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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 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing canceled (Economic Matters) | Environment and Transportation | HB0331 | Delegate Terrasa | Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program | Support | Climate Change | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Beverage Container Recycling Refund | SB0342 | Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing canceled (Economic Matters) | 1/19/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 2/11/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | Economic Matters | No | Environment | m3 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/9/2026 | 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 | Contact your Delegate on Committee | 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 | 2/9/2026 | 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 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0577 | Delegate Williams | Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Machine Gun Convertible Pistols | Support | Gun Violence | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Machine Gun Convertible Pistols | SB0334 | Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. | 1/28/2026 | Judiciary | 2/11/2026 | 2:00 p.m. | No | Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes | e1 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/9/2026 | 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 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0409 | Delegate Bartlett | Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction (Youth Charging Reform Act) | Support | Criminal Justice | Watch | Youth Charging Reform Act | SB0323 | Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/22/2026 | Judiciary | 2/12/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Juvenile Law | e3 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/10/2026 | x | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed any crime punishable by life imprisonment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. | Ways and Means | HB0484 | Delegate Ziegler | Corporate Income Tax - Addition Modification - Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising | Support | Health Care | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising | Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/23/2026 | Ways and Means | 2/12/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Taxes - Income | q3 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/10/2026 | x | Providing an addition modification under the corporate income tax for the amount of certain direct-to-consumer advertising expenses for certain covered drugs paid or incurred during the taxable year that are deducted under the Internal Revenue Code; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. | Government, Labor, and Elections | HB1018 | Delegate Stewart | Correctional Services - Immigration Detention Facilities - Minimum Mandatory Standards | Support | Immigration | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Detention Faciliites-Minimum Standards | Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. | 2/6/2026 | Government, Labor, and Elections | 2/12/2026 | 2:00 p.m. | No | Yes | Corrections | e5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/10/2026 | 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 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB0629 | Delegate Johnson, A. | Maryland Energy Administration - Study on Land-Based Wind Energy | Climate Change | Watch | Study on Land-Based Wind Energy | SB0429 | Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/30/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 2/17/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Energy and Climate | m5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/13/2026 | x | Requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to conduct a study on the potential for land-based wind energy generation in the State and the siting of land-based wind energy generating systems in the State; authorizing the Administration to use available funds in the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to conduct the study; and requiring by December 1, 2026, the Administration to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB0674 | Delegate Morgan, T. | Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation | Climate Change | Watch | Electricity - Costs and Benefits Analysis | SB0270 | Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/2/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 2/17/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/13/2026 | x | Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee by December 1, 2027. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0572 | Delegate Ruth | Attorney General Actions and Climate Crimes Accountability Fund (Climate Crimes Accountability Act) | Climate Change | Watch | Climate Crimes Accountability Act | SB0432 | Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/28/2026 | Judiciary | 2/17/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Energy and Climate | m5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/13/2026 | x | Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds certain entities accountable for tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; authorizing the Attorney General to hire outside counsel to assist with an action under the Act if the Attorney General makes a certain determination; establishing the Climate Crimes Accountability Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) | Finance | SB0389 | President | Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) | Climate Change | Watch | Transit-Oriented Development | HB0894 | Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) | 1/27/2026 | Finance | 2/17/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | No | Transportation - Generally | r2 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/13/2026 | 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 | Contact your Senator on Committee | 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 | 2/16/2026 | 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 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. | Health | HB0679 | Delegate Arikan | Health Occupations - Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy for Minors | Oppose | Health Care | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Hormone Therapy for Minors | Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. | 2/2/2026 | Health | 2/18/2026 | 1:30 p.m. | No | Health Occupations | j2 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/16/2026 | x | Prohibiting a licensed health care practitioner from prescribing, dispensing, or administering a cross-sex hormone or otherwise providing cross-sex hormone therapy for the treatment of a mental health diagnoses associated with gender nonconformity, including gender dysphoria, to an individual who is a minor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0270 | Senator Carozza | Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation | Climate Change | Watch | Electricity - Costs and Benefits Analysis | HB0674 | Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/19/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 2/19/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/17/2026 | x | Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee by December 1, 2027. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0341 | Senator Brooks | Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act) | Climate Change | Watch | Affordable Solar Act | HB0345 | Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/23/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 2/19/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/17/2026 | 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 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0429 | Senator Brooks | Maryland Energy Administration - Study on Land-Based Wind Energy | Climate Change | Watch | Study on Land-Based Wind Energy | HB0629 | Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/30/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 2/19/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Energy and Climate | m5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/17/2026 | x | Requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to conduct a study on the potential for land-based wind energy generation in the State and the siting of land-based wind energy generating systems in the State; authorizing the Administration to use available funds in the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to conduct the study; and requiring by December 1, 2026, the Administration to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0201 | Senator Brooks | Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies | Climate Change | Watch | Transmission Line Technologies | HB0040 | Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 2/19/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/17/2026 | 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 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Economic Matters | HB0711 | Delegate Charkoudian | Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) | Support | Immigration | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Data Privacy | SB0504 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/2/2026 | Economic Matters | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Commercial Law - Consumer Protection | i3 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/20/2026 | x | Prohibiting a certain controller from selling the personal data of a consumer to a purchaser who seeks to use the data for immigration enforcement; requiring a custodian of a public record to take reasonable steps to determine whether a public record is accessed for enforcing immigration law; requiring an entity that operates a certain message switching system to take certain actions regarding system access; requiring certain procedures of certain governmental entities to account for data containing sensitive attributes; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0386 | President | Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Energy Storage, and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund (Lower Bills and Local Power Act of 2026) | Climate Change | Watch | Lower Bills and Local Power Act | HB0897 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/27/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/20/2026 | x | Requiring an electric company, located in the State, that owns or operates a transmission line that is designed to carry a voltage in excess of 69,000 volts to participate as a member in a regional transmission organization under certain circumstances; requiring a person applying for a certain certificate of public convenience and necessity to include certain information with the application; requiring certain transmission utilities to submit a certain advanced transmission technology implementation report; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB0702 | Delegate Korman | Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Uses - Cooperative Housing Corporations and Condominiums (Co-Op and Condo Energy Refund Equity Act) | Climate Change | Watch | Co-Op and Condo Energy Refund Equity Act | SB0434 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/2/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/20/2026 | x | Altering the authorized uses of certain compliance fee revenue paid into the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund; and requiring certain funds in the Fund be used as refunds or credits to residential customers in fiscal year 2027. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB0897 | Speaker | Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Energy Storage, and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund (Lower Bills and Local Power Act of 2026) | Climate Change | Watch | Lower Bills and Local Power Act | SB0386 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/4/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/20/2026 | x | Requiring an electric company, located in the State, that owns or operates a transmission line that is designed to carry a voltage in excess of 69,000 volts to participate as a member in a regional transmission organization under certain circumstances; requiring a person applying for a certain certificate of public convenience and necessity to include certain information with the application; requiring certain transmission utilities to submit a certain advanced transmission technology implementation report; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0155 | Delegate Williams | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings | Support | Immigration | Contact your Delegate on Committee | 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 | 2/20/2026 | 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 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | Budget and Taxation | SB0059 | Senator Hettleman | Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026) | Support | Climate Change | Contact your Senator on Committee | Priority | Transportation and Climate Alignment | HB0437 | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Budget and Taxation | 2/25/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Transportation - Highways | r1 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/23/2026 | x | Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department, beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program, to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | Budget and Taxation | SB0434 | Senator Love | Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Uses - Cooperative Housing Corporations and Condominiums (Co-Op and Condo Energy Refund Equity Act) | Climate Change | Watch | Co-Op and Condo Energy Refund Equity Act | HB0702 | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/30/2026 | Budget and Taxation | 2/25/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/23/2026 | x | Altering the authorized uses of certain compliance fee revenue paid into the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund; and requiring certain funds in the Fund be used as refunds or credits to residential customers for electric service in fiscal year 2027. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0741 | Delegate Taylor | Firearms Dealers and Employees - Required Training and Exam | Support | Gun Violence | Watch | Firearms Dealers - Required Training | SB0692 | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/3/2026 | Judiciary | 2/25/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Public Safety | e4 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/23/2026 | x | Requiring the Secretary of State Police to approve a certain training course and offer a certain exam for certain individuals licensed as, applying to be licensed as, or employed by a State-regulated firearms dealer; requiring certain individuals to complete training and satisfactorily pass a certain exam described in the Act; requiring the Secretary to disapprove an application for a dealer's license under certain circumstances; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0921 | Delegate Moreno | Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations | Support | Criminal Justice | Watch | Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations | Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/5/2026 | Judiciary | 2/26/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Juvenile Law | e3 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/24/2026 | x | Limiting the circumstances under which an incarcerated minor may be involuntarily placed in restrictive housing; establishing that a minor may not be placed in restrictive housing solely for the purposes of discipline, punishment, administrative convenience, retaliation, or staff shortages; authorizing the Department of Juvenile Services to place a minor in restrictive housing at the minor's request; and specifying certain protocols for minors placed in restrictive housing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) | Economic Matters | HB0894 | Speaker | Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) | Climate Change | Watch | Transit-Oriented Development | SB0389 | Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) | 2/4/2026 | Economic Matters | 2/26/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | No | Transportation - Generally | r2 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/24/2026 | 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 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0781 | Senator Brooks | 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 Senator on Committee | Priority | CHERISH Our Communities Act 2 | Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/6/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 3/3/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Environment | m3 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/27/2026 | 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 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0310 | Delegate Kaufman | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Individuals With Developmental or Intellectual Disabilities | Support | Criminal Justice | Contact your Delegate on Committee | 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 | 2/27/2026 | 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 | Contact your Delegate on Committee | 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 | 2/27/2026 | 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 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. | Ways and Means | HB0197 | Delegate Mireku-North | Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act | Support | Gun Violence | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Community Safety Funding Act | SB0118 | Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Ways and Means | 3/5/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Taxes - Miscellaneous | q7 | 2026 Regular Session | 3/3/2026 | x | Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State and sales of firearms to residents of the State; requiring the Comptroller to distribute a portion of the tax revenues to the Maryland Violence Intervention Program, the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention, the Coordinated Community Supports Partnership, the Survivors of Homicide Victims Program, the Trauma Physician Services Fund, and the Cowley Shock Trauma Center; etc. |
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