Coming Up
2026 Legislative Session
The Maryland General Assembly convened on January14, 2026 and will sit for 90 days, adjourning on April 13, 2026. You can find out where specific bills are in the process by checking Current Status of Priority Bills under The Latest, or follow bills on a particular issue on each issue's 2026 Session page. Each week, we post a blog on our Home page providing a summary of recent events and upcoming matters, including bill hearings, important votes and approaching deadlines. When we become aware of voting sessions or subcommittee work sessions on priority bills, that information is added to the Current Status of Priority Bills (not in the hearing schedule below), but we cannot guarantee to capture every legislative discussion on the bills.
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Upcoming Hearings
Current Status | Current Location | Bill Number | Sponsor | Title | Position | Issue | Action | Priority | Issue Area | Status | Subject | XFile Bill Number | Summary | Chapter No. (nnnn) | First Reading Date - House of Origin | Committee Primary - House of Origin | Hearing Date Primary - House of Origin | Hearing Time Primary - House of Origin | Committee Secondary - House of Origin | Hearing Date Secondary - House of Origin | Hearing Time Secondary - House of Origin | Report Date - House of Origin | Report Action - House of Origin | Second Reading Date - House of Origin | Second Reading Action - House of Origin | Third Reading Date - House of Origin | Third Reading Action - House of Origin | First Reading Date - Opposite House | Committee Primary - Opposite House | Hearing Date Primary - Opposite House | Hearing Time Primary - Opposite House | Committee Secondary - Opposite House | Hearing Date Secondary - Opposite House | Hearing Time Secondary - Opposite House | Report Date - Opposite House | Report Action - Opposite House | Second Reading Date - Opposite House | Second Reading Action - Opposite House | Third Reading Date - Opposite House | Third Reading Action - Opposite House | Interaction Between Chambers | Passed by MGA | Emergency Bill | Constitutional Amendment | Broad Subject Name | Broad Subject Code | year_session | Written testimony | Oral Testimony | Note | UULM-MD Summary | Notes | Testimony Due | Testimony Submitted | Opposite Chamber | Original Chamber | Hearing Scheduled | Synopsis | Effective | Sponsors |
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Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | SB0985 | Senator Smith | Correctional Services - Immigration Detention Facilities - Minimum Mandatory Standards | Support | Immigration | Contact your Senator on Committee | Priority | Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. | Detention Facilities-Minimum Standards | HB1018 | 2/15/2026 | Judicial Proceedings | 3/12/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Yes | Corrections | e5 | 2026 Regular Session | 3/10/2026 | x | Requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum mandatory standards governing the care, custody, and conditions of civil detainees in immigration detention facilities; altering certain duties of and prohibitions on the actions of the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards relating to correctional facilities and immigration detention facilities; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | SB0984 | Senator Smith | Correctional Services - Private Immigration Detention Facilities - Zoning Requirement | Support | Immigration | Contact your Senator on Committee | Priority | Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. | Private Immigration Detention Facilities-Zoning | HB1017 | 2/15/2026 | Judicial Proceedings | 3/12/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Yes | Corrections | e5 | 2026 Regular Session | 3/10/2026 | x | Prohibiting the State or a unit of local government from approving the use of a building or structure as an immigration detention facility by a private entity unless certain zoning authority applies; establishing a certain penalty for a certain violation; and authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action to enforce the Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | SB0988 | Senator Hettleman | Judicial Facilities - Stops, Detentions, and Arrests - Limitations | Support | Immigration | Contact your Senator on Committee | Priority | Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Facilities - Stops, Detentions, and Arrests | HB0309 | 2/17/2026 | Judicial Proceedings | 3/12/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide | d1 | 2026 Regular Session | Defense | 3/10/2026 | x | Prohibiting a person from being stopped, detained, or arrested for certain civil offenses while the individual is in a judicial facility or is traveling within 1 mile of a judicial facility for the purpose of attending a meeting, a hearing, or another official proceeding in the Judicial facility except under certain circumstances; establishing that evidence obtained in violation of the Act is inadmissible in a proceeding over which a State court or State or local agency has jurisdiction; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB1268 | Delegate Behler | Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Support | Climate Change | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. | CHERISH Our Communities Act 2 | SB0781 | 2/12/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 3/13/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Environment | m3 | 2026 Regular Session | 3/11/2026 | x | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB1287 | Delegate Johnson, A. | Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Support | Climate Change | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. | CHERISH Our Communities Act 1 | SB0780 | 2/12/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 3/13/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 3/11/2026 | x | 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. |
Using the Teamup Calendar:
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