Legislation Status Report
Friday March 27, 2026
| Bill | Fiscal Note | Details | Status | House Hearing | Senate Hearing | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 38 | Link | Financial Institutions - Licensing of Affiliated Insurance Producer-Mortgage Loan Originators - Alterations Queen Altering the licensing requirements for an affiliated insurance producer-mortgage loan originator; and requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to approve a certain financial institution that meets certain criteria or certain mortgage lenders that meet certain criteria to sponsor an affiliated insurance producer-mortgage loan originator if the mortgage lender is in good standing with the Commissioner and any other regulator to which it is subject and is in material compliance with applicable state and federal law. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m. (3/18) | Economic Matters Tue 2/3 1:30 PM | Finance Tue 3/24 1:00 PM | Monitor |
| HB 54 | Link | Task Force to Study Restructuring Maryland's Electric Utility Industry Allen Establishing the Task Force to Study Restructuring Maryland's Electric Utility Industry to study and make recommendations on restructuring the State's electric utility industry; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2027. | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (1/19) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/3 2:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 59 | Link | Real Property - Expedited Wrongful Detainer Proceedings - Property for Sale or Lease Addison Requiring certain expedited proceedings in a wrongful detainer action if the property that is the subject of the action is, at the time of the complaint, advertised or listed for sale or lease by the complainant and requiring that notice of a hearing or appeal be served in person or, under certain circumstances, posted conspicuously on the property; requiring the District Court or the circuit court to issue a warrant within 24 hours if the court rules in favor of the complainant in an expedited wrongful detainer action; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/9) | Economic Matters Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 78 (SB 457) | Link | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish Subclasses and Set Separate Rates for Land and Improvements to Land Stewart Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish subclasses of real property consisting of land and improvements to land and set separate real property tax rates for each subclass. | In the House - Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m. (1/26) | Ways and Means Tue 1/27 2:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 79 | Link | Climate Solutions Affordability Act of 2026 Chisholm Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain buildings, measuring and reporting direct emissions data to the Department of the Environment, achieving certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and achieving zero-emission vehicle goals relating to the State vehicle fleet and local school buses; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/4 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 80 | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Fee Disclosures Vogel Requiring a landlord to provide certain information to prospective tenants about fees imposed on tenants and prohibiting a landlord from imposing a mandatory fee that was not disclosed; applying the Act to a lease signed or renewed on or after October 1, 2026, and a landlord that offers four or more dwelling units for rent; and authorizing a tenant to file a claim against a landlord for a violation of the Act on or after February 1, 2027, and during the tenancy or up to 2 years after the tenancy expired. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20) | Economic Matters Thu 2/5 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Wed 3/25 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 |
| HB 90 (SB 224) | Link | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property Fair Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of certain commercial and industrial property and to set a special property tax rate for certain commercial and industrial property for the purpose of financing certain transportation improvements or the approved budget of the county board of education; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026; etc. | In the House - Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m. (1/26) | Ways and Means Tue 1/27 2:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 93 | Home Builders - Model Homes and Contracts for the Intent to Purchase a New Home - Requirements Crosby Requiring certain home builders that construct model homes to make certain information about the model home available to prospective home buyers in a certain manner; requiring a home builder to provide certain information about model home upgrades to a home buyer at the time of signing a certain contract; providing that a home buyer has a right to rescind a contract for the intent to purchase a new home for any reason within a certain period of time; etc. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/17) | Monitor | |||
| HB 99 | Link | Municipalities - Annexed Land - Land Use and Density Schindler Altering the restrictions on a municipality, for a period following an annexation of land, to authorize the development of certain annexed land for certain land uses or certain densities without obtaining the express approval of the county in which the municipality is located; and altering the authority of a municipality to authorize certain land uses or certain densities for certain annexed land with the express approval of the county in which the municipality is located. | In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/26) | Government, Labor, and Elections Thu 2/5 2:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 104 (SB 49) | Link | Unhoused Individuals - Rights and Affirmative Defense Mireku-North Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; establishing an affirmative defense of necessity to certain criminal charges relating to trespass or disturbing the peace; and repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy. | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) | Judiciary Tue 2/3 1:00 PM | Oppose 4 | |
| HB 120 | Link | Moratorium on Construction of New Data Centers - Co-Location and Generation Contingency Fisher Prohibiting a person from constructing a data center in the State; prohibiting a unit of State or local government from approving a proposal for the construction of a data center in the State; providing for the termination of the Act if the General Assembly enacts legislation regarding the co-location of data centers with a new or existing natural gas power generation facility, nuclear power generation facility, or small module reactor; applying the Act prospectively; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (1/19) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/3 2:00 PM | Oppose 2 | |
| HB 130 | Link | Task Force to Study Deed Fraud Ruff Prohibiting the intentional fraudulent sale, conveyance, or lease or attempted sale, conveyance, or lease of real property by a person who does not own the real property; prohibiting the acquisition, sale, or conveyance or the attempted acquisition, sale, or conveyance of real property by deception, intimidation, threat, or undue influence; establishing the Deed Fraud Prevention Grant Fund; and establishing the Task Force to Study Deed Fraud. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Judiciary Tue 2/3 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Fri 4/3 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 |
| HB 146 (SB 165) | Link | Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Implementation Dates Guyton Requiring a landlord of property that is served by an on-site wastewater system to ensure, on or before July 1, 2028, and before each new tenant occupies the property thereafter, that the system has been inspected and pumped out in a certain manner; requiring a delegated approval authority to approve, to the extent practicable, the repair or replacement of any failed components of a drain field of a failing on-site wastewater system; extending certain dates; etc. | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (2/23) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/4 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 153 (SB 12) | Link | Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning Requirement Lehman Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to residential rental units in apartment buildings with four or more individual dwelling units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2026, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2026, for residential rental units that undergo renovation that includes the replacement or substantial upgrade of electrical systems or heating systems; and applying the Act prospectively. | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/6) | Economic Matters Thu 2/5 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 168 | Link | Housing and Community Development - Affordable Housing - Educator Workforce Housing and Municipal Corporations Vogel Altering the eligible recipients of certain financial assistance and the housing innovation projects the Department of Housing and Community Development shall prioritize for certain financial assistance under the Housing Innovation Pilot Program; and altering the projects qualifying as eligible to provide services to a priority funding area under the Neighborhood and Community Assistance Program. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20) | Economic Matters Thu 2/5 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/31 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 200 | Link | Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure Lehman Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, publish, and maintain a real property flood risk disclosure statement form that includes certain information about a property's flood risk and history; and requiring, beginning July, 1, 2027, a vendor of certain residential real property to provide the purchaser with a completed real property flood risk disclosure statement form before entering into a contract for the sale of the property. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) (3/20) | Economic Matters Thu 2/5 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Wed 3/25 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 |
| HB 208 | Link | Courts - Evidence - Proof of Ownership of Real Property Griffith Establishing that certain documentation relating to real property may be used to establish a rebuttable presumption of ownership of the property in certain court proceedings. | In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) | Judiciary Wed 2/4 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 213 (SB 180) | Link | Evidence - Interception of Oral Communications - Fair Housing Testing Bartlett Providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept an oral communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a fair housing testing program operated by the federal government, the State, a local government, or a nonprofit civil rights organization under certain circumstances; and providing that the contents of an intercepted oral communication may be used only for the purpose of enforcing federal, State, or local fair housing laws. | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) | Judiciary Tue 2/24 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 220 (SB 130) | Link | Environment - Water - Individual Submeters Charkoudian Authorizing the installation of individual water submeters, used to determine the actual use of water, for each residential unit in an apartment house and mobile home parks; prohibiting the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house, or mobile home park, or a contractor hired by the owner, operator, or manager, from imposing certain costs on a unit; authorizing the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house or mobile home park to bill an occupant a certain amount under certain circumstances; etc. | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (2/23) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/4 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 239 (SB 36) | Link | Land Use - Zoning - Limitations (Starter and Silver Homes Act of 2026) Chair, Economic Matters Committee Prohibiting local jurisdictions from adopting or enforcing certain zoning provisions relating to lot size, dimensions, setback requirements, lot coverage, and design or architectural elements for certain single-family homes; prohibiting local jurisdictions from prohibiting certain housing types in certain zones; and prohibiting local jurisdictions from prohibiting certain subdivisions of certain lot types. | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/19) | Economic Matters Thu 2/12 1:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| HB 243 (SB 197) | Link | Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements Chair, Economic Matters Committee Altering the required elements of comprehensive and general plans for charter counties and other local jurisdictions; establishing requirements and guidelines for each element; and requiring certain State agencies to provide charter counties and other local jurisdictions with assistance and information relevant to the preparation of each element. | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/13) | Economic Matters Thu 2/12 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 247 | Link | Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Variances - Alterations Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee Altering certain standards and requirements for variances from land use requirements under the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/11 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/31 1:00 PM | Monitor |
| HB 250 (SB 108) | Link | Environment - Appropriation or Use of Water and Dam Safety - Enforcement Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee Authorizing the Department of the Environment to impose an administrative penalty for certain violations related to the appropriation or use of water and dam safety; repealing a certain limitation on the Department's authority to issue certain orders and send certain notices related to dam safety; requiring the Department to take certain actions before imposing certain civil or administrative penalties; etc. | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/19) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/4 1:00 PM | No Position | |
| HB 252 (SB 203) | Link | Environment - Lead Paint Abatement Services - Performance Bond and Liability Insurance Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee Authorizing regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment to include requirements for any person who is accredited by the Department to provide lead paint abatement services to be covered by a reasonable performance bond or reasonable liability insurance. | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/5) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/11 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 257 | Environment - Flood-Related Watershed Studies and Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee Requiring, by January 1, 2028, and every 5 years thereafter, and after consultation with local jurisdictions and State agencies, the Department of the Environment to designate priority watersheds for the purpose of requiring subdivisions to conduct flood-related watershed studies; requiring a subdivision that contains a designated priority watershed to conduct a watershed study and submit the study to the Department for review and approval; specifying the required contents of a flood-related watershed study required under the Act; etc. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/16) | No Position | |||
| HB 258 (SB 178) | Link | Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Standards and Procedures Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee Altering and updating the standards and procedures governing the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program related to the approval of regulations, local program comprehensive reviews, locational standards for growth allocation, correcting mapping mistakes, and tree replanting. | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/13) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/11 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 283 (SB 52) | Link | Property Insurance - Settlement of Claims and Notices Chair, Judiciary Committee Establishing the method for calculating the measure of the actual cash value recovery in the settlement of a first-party claim under a residential or commercial property insurance policy issued or renewed on or after October 1, 2026; and requiring an insurer that renews a policy of homeowner's insurance or renter's insurance to notify the insured, in advance of the renewal, of certain differences between the expiring policy and the renewal policy. | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) | Judiciary Tue 2/3 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 313 | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Housing - Rental Applications and Tenant Screening Stewart Requiring a landlord to provide certain written disclosures before accepting an application or screening fee; providing that a prospective tenant shall be allowed to dispute and provide evidence regarding certain information contained in a tenant screening report; establishing that a landlord is not liable for certain information included in a tenant screening report under certain circumstances; requiring a landlord to report certain information to a person that produces tenant screening reports; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) | Economic Matters Thu 2/5 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Oppose 5 |
| HB 315 (SB 335) | Link | Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Income-Based Housing Subsidies Stewart Providing that a certain landlord may not refuse to rent to a prospective tenant who pays rent with the assistance of an income-based housing subsidy under certain circumstances, subject to a certain exception; providing that a certain landlord may collect financial information from a prospective tenant under certain circumstances; and providing that a violation of the Act is a discriminatory housing practice and is subject to enforcement by the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights. | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/19) | Economic Matters Thu 2/5 1:00 PM | Oppose 5 | |
| HB 337 (SB 31) | Link | School Construction and Housing - School Zones and Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances Moon Requiring each county board of education to submit a student residency and school zones report to the Department of Planning and the Interagency Commission on School Construction on or before July 1 each year, beginning on July 1, 2026; prohibiting certain adequate public facilities ordinances from delaying the processing and completion of subdivision or site development plans; and authorizing certain adequate public facilities ordinances to delay the issuance of final permits. | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Appropriations Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 343 | Link | Housing Development Projects - Housing Counseling Services Rosenberg Requiring a recipient of certain funding from the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide information about certain housing counseling services that are available through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to certain prospective residents; and requiring the Governor to appropriate $90,000 in fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter for community development organizations to partner with certain housing counseling agencies providing housing counseling services. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m. (3/25) | Economic Matters Thu 2/5 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Tue 3/31 1:30 PM | Oppose 2 |
| HB 345 (SB 341) | Link | Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act) Charkoudian 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. | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/22) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/10 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 402 (SB 981) | Link | Common Ownership Communities - Oversight, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions Holmes Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain governing documents with the Department of Housing and Community Development, which the Department must use to create a publicly accessable database; and establishing requirements for a local common ownership commission established by the local government of a county. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Economic Matters Thu 2/12 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Support 3 |
| HB 420 (SB 242) | Link | Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act Rogers Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another jurisdiction; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing occupational or professional licensing processes to include former service members who have been discharged for more than 1 year before an application for a license, certificate, or registration is submitted. | In the House - Reassigned to Government, Labor, and Elections and Health (2/3) | Government, Labor, and Elections or Health Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 431 | Link | Real Property - Recordation and Printing of Subdivision Plats - Alterations Behler Updating certain provisions of law relating to the recordation of subdivision plats. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20) | Economic Matters Thu 2/5 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Thu 3/26 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 |
| HB 433 (SB 589) | Link | Business Regulation - Collection Agencies - Licensure Exemption for Property Managers Qi Exempting property managers who collect payment for rent, utilities, or fees from a residential tenant on behalf of a property owner, under certain circumstances, from the requirement to hold a license to do business as a collection agency from the State Collection Agency Licensing Board. | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:30 p.m. (2/6) | Economic Matters Wed 2/11 2:30 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 434 | Link | Residential Leases - Use of Algorithmic Device by Landlord to Determine Rent, Occupancy, and Lease Terms - Prohibition Palakovich Carr Prohibiting a landlord from using certain algorithmic devices to determine the amount of rent to charge for, occupancy levels of, and lease terms and conditions for a residential dwelling unit; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and applying the Act prospectively. | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | Economic Matters Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 | |
| HB 453 | Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment Rosenberg Establishing the Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund to provide grants to low-income unit owners of condominiums with insufficient reserve accounts to enable a low-income unit owner to pay increased assessments necessary for a condominium association to meet reserve account funding requirements; requiring that the Fund prioritize certain older adults; requiring the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish certain procedures, publicize the Fund and prioritize older owners; etc. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/17) | Support/Amend 2 | |||
| HB 469 (SB 747) | Link | Condominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage Holmes Requiring a certain condominium unit owner to obtain a condominium unit owner insurance policy or a substantially similar property insurance policy for the unit; requiring a certain insurance policy to include certain provisions; and authorizing a council of unit owners to acquire an insurance policy on behalf of a unit owner who does not maintain a certain required insurance policy and charge the insurance premium as an assessment to the unit owner. | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/28) | Economic Matters Thu 2/12 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 506 (SB 455) | Link | Economic Development - Transformational Project Financing Program - Establishment Qi Establishing the Transformational Project Financing Program in the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to designate certain development districts as State-supported development districts; authorizing a governing body of a political subdivision to apply to the Corporation for approval as a State-supported development district; requiring the Corporation to publish at least annually a summary of approved State-supported development districts; providing for the eligibility for and calculation of certain State revenue; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/3) | Economic Matters Tue 2/24 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 523 (SB 353) | Link | Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Commencement Restrictions D. Jones Establishing certain restrictions for the commencement of a foreclosure and an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property. | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/13) | Economic Matters Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 543 | Link | Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Family Child Care Homes Guyton Authorizing a landlord to impose an increased security deposit if a tenant operates or plans to operate a family child care home on the leased premises; prohibiting a landlord of certain residential rental property from prohibiting or unreasonably limiting the operation of a family child care home on the property; providing that landlords of certain residential rental property are immune from civil liability; authorizing a landlord to require a certain tenant to purchase a liability insurance policy; applying the Act prospectively; etc. | In the House - Laid Over (Delegate Hartman) Adopted (3/17) | Economic Matters Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 545 (SB 384) | Real Estate Brokers - Residential Real Estate Transactions - Transaction Brokers Qi Authorizing a licensed real estate broker, a licensed associate real estate broker, or a licensed real estate salesperson to establish nonagency relationships to act as a real estate transaction broker in a residential real estate transaction under certain circumstances; establishing the duties of a transaction broker in a transaction brokerage; requiring the State Real Estate Commission to develop a certain standard consent form for a transaction brokerage; etc. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/17) | ||||
| HB 548 (SB 325) | Link | Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act) Behler Requiring the approval of a housing development project application by a local regulatory authority or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be governed only by certain laws and regulations in effect at the time of submission of a substantially complete application; granting the proponent of an approved housing development project certain vested rights related to use and development for a certain time period; etc. | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/23) | Economic Matters Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| HB 556 | Link | Property Tax Credit - Utility Service Expenses for Dwellings (Maryland Family Utility Tax Relief Act) J. Long Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling of an individual who pays at least 25% of household net income for utility service expenses during the taxable year. | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) | Ways and Means Tue 2/10 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 557 | Link | Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process Harrison Providing that "department" does not include the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services for purposes of certain provisions prohibiting a department from refusing to issue an occupational license or certificate based on a certain conviction under certain circumstances; establishing a predetermination review process for occupational licenses and certificates in certain departments of State government; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of up to $100; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20) | Economic Matters Wed 2/18 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Wed 3/25 1:00 PM | Support 1 |
| HB 573 (SB 274) | Link | Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect Taveras Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt certain regulations related to affirmatively furthering fair housing; providing that certain discriminatory housing practices may be committed without intent; prohibiting a person from acting in a certain manner that has a discriminatory effect; and providing that certain conduct necessary to achieve certain nondiscriminatory interests does not constitute a certain violation. | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/13) | Economic Matters Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 576 (SB 425) | Link | State Archives - Record Services - Fees Griffith Authorizing the State Archives to establish certain fees relating to certain records by regulation. | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | Government, Labor, and Elections Tue 2/24 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 652 | Link | Property Tax - Homestead Property Tax Credit - First-Time Homebuyer R. Long Establishing the taxable assessment to be used for the calculation of the homestead property tax credit for first-time homebuyers in the State. | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | Ways and Means Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 674 (SB 270) | Link | Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation T. Morgan 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. | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 676 (SB 518) | Link | Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program - Establishment Spiegel Establishing the Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program within the Office of the Comptroller to establish a statewide network of financial empowerment centers in different regions of the State; requiring each center to provide one-on-one financial counseling and coaching services free of charge; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2028 and 2029 an appropriation to the Comptroller sufficient to cover the costs of the Pilot Program. | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | Ways and Means Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 691 | Link | State Government - Procedures - Permitting Efficiency for Housing Development Projects Lopez Requiring each unit in the Executive Branch of State government responsible for issuing a permit related to housing construction to adopt procedures to streamline certain permitting processes for housing projects; requiring the State Housing Ombudsman, to the extent feasible, to ensure consistency between certain permitting processes developed by different units; and authorizing the delegation of certain tasks related to the review or approval of permits related to housing construction to certain local governmental units. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20) | Economic Matters Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/31 1:00 PM | Support 3 |
| HB 702 (SB 434) | Link | Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Uses - Cooperative Housing Corporations and Condominiums (Co-Op and Condo Energy Refund Equity Act) Korman 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. | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/24 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 716 (SB 545) | Link | Land Surveyors and Property Line Surveyors - Private Property Access - Prohibition Pippy Prohibiting a land surveyor or a property line surveyor from conducting a survey on private property during deer firearms hunting season without written permission from the property owner. | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | Economic Matters Wed 2/18 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 765 (SB 82) | Link | Criminal Law - Counterfeiting and Possession of Counterfeit Lease of Real Property - Penalty Griffith Prohibiting a person with the intent to defraud another from creating, aiding in the creation of, or possessing a counterfeit lease or rental agreement. | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/23) | Judiciary Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 774 (SB 462) | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction) Wilkins Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Economic Matters Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Oppose 5 | |
| HB 778 | Link | Land Use - Middle Housing Options - Requirements Allen Establishing that certain local jurisdictions have an affirmative duty to create opportunities for housing by evaluating the suitability of vacant, unused, or underutilized commercial or industrial land for housing use; altering the requirements for the housing element of a certain comprehensive plan; requiring local jurisdictions to establish certain policies and adopt certain local laws to promote and encourage building middle housing units on certain land; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Economic Matters Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| HB 790 | Link | State Transfer Tax - Exemption for First-Time Home Buyers - Alterations R. Long Altering the exemption from the State transfer tax for instruments of writing that transfer improved residential real property to certain first-time home buyers. | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | Ways and Means Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 805 | Link | Building Homes Act Solomon Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on certain dwellings that are subject to a mortgage or deed of trust provided by a nonprofit entity and a certain covenant or agreement that ensures affordable pricing of the dwelling; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Ways and Means Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 810 (SB 168) | Link | Study to Evaluate Blockchain-Based Real Property Lease and Title Recordation and Verification Taylor Establishing the Blockchain-Based Real Property Title Pilot Program in the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to explore the use of blockchain technology for securely recording and verifying real property ownership and to assess its potential for use by law enforcement and courts in resolving real property disputes involving squatting. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Economic Matters Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Tue 3/31 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 847 | Link | Criminal Law - Fraud - Possession of Residential Real Property Conaway Prohibiting a person from possessing or claiming a right to possess residential real property the person does not lawfully possess or own with the intent to defraud another; authorizing the owner of certain residential real property to file a certain sworn affidavit and requiring a law enforcement officer to remove a certain person from residential real property under certain circumstances; and providing that the Act does not prohibit the owner of residential real property from filing a wrongful detainer action. | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | Judiciary Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Support 4 | |
| HB 850 | Link | Home Builders - Open House - Sales Representative Disclosure Requirements Bhandari Requiring a home builder holding a property open to the public to display in a conspicuous manner a certain notice to prospective buyers disclosing the duties of a home builder sales representative. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m. (3/18) | Economic Matters Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Finance Tue 3/24 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 |
| HB 853 | Link | Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers Holmes Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Maryland Department of Labor to oversee the licensing of community managers who provide management services for common ownership communities; providing that certain provisions of the Act do not prohibit certain persons from providing certain services under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to be issued a license by the Board before providing management services for a common ownership community under certain circumstances; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Economic Matters Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 858 | Link | Real Property - Wrongful Detainer Actions - Time of Hearing Conaway Altering from 10 business days to 14 calendar days the period of time during which a hearing must be held after the filing of a wrongful detainer action; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | Judiciary Wed 3/4 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 867 | Link | Real Property - Actions for Wrongful Detainer - Required Postings Conaway Providing that certain provisions of law pertaining to wrongful detainer actions do not apply unless certain property is posted conspicuously against trespass or loitering. | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | Judiciary Wed 3/4 1:00 PM | Oppose 4 | |
| HB 870 | Link | Environment - Permit Applications for New Buildings - Notice (Large Buildings for Tomorrow Act) Korman Requiring, beginning on July 1, 2026, a county or municipality to notify the Department of the Environment within 10 business days after a county or municipality accepts the permit application for a new building that has a proposed gross floor area of 35,000 square feet or more. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/25 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/31 1:00 PM | Staff Discretion |
| HB 894 (SB 389) | Link | Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) The Speaker 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. | In the Senate - First Reading Finance and Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/23) | Economic Matters Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Support 4 | |
| HB 900 | Link | Legislative Scholarship Programs - Eligibility and Use - Real Estate Appraisal Program Taylor Exempting an applicant for a senatorial scholarship from certain examination requirements if the applicant is registered for or is planning to complete the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria of the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Program; and authorizing the use of senatorial and Delegate scholarships for applicants who plan to complete the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria of the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Program for expenses to register for the Program. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20) | Appropriations Tue 3/10 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Wed 4/1 1:00 PM | Support 3 |
| HB 916 (SB 674) | Link | Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities Spiegel Establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain transportation plans; establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation funds as special, nonlapsing funds; imposing certain transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/10) | Environment and Transportation Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Oppose 4 | |
| HB 920 (SB 811) | Link | Real Property - New Home Sales - Entry of Final Sale Price in Multiple Listing Service Taylor Requiring a developer, builder, broker, or real estate agent to enter the final sale price of a new home into a multiple listing service or similarly accessible database within 30 days after the sale. | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Economic Matters Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 943 (SB 592) | Link | State Board of Education - Financial Literacy - Graduation Requirement Forbes Requiring the State Board of Education to establish a certain graduation requirement in financial literacy; requiring students, beginning with the 2030 graduating class, to successfully complete a certain personal financial literacy course; and requiring county boards, upon successful completion of the course, to award certain credit to students and to allow students to fulfill certain remaining credit requirements through certain existing courses. | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | Ways and Means Wed 2/25 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 956 | Link | Condominiums - Buildings More Than 40 Years Old - Study Rosenberg Requiring the Department of Housing and Community and Development to conduct a study on buildings in the State that are more than 40 years old and contain a condominium; and requiring the Department to report its findings to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2026. | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/19) | Economic Matters Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 958 | Link | Natural Gas - Connection and Line Extension - Discounts and Payment Plans Buckel Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from adopting or enforcing a regulation or order that prohibits a public service company from offering a discount or payment plan for the connection or extension of a natural gas line to a customer's property. | In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:30 p.m. (2/26) | Environment and Transportation Fri 2/27 1:30 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 983 | Link | State Tax Credits, Modifications, and Exemptions - Alterations and Repeal Palakovich Carr Altering the Enterprise Zone Program; altering and repealing certain credits, exemptions, and deductions to the State income, motor fuel, sales and use, tobacco, and property taxes; providing an addition modification under the Maryland income tax for the entire amount of certain deductions under the Internal Revenue Code for dividends paid for real estate investment trusts; requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the film production activity tax credit and submit a certain report on or before December 1, 2026; etc. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/13) | Oppose 3 | ||
| HB 988 | Link | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Repeal Hartman Repealing certain provisions of law establishing and governing building energy performance standards. | In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:30 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/26) | Environment and Transportation Fri 2/27 1:30 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 993 (SB 666) | Link | Real Property - Short-Term Rentals Valderrama Prohibiting the governing body of a county or municipality from enacting a local law or ordinance prohibiting the offering of certain residential property as a short-term rental by an operator solely because the operator is a lessee or sublessee of the property; authorizing the governing body of a county or municipality to enact a local law or ordinance prohibiting the operator of a short-term rental who is a lessee or sublessee of the property from operating more than one short-term rental within the county or municipality; etc. | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/19) | Economic Matters Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Support 4 | |
| HB 1009 (SB 725) | Link | Transfer of Real Property - Recordation Certification and State Transfer Tax (Land Transfer Accountability Act) Korman Prohibiting a clerk of the circuit court from recording an instrument that effects a change of ownership of real property from the United States to another person unless the instrument is accompanied by a Certificate of Compliance; requiring the Office of the Attorney General and the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to review certain changes of ownership of real property and issue a Certificate of Compliance following a determination of legal compliance; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Economic Matters Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 1029 (SB 691) | Link | Real Property - Termination of Residential Real Estate Contracts - Contingency Clauses Roberts Altering the definition of "contingency clause" as the term applies to the circumstances under which a residential real estate contract may be terminated by a purchaser; and altering the time period from 30 days to 5 days, within which a holder of trust money must distribute trust money to a purchaser. | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/23) | Economic Matters Thu 3/5 1:30 PM | Support 5 | |
| HB 1073 | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act) Lewis Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlord to consider certain criminal history information prior to extending a conditional offer to a prospective tenant and requiring the landlord to consider certain information provided by a prospective tenant relating to a criminal history records check; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m. (3/3) | Economic Matters Thu 3/5 1:30 PM | Oppose 4 | |
| HB 1088 (SB 735) | Link | Property Tax - Petition to Review Value of Commercial Real Property Spiegel Authorizing a county or a municipal corporation to submit a certain petition for review to appeal the value of commercial real property located in the county or municipal corporation that is sold to a new owner if the total sales price of the property is 20% or more than the total sales price when the property was previously sold. | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | Ways and Means Tue 2/24 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 1098 (SB 939) | Link | Courts - Exemptions From Execution on Judgments - Residential Real Property Stewart 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. | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/23) | Economic Matters Thu 3/5 1:30 PM | Support 1 | |
| HB 1120 (SB 418) | Link | Professional Licensing Portability - Members of the Foreign Service and Spouses Rogers Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another jurisdiction. | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Finance (3/23) | Economic Matters Wed 3/4 1:30 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 1132 | Link | Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Resale Contracts - Notice Requirements (Keeping Affordable Housing Affordable Act) Terrasa Altering the deadline by which certain required notices in certain retail contracts shall be provided to a purchaser; requiring the seller in a certain retail contract to provide notice of certain changes in mandatory fees and payments and other required disclosures; altering certain fees a council of unit owners or a homeowners association or its agent may charge for providing certain disclosures; and altering the time period within which a purchaser may cancel a certain contract. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Economic Matters Thu 3/5 1:30 PM | Judicial Proceedings Fri 4/3 1:00 PM | Support 5 |
| HB 1137 (SB 829) | Link | Residential-in-Commercial-Zone Laws - Study (Bring Back Main Street Act) Allen Requiring certain counties to allow multifamily developments and mixed-use developments as a permitted use on certain parcels or lots; prohibiting certain counties from imposing certain restrictions, requirements, or limitations on permitted developments; authorizing certain counties to require a permitted development to have a certain percentage of available floor space dedicated to retail uses and to include on-site parking; etc. | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/23) | Economic Matters Thu 3/5 1:30 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 1175 | Link | Land Use - Residential Housing - Oversight, Regulation, and Taxation (Building Affordably in My Back Yard Act) Allen Establishing certain policies and processes to facilitate the development of residential housing in the State; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the Department of Housing and Community Development; authorizing a local jurisdiction to establish an administrative process to review, approve, modify, or deny certain housing development project applications; etc. | In the House - Hearing canceled (Economic Matters) (3/5) | Oppose 5 | ||
| HB 1188 | Link | Excess Ownership of Single-Family Residences Excise Tax (End Hedge Fund Control of Maryland Homes Act of 2026) Boafo Imposing an excise tax on the acquisition and excess ownership of certain single-family residences in the State by certain entities; providing for the calculation, collection, and distribution of the excise tax; establishing the Down Payment and Settlement Expense Loan Program Fund, which may be used only to provide financing for down payment and settlement expenses to enable eligible homebuyers to purchase homes; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Ways and Means Thu 3/5 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 1201 | Link | Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Reserve Studies - Exemptions Wivell Exempting condominiums for which the council of unit owners votes to fund repairs to the common elements through a special assessment by an affirmative vote of 80% of certain unit owners and certain homeowners associations from provisions of law pertaining to reserve studies. | In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (2/18) | Economic Matters Fri 3/13 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 1210 (SB 584) | Link | Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Transmission Lines - Notice to Landowners Tomlinson 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. | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 1211 (SB 633) | Link | Condominiums - Unit Owner Responsibility for Damage or Destruction Tomlinson Providing that a certain unit owner is responsible for the full cost of repair, replacement, and, under certain circumstances, restoration of certain portions of a condominium if the cause of the damage to or destruction of the portion originates from the owner's unit. | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m. (3/3) | Economic Matters Thu 3/5 1:30 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 1213 | Link | State Transfer Tax - Rate - Alterations (Housing Affordability for Buyers and Sellers) Ruth Altering the State transfer tax rate and applying the Act to instruments of writing recorded on or after July 1, 2026. | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | Ways and Means Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Oppose 5 | |
| HB 1217 (SB 479) | Link | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards and Energy Use Intensity Targets - Exemptions Wivell Exempting a covered building that received a use and occupancy permit before June 1, 2022, from compliance with certain building energy performance standards and energy use intensity targets until it becomes necessary to replace lighting systems, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, or other major components of the covered building due to failure of those components, or as a result of the end of life of those components. | In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Environment and Transportation Wed 3/11 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 1218 (SB 941) | Link | Safe and Healthy Homes for All Act Wilkins Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Landlord and Tenant Affairs in consultation with the Attorney General to develop a plan to identify severe health and safety risk properties in the State and take related actions; and requiring the Department to submit the plan and certain recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before August 31, 2027. | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/23) | Economic Matters Thu 3/5 1:30 PM | Oppose 2 | |
| HB 1219 (SB 739) | Link | Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management - Study Fraser-Hidalgo Requiring the University System of Maryland to conduct a study to evaluate the relationship between climate change, homeowner's insurance, and emergency and disaster preparedness; requiring the University, by January 1, 2027, to submit its report to the General Assembly addressing the current state of the National Flood Insurance Program and the private flood insurance market, recommendations on the how the State can incentivize residents to invest in home protection from extreme weather events, and other recommendations; etc. | In the Senate - First Reading Finance (3/23) | Environment and Transportation Wed 3/4 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 1221 (SB 624) | Link | Public Safety - Short-Term Rental Units - Safety (Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Safety Act) Foley Requiring certain short-term rental units to post certain evacuation diagrams and certain emergency telephone numbers in the unit and to provide certain fire extinguishers and smoke alarms in the unit; requiring a certain short-term rental host to replace a smoke alarm under certain circumstances; requiring certain booking services to notify certain short-term rental hosts about certain fire safety requirements; etc. | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/23) | Economic Matters Thu 3/5 1:30 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 1224 | Link | Property Taxes - Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property - Charter County Tax Limitation PG 408-26 Prince George's County Delegation Authorizing the governing body of a charter county to set a special property tax rate on certain vacant and abandoned property that exceeds any limit in the county charter on the property tax rate or property tax revenues; and authorizing the governing body of a charter county to distribute to the general fund of the county the property tax revenue attributable to the special rate on certain vacant and abandoned property that exceeds any limit in the county charter on the property tax rate or property tax revenues. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m. (3/25) | Ways and Means Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Tue 3/31 1:30 PM | Oppose 3 |
| HB 1236 | Link | Real Property - Prohibition on Restrictions of Accessory Dwelling Units - Historic District Exemption Wivell Exempting from a prohibition on restrictions on use for accessory dwelling units certain property located within a district designated to be of historic significance. | In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (2/18) | Economic Matters Fri 3/13 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 1244 (SB 630) | Link | Overhead Transmission Lines and Eminent Domain - Property Value - Damages Rose Authorizing the owner of property used for residential purposes to bring an action to recover damages incurred as a result of the value of the property being diminished from the use of eminent domain to take property and construct an overhead transmission line within 300 feet of the property owner's residence; and requiring that reasonable fees be awarded to counsel for the defendant in a condemnation proceeding and the costs be charged against the plaintiff under certain circumstances. | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/12) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 1260 | Link | Common Ownership Communities - Online Publication of Resale Disclosures Feldmark Requiring the governing body of a certain common ownership community or the management agent of a certain homeowners association to maintain certain information about the common ownership community on its website in a downloadable format and at no cost; and altering the fees that certain common ownership communities may charge for information relating to an individual unit or lot. | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m. (3/3) | Economic Matters Thu 3/5 1:30 PM | Support 5 | |
| HB 1269 (SB 615) | Common Ownership Communities - Reserve Accounts and Reserve Studies - Alterations Bhandari Requiring the governing bodies of certain cooperative housing corporations, condominiums, or homeowners associations to adopt an annual budget that includes certain calculations for the cost to repair or replace capital components that are the responsibility of the common ownership community; providing that a certain portion of the members of a common ownership community may determine the community and its members are facing a financial hardship or that a determination of financial hardship may be extended; etc. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/3) | Support 2 | |||
| HB 1273 | Link | Maryland Homeowner Protection and Homestead Tax Credit Portability Act of 2026 Miller 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. | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Ways and Means Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 1299 (SB 817) | Link | Real Property - Residential Sales - Communications During Appraisal Process Taylor Requiring an appraiser to provide a certain notice to certain parties to a residential real property appraisal under certain circumstances; authorizing certain persons to submit certain additional data to an appraiser before an appraisal is finalized for a certain purpose; and requiring an appraiser to include certain information in an addendum to a certain report. | In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | Economic Matters Fri 3/6 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 1308 | Link | Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Eligibility and Calculation - Alterations Hornberger Altering the calculation of the homeowners' property tax credit and altering certain limitations on eligibility for the credit relating to a homeowner's net worth and combined gross income. | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Ways and Means Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 1330 | Link | Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Year-Round Application Hornberger Altering, beginning in taxable year 2027, the homeowners' property tax credit application cycle to be year-round for each taxable year; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2027. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/01 at 1:15 p.m. (3/25) | Ways and Means Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 4/1 1:15 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 1398 | Link | State Transfer Tax - Temporary Suspension Nawrocki Suspending the imposition of the State transfer tax from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2029. | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | Ways and Means Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 1427 | Link | Property Tax Credits - Renters' Tax Credit, Homeowners' Tax Credit, and Homestead Tax Credit - Altering Eligibility and Amount Ruth Altering eligibility for the renters' tax credit; altering the calculation of and the maximum amount of the renters' tax credit for certain taxable years; altering the eligibility for and the calculation of the homeowners' tax credit for certain taxable years; making homeowners with a federal adjusted gross income greater than $300,000 ineligible for the homestead property tax credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2027. | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | Ways and Means Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 1436 | Link | Office of the Attorney General - Federal- and State-Assisted Housing Programs - Grievance Process Buckel Requiring the Office of the Attorney General to investigate certain grievances and mediate certain resolutions between the clients and providers of certain federal- and State-assisted housing programs; establishing procedures for the filing, review, and investigation of certain grievances; requiring the Office to inform a grievant of certain legal services and provide assistance to certain legal service providers in relationship to a grievance; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | Economic Matters Thu 3/12 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 | |
| HB 1439 | Link | Real Property - Partition of Property - Liens and Purchase Price Adjustments Reilly Requiring a party to a partition action to timely notify the court of the type and amount of each outstanding lien on the property if the plaintiff does not procure a title report; altering the calculation of the purchase price for the interest of a cotenant by subtracting the amount of outstanding liens owed on the property from the value of the entire parcel; requiring the court to adjust the purchase price for the interest of a cotenant based on certain costs and income from the property; and applying the Act prospectively. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Economic Matters Thu 3/12 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Fri 4/3 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 1456 | Link | Consumer Protection - Residential Property Advertisement - Ownership Verification Embry Prohibiting a commercial entity from publishing or advertising information on certain residential property unless the commercial entity verifies that the person offering the property is the property's legal owner or the agent of the legal owner or is exercising a legal remedy to sell the residential property under State law; requiring the commercial entity to maintain the verification for at least 3 years; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Economic Matters Tue 3/10 1:00 PM | Finance Wed 4/1 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 |
| HB 1460 | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Investor-Owned Single-Family Rental Property - Landlord Requirements Taveras Prohibiting a landlord of an investor-owned single-family rental property from charging a tenant more than a certain amount in rent, utilities, and additional mandatory fees; requiring a landlord to disclose the fair market rent, last sale price of a home, and the maximum allowable rent to a tenant or prospective tenant; authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development or the Office of the Attorney General to impose certain penalties under certain circumstances; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | Economic Matters Thu 3/12 1:00 PM | Oppose 5 | |
| HB 1466 | Link | Department of Housing and Community Development - Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Qualified Properties Wims Expanding the definition of a qualified property for purposes of the Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20) | Economic Matters Thu 3/12 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/31 1:00 PM | Monitor |
| HB 1472 (SB 779) | Link | Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2026 Qi Exempting from certain requirements relating to the offering of health benefit plans to small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization located in the State; and requiring professional employer organizations that enter into agreements with small employers to provide health benefit plans to disclose certain information in writing. | In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 2:30 p.m. (3/19) | Health Thu 3/19 2:30 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 1475 | Link | Consumer Protection - Dynamic Pricing Disclosure and Prohibition on Rent-Setting The Speaker 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. | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | Economic Matters Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 | |
| HB 1506 | Link | Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - New Owner Fees - Limitations Ross Limiting the amount that a condominium or homeowners association may charge a new unit or lot owner, other than an initial unit or lot owner, as an initial capital contribution or similar fee paid by the new owner at closing to be not more than the amount of monthly assessments paid by an existing unit or lot owner at the time of the closing. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Economic Matters Thu 3/12 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Fri 4/3 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 |
| HB 1517 | Link | Land Use - Qualified Project - Retaliatory Downzoning Behler Establishing that a "qualified project" is a certain residential project that has been subject to retaliatory downzoning; requiring a local jurisdiction to allow the density of a certain qualified project to exceed the density otherwise authorized; and permitting a certain qualified project to consist of certain types of developments with certain density limits under certain circumstances. | In the House - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | Economic Matters Thu 3/12 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 1518 | Link | Property Tax Assessments - 5-Year Assessment Cycle Buckel Altering the triennial assessment cycle for real property for property tax purposes to a 5-year cycle. | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | Ways and Means Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 1538 | Link | Land Use - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions (Maryland Generational Housing Act of 2026) Miller Requiring a certain local law to authorize development of at least one internal accessory dwelling unit and one external accessory dwelling unit on certain land notwithstanding a certain density limit; limiting the imposition of off-street parking requirements to certain accessory dwelling units; prohibiting a utility provider from charging a certain property owner certain fees; authorizing a certain accessory dwelling unit to share certain utility meters and service laterals with a primary single-family detached dwelling unit; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | Economic Matters Fri 3/13 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 1547 (SB 873) | Environment - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Modified Risk Reduction Standard Rosenberg Altering the conditions under which an owner of affected property is required to satisfy the modified risk reduction standard under the Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing law by repealing a requirement that an environmental investigation conclude that there is a defect at the affected property. | In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | Economic Matters Fri 3/13 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | ||
| HB 1548 | Link | Real Property - Residential Lease - Terminology Stinnett Replacing the term "landlord" with "residential housing provider" and "tenant" with "resident" in the context of residential leases. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/19) | Economic Matters Fri 3/13 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 | |
| HB 1549 (SB 872) | Link | Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Rental Dwelling Unit - Definition Rosenberg Altering the definition of "rental dwelling unit" for purposes of provisions of law governing the reduction of lead risk in housing. | In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | Economic Matters Fri 3/13 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 1550 | Link | Eminent Domain and Condemnation Authority - Repeal (Property Rights Protection Act) Grammer Repealing the authority of the State to engage in eminent domain; and repealing certain provisions of law relating to the State's eminent domain and condemnation authority. | In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | Economic Matters Fri 3/13 1:00 PM | Oppose 1 | |
| HB 1600 (SB 919) | Homeowners Associations - Reserve Funding, Meeting Notices, Voting, and Records Fair Requiring that books and records kept by or on behalf of certain homeowners associations be posted online; clarifying that a governing body of a homeowners association may secure a line of credit or loan to fund reserves; requiring that certain homeowners associations provide notice of a meeting by electronic transmission 14 days prior to the meeting; etc. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/16) | Support 2 | |||
| HB 1615 (SB 576) | Cooperative Housing Corporations and Condominiums - Emergency Use of Reserve Funds Bhandari Providing that reserve funds of a cooperative housing corporation or condominium may be used for purposes other than those specified in the funding plan in an emergency and if the use of funds is approved by an affirmative vote of the members or unit owners having at least two-thirds of the votes in the cooperative housing corporation or the council of unit owners, respectively. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/19) | Support/Amend 2 | |||
| HB 1618 | Department of the Environment - Procedures for Permitting Efficiency - Requirements Qi Requiring the Department of the Environment, in coordination with the Department of Commerce, to adopt procedures on or before October 1, 2027, to streamline the permitting process for certain entities and certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to issue a determination on a certain application within 60 days after receipt of the application; etc. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/20) | Staff Discretion | |||
| SB 12 (HB 153) | Link | Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning Requirement West Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to residential rental units in apartment buildings with 10 or more individual dwelling units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2026, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2026, for residential rental units that undergo renovation that includes the replacement or substantial upgrade of electrical systems or heating systems; and applying the Act prospectively. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 1/20 1:00 PM | Monitor |
| SB 31 (HB 337) | Link | School Construction and Housing - School Zones and Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances Lam Requiring each county board of education to submit a student residency and school zones report to the Department of Planning and the Interagency Commission on School Construction by July 1 each year, beginning on July 1, 2026; requiring a county board to consult with certain municipalities and incorporate certain data when developing an education facilities master plan; providing that adequate public facilities ordinances may not delay the processing and completion of site development plans, but may delay construction starts; etc. | In the House - Hearing 4/08 at 1:00 p.m. (3/26) | Appropriations Wed 4/8 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Support 3 |
| SB 36 (HB 239) | Link | Land Use - Zoning - Limitations (Starter and Silver Homes Act of 2026) Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee Prohibiting local jurisdictions from adopting or enforcing certain zoning provisions relating to lot size, dimensions, setback requirements, lot coverage, and design or architectural elements for certain single-family homes with certain exceptions; prohibiting local jurisdictions from prohibiting certain housing types in certain zones; and prohibiting local jurisdictions from prohibiting certain subdivisions of certain lot types. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| SB 49 (HB 104) | Link | Unhoused Individuals - Rights and Affirmative Defense Muse Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; stating it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Courts liberally construe the Act to maximize the protections afforded by it to unhoused individuals in the State; establishing an affirmative defense of necessity to certain criminal charges relating to trespass or disturbing the peace; and repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy. | In the Senate - Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m. (1/13) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 1/27 1:00 PM | Oppose 4 | |
| SB 52 (HB 283) | Link | Property Insurance - Settlement of Claims and Notices Chair, Finance Committee Establishing the method for calculating the measure of the actual cash value recovery in the settlement of a first-party claim under a residential or commercial property insurance policy issued or renewed on or after October 1, 2026; and requiring an insurer that renews a policy of homeowner's insurance or renter's insurance to notify the insured, in advance of the renewal, of certain differences between the expiring policy and the renewal policy. | In the Senate - Hearing 1/28 at 2:00 p.m. (1/19) | Finance Wed 1/28 2:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| SB 82 (HB 765) | Link | Criminal Law - Counterfeiting and Possession of Counterfeit Lease of Real Property - Penalty Watson Prohibiting a person with the intent to defraud another from creating, aiding in the creation of, or possessing a counterfeit lease of real property or rental agreement relating to real property; etc. | In the House - First Reading Judiciary (2/20) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 1/27 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| SB 108 (HB 250) | Link | Environment - Water Resources and Wetlands - Enforcement Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee Authorizing the Department of the Environment to impose an administrative penalty for certain violations related to water use and dam safety; repealing a certain limitation on the Department's authority to issue certain orders and notices related to dam safety; authorizing the Department to impose a penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation, not to exceed $100,000, for certain violations related to wetlands construction, modification, or development; requiring the Department to take certain actions before imposing any penalties; etc. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Environment and Transportation Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/3 1:00 PM | No Position |
| SB 130 (HB 220) | Link | Environment - Water - Individual Submeters Henson Authorizing the installation of individual unit meters, used to determine the actual use of water, for certain apartment houses and dwelling units; prohibiting the owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house, or a contractor hired by the owner, operator, or manager, from imposing certain costs on a unit; requiring each individual unit meter to include a leak detection monitor; requiring the maintenance of adequate records regarding individual unit meters; etc. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Environment and Transportation Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/3 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 |
| SB 165 (HB 146) | Link | Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Implementation Dates Brooks Requiring a landlord of property that is served by an on-site wastewater system to ensure, on or before July 1, 2028, and before each new tenant occupies the property thereafter, that the system has been inspected and pumped out in a certain manner; requiring a landlord or an owner of property to notify a certain delegated approval authority that an on-site sewage disposal system is failing and when the system is fixed, under certain circumstances; extending certain dates; etc. | In the Senate - Recommitted to Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senator Feldman) (3/23) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/3 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| SB 168 (HB 810) | Link | Study to Evaluate Blockchain-Based Real Property Title Recordation and Verification Watson Establishing the Blockchain-Based Real Property Title Pilot Program in the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to explore the use of blockchain technology for securely recording and verifying real property ownership and to assess its potential for use by law enforcement and courts in resolving real property disputes involving squatting. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 1/21 10:00 AM | Support 2 |
| SB 178 (HB 258) | Link | Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Standards and Procedures Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee Altering and updating the standards and procedures governing the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program related to the approval of regulations, local program comprehensive reviews, locational standards for growth allocation, correcting mapping mistakes, and tree replanting. | In the Senate - Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 1/27 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 180 (HB 213) | Link | Evidence - Interception of Oral Communications - Fair Housing Testing Sydnor Providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept an oral communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a fair housing testing program operated by the federal government, the State, a local government, or a nonprofit civil rights organization under certain circumstances; and providing that the contents of an intercepted oral communication may be used only for the purpose of enforcing federal, State, or local fair housing laws. | In the House - First Reading Judiciary (3/21) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 1/22 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 197 (HB 243) | Link | Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee Altering the required elements of comprehensive and general plans for charter counties and other local jurisdictions; establishing requirements and guidelines for each element; and requiring certain State agencies to provide charter counties and other local jurisdictions with assistance and information relevant to the preparation of each element. | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (3/6) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Wed 1/21 11:00 AM | Monitor | |
| SB 203 (HB 252) | Link | Environment - Lead Paint Abatement Services - Performance Bond and Liability Insurance Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee Authorizing regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment to include requirements for any person who is accredited by the Department to provide lead paint abatement services to be covered by a reasonable performance bond or reasonable liability insurance. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Environment and Transportation Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/3 1:00 PM | Monitor |
| SB 211 | Link | Maryland Estate Tax - Repeal Folden Repealing the Maryland estate tax; and applying the Act to decedents dying after June 30, 2026. | In the Senate - Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m. (1/15) | Budget and Taxation Wed 1/21 10:00 AM | Support 4 | |
| SB 224 (HB 90) | Link | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property Lewis Young Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of certain commercial and industrial property and to set a special property tax rate for certain commercial and industrial property for the purpose of financing certain transportation improvements or the approved budget of the county board of education; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m. (1/15) | Budget and Taxation Wed 1/21 10:00 AM | Oppose 3 | |
| SB 242 (HB 420) | Link | Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act Simonaire Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another jurisdiction; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing occupational or professional licensing processes to include former service members who have been discharged for more than 1 year before an application for a license, certificate, or registration is submitted. | In the House - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections) (3/26) | Government, Labor, and Elections Tue 3/31 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/12 2:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 |
| SB 267 | Link | Land Use - Residential Housing - Oversight and Approval (Building Affordably in My Back Yard Act) Brooks Establishing certain policies and processes to facilitate the development of residential housing in the State; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the Department of Housing and Community Development; authorizing a local jurisdiction to establish an administrative process to review, approve, modify, or deny certain housing development project applications; requiring the Governor to establish certain housing production targets at certain intervals; etc. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/21) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Oppose 5 |
| SB 270 (HB 674) | Link | Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation Carozza 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. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Environment and Transportation Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 274 (HB 573) | Link | Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations and Discriminatory Effect Sydnor Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt certain regulations related to affirmatively furthering fair housing; prohibiting a person from acting in a certain manner that has a discriminatory effect; and providing that certain conduct necessary to achieve certain nondiscriminatory interests does not constitute a certain violation. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 2/3 2:00 PM | Support 3 |
| SB 325 (HB 548) | Link | Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act) Augustine Requiring the approval of a housing development project application by a local regulatory authority or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be governed only by certain laws and regulations in effect at the time of submission of a complete application; granting the proponent of an approved housing development project certain vested rights related to use and development for the longer of 5 years or a period determined by the local regulatory authority or the Commission; etc. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Support 5 |
| SB 332 | Link | Condominiums - Property Insurance Deductibles - Unit Owner Responsibility Kramer Increasing, from $10,000 to $25,000, the maximum amount of the council of unit owners' property insurance deductible for which a unit owner is responsible if the cause of damage to or destruction of any portion of the condominium originates from the unit owner's unit; and providing that a contract for the resale of a condominium unit by a unit owner other than the developer is not enforceable unless it contains a written notice of the unit owner's responsibility for the amount of the deductible where damage originates from the unit. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (1/28) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 2/3 2:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 335 (HB 315) | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Discrimination in Housing for Income-Based Housing Subsidies and Positive Rental History Reporting Love Providing that a certain landlord may not refuse to rent to a prospective tenant who pays rent with the assistance of an income-based housing subsidy under certain circumstances; providing that a violation of the Act is a discriminatory housing practice and is subject to enforcement by the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights; and requiring that a certain landlord of residential real property offer a certain tenant the option of having positive rental payment history reported to a certain consumer reporting agency. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/26) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 2/10 1:00 PM | Oppose 5 |
| SB 341 (HB 345) | Link | Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act) Brooks 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. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 353 (HB 523) | Link | Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Commencement Restrictions Charles Establishing certain restrictions for the commencement of a foreclosure and an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (1/28) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 2/3 2:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 384 (HB 545) | Real Estate Brokers - Residential Real Estate Transactions - Transaction Brokers Watson Authorizing a licensed real estate broker, a licensed associate real estate broker, or a licensed real estate salesperson to establish nonagency relationships to act as a real estate transaction broker in a residential real estate transaction under certain circumstances; establishing the duties of a transaction broker in a transaction brokerage; requiring the State Real Estate Commission to develop a certain standard consent form for a transaction brokerage; etc. | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/9) | ||||
| SB 389 (HB 894) | Link | Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) The President Providing for the automatic designation of certain transit-oriented developments as enterprise zones, subject to certain conditions; requiring the Maryland Economic 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 certain development impact fees; etc. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (3/24) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Finance Tue 2/17 1:00 PM | Support 4 |
| SB 418 (HB 1120) | Link | Professional Licensing Portability - Members of the Foreign Service and Spouses Simonaire Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, for the duration of the assignment or detail, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state under certain circumstances. | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters and Health (3/13) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 425 (HB 576) | Link | State Archives - Record Services - Fees Jennings Authorizing the State Archives to establish by regulation reasonable fees relating to the care and preservation of records and other services provided by the Archives. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | Budget and Taxation Wed 2/18 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| SB 434 (HB 702) | Link | Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Uses - Cooperative Housing Corporations and Condominiums (Co-Op and Condo Energy Refund Equity Act) Love 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. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | Budget and Taxation Wed 2/25 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 451 | Link | Eminent Domain - Just Compensation - Fees and Costs Ready Establishing that damages to be awarded for the taking of land in a condemnation proceeding include, in addition to the fair market value of the land taken, any legal, expert, or other fees or costs of the action incurred by a defendant. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 2/10 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 455 (HB 506) | Link | Economic Development - Transformational Project Financing Program - Establishment Rosapepe Establishing the Transformational Project Financing Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to designate certain development districts as State-supported development districts; authorizing a governing body of a political subdivision to apply to the Department for approval as a State-supported development district; requiring the Department to publish at least annually a summary of approved State-supported development districts; providing for the eligibility for and calculation of certain State revenue; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (3/24) | Economic Matters Tue 3/31 1:00 PM | Finance Thu 3/5 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 457 (HB 78) | Link | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish Subclasses and Set Separate Rates for Land and Improvements to Land Rosapepe Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish subclasses of real property consisting of land and improvements to land and set separate real property tax rates for each subclass. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | Budget and Taxation Wed 2/18 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| SB 462 (HB 774) | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction) Muse Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/12 1:00 PM | Oppose 5 | |
| SB 477 | Link | Civil Actions - Real Estate Appraisals - Record Retention and Statute of Limitations McKay Altering the period from 5 to 12 years that a licensed real estate appraiser must retain certain records; establishing a statute of limitations for certain civil actions against a person for certain real estate appraisal-related actions; extending the statute of limitation for certain civil actions for an alleged discriminatory housing practice related to the appraisal of residential real property; and applying the Act prospectively. | In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 2:30 p.m. (3/23) | Economic Matters Thu 3/26 2:30 PM | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/12 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 479 (HB 1217) | Link | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards and Energy Use Intensity Targets - Exemptions McKay Exempting a covered building that received a use and occupancy permit before June 1, 2022, from compliance with certain building energy performance standards and energy use intensity targets until it becomes necessary to replace lighting systems, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, or other major components of the covered building due to failure of those components, or as a result of the end of life of those components. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| SB 518 (HB 676) | Link | Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program - Establishment King Establishing the Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program within the Office of the Comptroller to establish a statewide network of financial empowerment centers in different regions of the State; requiring each center to provide one-on-one financial counseling and coaching services free of charge; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2028 and 2029 an appropriation to the Comptroller sufficient to cover the costs of the Pilot Program. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Ways and Means Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 2/25 1:00 PM | Support 3 |
| SB 545 (HB 716) | Link | Land Surveyors and Property Line Surveyors - Private Property Access - Prohibition Ready Prohibiting a land surveyor or a property line surveyor from conducting a survey on private property during deer firearms hunting season without written permission from the property owner. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 576 (HB 1615) | Link | Cooperative Housing Corporations and Condominiums - Emergency Use of Reserve Funds Jennings Providing that reserve funds of a cooperative housing corporation or condominium may be used for purposes other than those specified in the funding plan in an emergency and if the use of funds is approved by an affirmative vote of the members or unit owners having at least two-thirds of the votes in the cooperative housing corporation or the council of unit owners, respectively. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | Judicial Proceedings Wed 2/18 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 584 (HB 1210) | Link | Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Transmission Lines - Notice to Landowners Jennings 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. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 589 (HB 433) | Link | Business Regulation - Collection Agencies and Property Managers Kramer Exempting property managers who collect payment for rent, utilities, or fees from a residential tenant on behalf of a property owner, under certain circumstances, from the requirement to hold a license to do business as a collection agency from the State Collection Agency Licensing Board. | In the House - Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) | Economic Matters Wed 4/1 1:00 PM | Finance Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 592 (HB 943) | Link | State Board of Education - Financial Literacy - Graduation Requirement Brooks Requiring the State Board of Education to establish a certain graduation requirement in financial literacy; requiring students, beginning with the 2030 graduating class, to successfully complete a certain personal financial literacy course; and requiring county boards, upon successful completion of the course, to award certain credit to students and to allow students to fulfill certain remaining credit requirements through certain existing courses. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Wed 3/4 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| SB 615 (HB 1269) | Common Ownership Communities - Reserve Accounts and Reserve Studies - Alterations West Requiring the governing bodies of certain cooperative housing corporations, condominiums, or homeowners associations to adopt an annual budget that includes certain calculations for the cost to repair or replace capital components that are the responsibility of the common ownership community; providing that a certain portion of the members of a common ownership community may determine the community and its members are facing a financial hardship or that a determination of financial hardship may be extended; etc. | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/2) | Support 2 | |||
| SB 624 (HB 1221) | Link | Public Safety - Short-Term Rental Units - Safety (Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Safety Act) Feldman Requiring certain short-term rental units to post certain evacuation diagrams and certain emergency telephone numbers in the unit and to provide certain fire extinguishers and smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms in the unit; requiring a certain short-term rental host to replace a smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm under certain circumstances; requiring certain counties or Baltimore City to require, through local law or regulation, certain inspections and to report certain information to the State Fire Marshal; etc. | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (3/21) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/10 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| SB 630 (HB 1244) | Link | Overhead Transmission Lines and Eminent Domain - Property Value - Damages West Authorizing the owner of property used for residential purposes to bring an action to recover damages incurred as a result of the value of the property being diminished from the use of eminent domain to take property and construct an overhead transmission line within 300 feet of the property owner's residence; and requiring that reasonable fees be awarded to counsel for the defendant in a condemnation proceeding and the costs be charged against the plaintiff under certain circumstances. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) and Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (2/17) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/19 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 633 (HB 1211) | Link | Condominiums - Unit Owner Responsibility for Damage or Destruction Ready Providing that a certain unit owner is responsible for the full cost of repair, replacement, and under certain circumstances, restoration, of certain portions of a condominium if the cause of the damage or destruction to the portion originates from the owner's unit. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | Judicial Proceedings Wed 2/18 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| SB 666 (HB 993) | Link | Real Property - Short-Term Rentals Harris Prohibiting the governing body of a county or municipality from enacting a local law or ordinance prohibiting the offering of certain residential property as a short-term rental by an operator solely because the operator is a lessee or sublessee of the property; authorizing the governing body of a county or municipality to enact a local law or ordinance prohibiting the operator of a short-term rental who is a lessee or sublessee of the property from operating more than one short-term rental within the county or municipality; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/26 1:00 PM | Support 4 | |
| SB 674 (HB 916) | Link | Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities A. Washington Establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain transportation plans; establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation funds as special, nonlapsing funds; imposing certain transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) (2/11) | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/4 1:00 PM | Oppose 4 | |
| SB 691 (HB 1029) | Link | Real Property - Termination of Residential Real Estate Contracts - Contingency Clauses McKay Altering the definition of "contingency clause" as the term applies to the circumstances under which a residential real estate contract may be terminated by a purchaser; and altering the time period within which a holder of trust money must distribute trust money to a purchaser. | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (3/21) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 3/5 1:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| SB 725 (HB 1009) | Link | Transfer of Real Property - Recordation Certification and State Transfer Tax (Land Transfer Accountability Act) Waldstreicher Prohibiting a clerk of the circuit court from recording an instrument that effects a change of ownership of real property from the United States to certain persons unless the instrument is accompanied by a Certificate of Compliance; requiring the Office of the Attorney General and the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to review certain changes of ownership of real property and issue a Certificate of Compliance following a determination of legal compliance; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) (2/12) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 3/5 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 733 | Link | Land Use - Definitions and Boards of Appeals M. Washington Altering certain definitions and defining certain terms applicable to land use; altering requirements for the appointment and removal of members of a board of appeals; altering and repealing certain powers of a board of appeals; and altering the procedures applicable to certain proceedings before a board of appeals. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/10 1:00 PM | Staff Discretion | |
| SB 735 (HB 1088) | Link | Property Tax - Petition to Review Value of Commercial Real Property King Authorizing a county or a municipal corporation to submit a certain petition for review to appeal the value of commercial real property located in the county or municipal corporation that is sold to a new owner, if the total sales price of the property is 20% or more than the total sales price when the property was previously sold. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m. (2/11) | Budget and Taxation Tue 3/3 1:30 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| SB 739 (HB 1219) | Link | Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management - Study Kramer Requiring the University System of Maryland to conduct a study to evaluate the relationship between climate change, homeowner's insurance, and emergency and disaster preparedness; requiring the University, by January 1, 2027, to submit a report to the General Assembly on the federal flood insurance program, and private flood insurance programs and make recommendations on actions and modifications to mitigate risks associated with climate change and improve the service and responsiveness of insurers; etc. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (3/25) | Environment and Transportation Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Finance Wed 2/25 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 747 (HB 469) | Link | Condominiums - Unit Owner Responsibility for Damage or Destruction and Mandatory Insurance Coverage McKay Requiring a certain condominium unit owner to obtain a condominium unit owner insurance policy or a substantially similar property insurance policy for the unit; requiring a certain insurance policy to include certain provisions; and authorizing a council of unit owners to acquire an insurance policy on behalf of a unit owner who does not maintain a certain required insurance policy and charge the insurance premium as an assessment to the unit owner. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Thu 3/5 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 |
| SB 754 | Link | Land Use - Preservation of Natural Resources M. Washington Authorizing a local jurisdiction to enact local laws providing for or requiring the preservation of natural resources through certain mechanisms. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/25) | Environment and Transportation Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/10 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 |
| SB 779 (HB 1472) | Link | Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2026 Feldman Exempting from certain requirements relating to the offering of health benefit plans to small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization located in the State; and requiring professional employer organizations that enter into agreements with small employers to provide health benefit plans to disclose certain information in writing. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Finance Wed 3/4 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| SB 811 (HB 920) | Link | Real Property - New Home Sales - Entry of Final Sale Price in Multiple Listing Service Hayes Requiring a developer, builder, broker, or real estate agent to enter the final sale price of a new home into a multiple listing service or similarly accessible database within 30 days after the sale. | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (3/24) | Judicial Proceedings Wed 3/11 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 814 | Link | Residential Property - Service Agreement - Defunct Service Providers Hayes Prohibiting certain service agreements for residential property entered into before June 1, 2023, if the service provider is not considered in good standing with the State Department of Assessment and Taxation on or after June 1, 2026. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Wed 3/11 1:00 PM | Support 5 |
| SB 817 (HB 1299) | Link | Real Property - Residential Sales - Communications During Appraisal Process Hayes Requiring an appraiser to provide a certain notice to certain parties to a residential real property appraisal under certain circumstances; authorizing certain persons to submit certain additional data to an appraiser before an appraisal is finalized for a certain purpose; and requiring an appraiser to include certain information in an addendum to a certain report. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Judicial Proceedings Wed 3/11 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| SB 829 (HB 1137) | Link | Residential-in-Commercial-Zone Laws - Study (Bring Back Main Street Act) Waldstreicher Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to study and make recommendations regarding laws to require certain local jurisdictions to allow certain residential or mixed-use developments as permitted use on certain parcels or lots zoned for commercial use; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (3/20) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/24 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| SB 834 | Link | Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs, Services, and Plans - Moratorium Hershey Prohibiting a unit of State government from implementing or enforcing, after July 1, 2026, certain provisions of law relating to energy efficiency and conservation programs, services, and plans that support certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and targets; requiring the Public Service Commission to continue certain rate-making policies until certain electric companies and gas companies have recovered certain costs; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 3/5 1:00 PM | No Position | |
| SB 872 (HB 1549) | Link | Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Rental Dwelling Unit - Definition M. Washington Altering the definition of "rental dwelling unit" for purposes of provisions of law governing the reduction of lead risk in housing. | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (3/20) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 873 (HB 1547) | Link | Environment - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Modified Risk Reduction Standard M. Washington Altering the conditions under which an owner of affected property is required to satisfy the modified risk reduction standard under the Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing law by repealing a requirement that an environmental investigation conclude that there is a defect at the affected property. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/3 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| SB 919 (HB 1600) | Link | Homeowners Associations - Reserve Funding, Meeting Notices, Voting, and Records Lewis Young Requiring that books and records kept by or on behalf of certain homeowners associations be posted online; clarifying that a governing body of a homeowners association may secure a line of credit or loan to fund reserves; requiring that certain homeowners associations provide notice of a meeting by electronic transmission; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Judicial Proceedings Wed 3/11 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 937 | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act) Henson Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlord to consider certain criminal history information prior to extending a conditional offer to a prospective tenant and requiring the landlord to consider certain information provided by a prospective tenant relating to a criminal history records check; etc. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/26) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Wed 3/11 1:00 PM | Oppose 4 |
| SB 939 (HB 1098) | Link | Bankruptcy Proceedings - Exemptions From Execution - Residential Real Property Henson Exempting certain owner-occupied residential real property from execution on a judgment in certain amounts and subject to certain adjustments in a bankruptcy proceeding. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Thu 3/5 1:00 PM | Support 1 |
| SB 941 (HB 1218) | Link | Department of Housing and Community Development - Severe Health and Safety Risk Properties - Intervention Plan Henson Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Landlord and Tenant Affairs in consultation with the Attorney General to develop a plan to identify severe health and safety risk properties in the State and take related actions; and requiring the Department to submit the plan and certain recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before August 31, 2027. | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24) | Economic Matters Thu 4/2 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Wed 3/11 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 |
| SB 981 (HB 402) | Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions Muse Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain governing documents with the Department of Housing and Community Development, which the Department must use to create a publicly accessable database; and establishing requirements for a local common ownership commission established by the local government of a county. | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/15) | Support 3 |