclosure; prohibiting a person from knowingly or recklessly operating or licensing in a certain manner to perform a coordinating function to facilitate a certain agreement; prohibiting residential rental property owners or managers from knowingly or recklessly setting or adjusting rental terms in a certain manner; etc.
Prohibiting a merchant from setting the price of consumer goods or services using personalized algorithmic pricing and issuing a certain communication in a certain manner unless the merchant includes a certain disclosure; prohibiting a person from knowingly or recklessly operating or licensing in a certain manner to perform a coordinating function to facilitate a certain agreement; prohibiting residential rental property owners or managers from knowingly or recklessly setting or adjusting rental terms in a certain manner; etc.
Establishing that a person who has been granted an expungement shall be determined for all purposes not to have been arrested for, cited for, charged with, or convicted of the underlying offense.
Establishing that a person who has been granted an expungement shall be determined for all purposes not to have been arrested for, cited for, charged with, or convicted of the underlying offense.
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction or the Commissioner's designee to remove an incarcerated individual from home detention for violating a condition of the incarcerated individual's placement in home detention.
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction or the Commissioner's designee to remove an incarcerated individual from home detention for violating a condition of the incarcerated individual's placement in home detention.
Requiring a person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of any transmission line to provide certain notices to certain landowners regarding the construction; and establishing that failure to provide a certain notice invalidates a certain hearing and, under certain circumstances, voids an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Requiring a person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of any transmission line to provide certain notices to certain landowners regarding the construction; and establishing that failure to provide a certain notice invalidates a certain hearing and, under certain circumstances, voids an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Requiring that an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain generating stations located within a certain at-risk area to include with the application a baseline understanding of risk, disparities, and environmental needs (BURDEN) report describing and including information on certain environmental and public health burdens; altering the contents of a certain notice that must be provided on receipt of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc.
Requiring that an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain generating stations located within a certain at-risk area to include with the application a baseline understanding of risk, disparities, and environmental needs (BURDEN) report describing and including information on certain environmental and public health burdens; altering the contents of a certain notice that must be provided on receipt of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc.
Altering the requirements for a certain firearms training course that an applicant for a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun must successfully complete.
Altering the requirements for a certain firearms training course that an applicant for a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun must successfully complete.
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Judiciary to expunge all cases meeting certain criteria on or before July 1, 2028; and requiring the Department and the Judiciary to expunge certain newly eligible cases on a monthly basis.
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Judiciary to expunge all cases meeting certain criteria on or before July 1, 2028; and requiring the Department and the Judiciary to expunge certain newly eligible cases on a monthly basis.
Establishing the Commission to Examine the Expungement Laws of Maryland for issues of efficiency and equity; and requiring the Commission to submit a certain report to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2027.
Establishing the Commission to Examine the Expungement Laws of Maryland for issues of efficiency and equity; and requiring the Commission to submit a certain report to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2027.
Altering the requirements for signs displaying a standard price and a conditional price for motor fuel products at retail service stations; and authorizing the Comptroller to assess certain penalties under certain circumstances.
Altering the requirements for signs displaying a standard price and a conditional price for motor fuel products at retail service stations; and authorizing the Comptroller to assess certain penalties under certain circumstances.
Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc.
Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc.
Altering the circumstances under which the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program is required to disclose prescription monitoring data to a federal law enforcement agency to prohibit the disclosure if the Protected Health Care Commission determines that the data is sensitive health services information that has been determined by the Secretary of Health to be legally protected health care.
Altering the circumstances under which the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program is required to disclose prescription monitoring data to a federal law enforcement agency to prohibit the disclosure if the Protected Health Care Commission determines that the data is sensitive health services information that has been determined by the Secretary of Health to be legally protected health care.
Altering the definition of "exempt material" for the purpose of provisions of law related to extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper products.
Altering the definition of "exempt material" for the purpose of provisions of law related to extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper products.
Requiring the Department of Social and Economic Mobility, in collaboration with the Department of Commerce, to establish the DBE Reevaluation Assistance Program to provide certain services to eligible businesses.
Requiring the Department of Social and Economic Mobility, in collaboration with the Department of Commerce, to establish the DBE Reevaluation Assistance Program to provide certain services to eligible businesses.
Altering the definition of "Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor facility" to include a market hall, a sports facility, a mixed-use development, a technology innovation center, and facilities related to commercial development and revitalization.
Altering the definition of "Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor facility" to include a market hall, a sports facility, a mixed-use development, a technology innovation center, and facilities related to commercial development and revitalization.
Repealing the requirement that a private home detention monitoring agency provide notice to the designated law enforcement agency for violating a condition of home detention monitoring under certain circumstances.
Repealing the requirement that a private home detention monitoring agency provide notice to the designated law enforcement agency for violating a condition of home detention monitoring under certain circumstances.
