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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.
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Upcoming Hearings
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Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB0040 | Delegate Charkoudian | Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies | Support | Climate Change | Watch | Transmission Line Technologies | SB0201 | Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 2/3/2026 | 2:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Altering the definition of 'qualified generator lead line' for provisions of law regarding certificates of public convenience and necessity; requiring an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line to include certain information in its application; requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain evidence before taking action on a certain application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. | Finance | SB0169 | Senator Lam | Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures | Support | Health Care | Priority | Emergency Pregnancy-Related Conditions | HB0372 | Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Finance | 2/3/2026 | 2:00 p.m. | No | Health Care Facilities and Regulation | j3 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the treatment and transfer of a patient who has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; requiring a hospital to allow the termination of a pregnancy in certain circumstances; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m. | Judicial Proceedings | SB0268 | Senator Henson | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Individuals With Developmental or Intellectual Disabilities | Support | Criminal Justice | Priority | Restrictive Housing - Disabilities | HB0310 | Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m. | 1/19/2026 | Judicial Proceedings | 2/4/2026 | 11:00 a.m. | No | Corrections | e5 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Authorizing an applicable clinical professional to assess, at the time of intake at a State correctional facility, a newly incarcerated individual for a developmental or intellectual disability; authorizing a certain clinical professional to make a certain recommendation about a certain incarcerated individual; prohibiting a State correctional facility from putting a certain incarcerated individual in restrictive housing for more than 15 consecutive days in a 30-day period unless the individual commits a certain prohibited act; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0309 | Delegate Stewart | Judicial Facilities - Stops, Detentions, and Arrests - Limitations | Support | Immigration | Priority | Judicial Facilities - Stops, Detentions, and Arrests | Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/15/2026 | Judiciary | 2/4/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide | d1 | 2026 Regular Session | 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 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | SB0334 | Senator Love | Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Machine Gun Convertible Pistols | Support | Gun Violence | Priority | Machine Gun Convertible Pistols | HB0577 | Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/23/2026 | Judicial Proceedings | 2/5/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes | e1 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2027, a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, receiving, or transferring a certain machine gun convertible pistol, subject to certain exceptions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | SB0320 | Senator Muse | Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding | Support | Criminal Justice | Priority | Expungement -Terminated without Finding | HB0187 | Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/22/2026 | Judicial Proceedings | 2/5/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Criminal Law - Procedures | e2 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Authorizing the expungement of a disposition under a certain provision of law if the disposition was included in a case that was disposed of by the court with a no finding designation or designated by the court as having been terminated without finding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0084 | Delegate Smith | Criminal Procedure - Sentencing - Domestic Violence as a Mitigating Factor (Providing Alternatives Through Healing for Justice-Involved Individuals (PATH) Act) | Support | Criminal Justice | Priority | Domestic Violence as Mitigating Factor | SB0138 | Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Judiciary | 2/5/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Criminal Law - Procedures | e2 | 2026 Regular Session | x | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. | Ways and Means | HB0063 | Delegate Szeliga | Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams and Locker Rooms - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness in Girls' Sports Act) | Oppose | Civil Rights | Priority | Fairness in Girls' Sports | Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Ways and Means | 2/5/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools and certain locker rooms to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school for maintaining separate interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports or locker rooms for students of the female sex; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. | Government, Labor, and Elections | HB0108 | Delegate Pasteur | Division of Correction - Release Preparation Program | Support | Criminal Justice | Priority | Release Preparation Program | SB0061 | Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Government, Labor, and Elections | 2/5/2026 | 2:00 p.m. | No | Corrections | e5 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Establishing the Release Preparation Program in the Division of Correction for the purpose of providing access to formerly incarcerated individuals to State correctional facilities to assist incarcerated individuals with release preparation; and altering the purposes of the Cannabis Regulation and Enforcement Fund to include providing funds to cover the costs of supporting the Release Preparation Program. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0342 | Senator Brooks | Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program | Support | Climate Change | Watch | Beverage Container Recycling Refund | HB0331 | Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/23/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 2/10/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Environment | m3 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a beverage container stewardship organization; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB0345 | Delegate Charkoudian | Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act) | Support | Climate Change | Watch | Affordable Solar Act | SB0341 | Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/19/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 2/10/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Authorizing the purchase, installation, and use of a certain portable solar energy generating system for certain purposes; altering the renewable energy portfolio standard; requiring that certain alternative compliance fees be paid into a certain escrow account rather than into the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund; requiring the Public Service Commission to require electric companies to procure a certain number of SRECs and SREC-IIs; requiring the Commission to issue certain solicitations; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB0540 | Delegate Lehman | Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Utility Rate Changes (Public Service Company Transparency Act) | Support | Climate Change | Watch | Public Service Company Transparency Act | Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/27/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 2/10/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Prohibiting certain electric, gas, and gas and electric companies from initiating a proceeding that may lead to a rate change unless the company provides customers with a certain notice; requiring certain electric, gas, and gas and electric companies to include a certain statement in each customer bill and automatic payment e-mail and distribute a certain annual rate report in a certain manner; requiring the Public Service Commission, in consultation with the Office of People's Counsel, to develop a certain report; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) | Environment and Transportation | HB0331 | Delegate Terrasa | Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program | Support | Climate Change | Watch | Beverage Container Recycling Refund | SB0342 | Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) | 1/19/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 2/11/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | Economic Matters | No | Environment | m3 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a beverage container stewardship organization; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m. | Health | HB0372 | Delegate Lopez | Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures | Support | Health Care | Priority | Emergency Pregnancy-Related Conditions | SB0169 | Hearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m. | 1/19/2026 | Health | 2/11/2026 | 1:30 p.m. | No | Health Care Facilities and Regulation | j3 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the treatment and transfer of a patient who has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; requiring a hospital to allow the termination of a pregnancy in certain circumstances; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) | Finance | SB0389 | President | Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) | Support | Climate Change | Watch | Transit-Oriented Development | Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) | 1/27/2026 | Finance | 2/12/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | No | Transportation - Generally | r2 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Providing for the automatic designation of certain transit-oriented developments as enterprise zones; requiring the Maryland Development Corporation to prioritize certain redevelopment projects when making loans under the Strategic Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program; altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on land located near certain transit stations; delaying the collection of certain development excise taxes and development impact fees for certain residential real estate projects; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0050 | Senator Carozza | Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams and Sports - Designation (Fairness in Girls' Sports Act) | Oppose | Civil Rights | Priority | Fairness in Girls' Sports | Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 2/18/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly designated in a certain manner; prohibiting certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports from including certain students; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school under certain circumstances; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0155 | Delegate Williams | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings | Support | Immigration | Priority | Face Coverings Prohibited | SB0001 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Judiciary | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Public Safety | e4 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a model policy prohibiting the use of a face covering in the performance of duty; requiring a law enforcement agency to adopt a policy consistent with the model policy developed by the Commission; and prohibiting a certain law enforcement officer from wearing a certain face covering while in the performance of duty in the State, except when actively engaged in an undercover operation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0310 | Delegate Kaufman | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Individuals With Developmental or Intellectual Disabilities | Support | Criminal Justice | Priority | Restrictive Housing - Disabilities | SB0268 | Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/15/2026 | Judiciary | 3/3/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Corrections | e5 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Authorizing an incarcerated individual to undergo a certain assessment at intake at a State correctional facility by a certain clinical professional; authorizing a certain clinical professional to make a certain recommendation about a certain incarcerated individual; and prohibiting a State correctional facility from putting a certain incarcerated individual in restrictive housing for more than 15 consecutive days in a 30-day time period unless the individual commits a certain prohibited act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0187 | Delegate Taylor | Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding | Support | Criminal Justice | Priority | Expungement -Terminated without Finding | SB0320 | Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Judiciary | 3/3/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Criminal Law - Procedures | e2 | 2026 Regular Session | x | Authorizing the expungement of a disposition under a certain provision of law if the disposition was included in a case that was disposed of by the court with a no finding designation or designated by the court as having been terminated without finding. |
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