| HB 18 |
Transportation Network Companies – Transportation Network Operators – Minimum Payments for Passenger Trips |
Requiring a transportation network company to pay operators, after July 1, 2026, and for any passenger trip originating in the State, $1.66 per mile and $0.40 per minute, an additional $1.18 per mile for an operator using a wheelchair accessible vehicle, at least $5.00 for any passenger trip, and at least 80% of any cancellation fee charged by a transportation network company; and adjusting the minimum amount paid per mile and per minute by inflation each year. |
Monitor |
| HB 21 |
Social Media Platforms – Vloggers and Video Content Featuring Minors (Child Influencers Protection Act) |
Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video content featuring minor children; and applying certain requirements relating to the labor of minors to children compensated by vloggers. |
Monitor |
|
HB 27
(SB 392) |
Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Long COVID Innovation Grant and Loan Program |
Requiring the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to establish a grant and loan program to provide grants and loans for Long COVID innovation; requiring the Corporation to contract with an independent review committee composed of scientific experts in the field of Long COVID; establishing the Maryland Long COVID Research Fund under the administration of the Corporation as a special, nonlapsing fund; and requiring that the interest earnings of the Fund be credited to the Fund. |
Support |
|
HB 78
(SB 457) |
Property Taxes – Authority of Counties to Establish Subclasses and Set Separate Rates for Land and Improvements to Land |
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. |
Oppose |
|
HB 90
(SB 224) |
Property Taxes – Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property |
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. |
Oppose |
| HB 120 |
Moratorium on Construction of New Data Centers – Co-Location and Generation Contingency |
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. |
Oppose |
|
HB 145
(SB 141) |
Election Law – Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes |
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to communication correct information to the public; prohibiting a person, under certain circumstances, from knowingly or with reckless disregard using or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information; etc. |
No Position |
| HB 148 |
Consumer Protection and Labor and Employment – Surveillance-Based Price and Wage Setting – Prohibition |
Prohibiting a person from engaging in certain surveillance-based price setting; making a certain violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and prohibiting an employer from engaging in certain surveillance-based wage setting. |
Oppose |
|
HB 184
(SB 8) |
Criminal Law – Identity Fraud – Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations |
Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause physical injury, serious emotional distress, or economic damages; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; providing penalties of 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of up to $10,000 or both where one victim is involved, and for two or more victims the term of imprisonment is up to 10 years and the fine is up to $15,000 or both; etc. |
Monitor |
|
HB 188
(SB 3) |
Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2026 |
Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; requiring, beginning in 2027, the maximum weekly benefit to be 40% of the state average weekly wage; etc. |
Oppose |
| HB 264 |
Maryland Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026 |
Limiting the personal information that may be collected, maintained, processed, and retained by units of State government under certain circumstances; requiring certain personal information to be deleted or de-identified under certain circumstances; requiring each unit to post a certain privacy notice on its Internet website and establishing certain requirements for privacy notices and privacy policies; requiring each unit of State government to designate a Privacy Officer; etc. |
No Position |
|
HB 290
(SB 25) |
Income Tax – Cybersecurity Technology and Service Tax Credit – Alterations |
Establishing the Buy Maryland Cybersecurity Tax Credit; stating the purpose of the credit is to promote the cybersecurity industry in the State by helping Maryland businesses and nonprofits purchase cybersecurity technology services from Maryland companies; altering eligibility for the credit; increasing from $200,000 to $1,000,000 the aggregate amount of credits that may be issued for certain cybersecurity purchases; making the credit refundable; etc. |
Support |
|
HB 293
(SB 56) |
Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center – External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting – Authorization |
Authorizing the Governing Board of the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center to provide certain student and workforce data to a third-party data center under certain circumstances; requiring each third-party data center to agree to comply with certain requirements relating to the data the center receives; requiring the Center to enter into a written data sharing agreement with certain third-party data centers; etc. |
Monitor |
|
HB 299
(SB 60) |
Fraud Prevention, Prevailing Wage, and Living Wage – Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement |
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than $15,000; altering the enforcement mechanisms related to workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws, including authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and bring suit in a certain manner; etc. |
No Position |
| HB 314 |
Automation Technology Deployment Assessment and Displaced Employee Retraining Fund – Established |
Requiring employers with 100 or more employees that reduced their workforce in the State by a least 10 employees while using automation technology to submit certain information to the Secretary of Labor concerning the number of employees employed, automation technology deployed or used, and certain employees separated from employment during the immediately preceding calendar year; requiring a certain covered employer to pay a certain assessment for each displaced employee reported by the covered employer; etc. |
Oppose |
|
HB 382
(SB 571) |
Commercial Law – Broadband Access – Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act) |
Requiring certain broadband providers in the State to establish a program to provide certain broadband services to eligible low-income consumers by December 1, 2026; authorizing the Office of Statewide Broadband in the Department of Housing and Community Development to exempt certain service providers; authorizing a provider, once every 3 years, to increase the price of the service based on certain criteria; requiring the Office beginning November 15, 2027, to annually file a report detailing certain data relative to the program; etc. |
Oppose |
|
HB 400
(SB 247) |
Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit – Conversion to Grant Program |
Converting the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit to be the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Grant Program in the Department of Commerce; requiring the Department to disburse a grant within a certain time period; allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain grants received during the taxable year; establishing the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Grant Program Fund; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Fund; etc. |
Support |
| HB 468 |
Health and Taxation – Digital Social Media Services and the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth |
Establishing the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth to support improved access to mental health care services for children and youth in the State; imposing a tax on certain annual revenues derived from certain digital social media services in the State; providing for the calculation and collection of the tax; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue from the tax in a certain manner; etc. |
Oppose |
|
HB 470
(SB 376) |
Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force – Establishment |
Establishing the Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the use and regulation of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2027. |
Support |
| HB 484 |
Corporate Income Tax – Addition Modification – Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising |
Providing an addition modification under the corporate income tax for the amount of certain direct-to-consumer advertising expenses for certain covered drugs paid or incurred during the taxable year that are deducted under the Internal Revenue Code; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. |
Oppose |
|
HB 487
(SB 248) |
Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Investments – Alterations |
Requiring the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to adopt certain regulations regarding the consideration of remedies for investments in certain businesses that no longer meet the definition of a qualified business for purposes of provisions of law governing the Corporation; authorizing, rather than requiring, the Corporation to divest itself of an interest under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Corporation to pursue certain other remedies under those circumstances. |
Support |
|
HB 531
(SB 990) |
State Department of Education – Public Schools STEM and Robotics Program – Study |
Establishing the Public Schools STEM and Robotics Program Task Force to collect information on and study existing STEM and robotics programs in public schools in the State and in other states to determine the feasibility of establishing competitive STEM and robotics programs as varsity sports in every public school throughout the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations, by December 15, 2026, to certain committees of the General Assembly. |
Support |
| HB 560 |
Sales and Use Tax and Property Tax – Exemptions for Data Centers – Repeal |
Repealing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain sales of certain personal property for use at certain qualified data centers under certain circumstances; and repealing the authorization for a governing body of a county or municipal corporation to reduce or eliminate the assessment of certain personal property used in certain qualified data centers. |
Oppose |
|
HB 625
(SB 585) |
Human-Relevant Research Fund – Collection of Contributions – Responsible Entity |
Requiring research facilities that are located in the State and required to submit an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Form 7023 to pay contributions for the Human-Relevant Research Fund to the Department of Agriculture, rather than the Maryland Department of Health; and establishing that a research facility that fails to pay the contribution required by the Act may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per day. |
No Position |
|
HB 637
(SB 385) |
Public Health – Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services – Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act) |
Requiring the Secretary of Health to issue recommendations for certain immunizations, screenings, and preventive services based on certain evidence-based scientific and clinical guidance; altering the authority of pharmacists to administer certain vaccinations; altering the health insurance coverage requirements for certain immunizations, screenings, and preventive services; and repealing obsolete language regarding the pertussis vaccine. |
Support |
|
HB 665
(SB 422) |
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals – Adoption and Reporting Requirements |
Applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; requiring certain research facilities and testing facilities to submit to the Department of Agriculture certain information regarding dogs and cats on or before January 31 each year; and requiring a school or an institution of higher education that uses animals for certain purposes to submit a report on the results of certain inspections to the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year. |
Hold |
|
HB 666
(SB 423) |
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals – Prohibitions and Adoption Requirements (Animal Research Modernization and Best Practices Act of 2026) |
Prohibiting a research facility or a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes; prohibiting a research facility or testing facility from performing devocalization procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; etc. |
Hold |
| HB 690 |
Corporate Income Tax – Rate Reduction (Economic Competitiveness Act of 2026) |
Decreasing, over 4 taxable years, the State corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 6.25%. |
Support |
|
HB 711
(SB 504) |
Data Privacy – Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) |
Prohibiting a certain controller from selling the personal data of a consumer to a purchaser who seeks to use the data for immigration enforcement; requiring a custodian of a public record to take reasonable steps to determine whether a public record is accessed for enforcing immigration law; requiring an entity that operates a certain message switching system to take certain actions regarding system access; requiring certain procedures of certain governmental entities to account for data containing sensitive attributes; etc. |
Monitor |
| HB 712 |
Civil Actions – Product Liability – Artificial Intelligence Systems |
Establishing a cause of action against a developer of a certain artificial intelligence system for defective design, failure to provide adequate instruction or warning, and breach of express warranty; establishing that a deployer of a certain artificial intelligence system may be sued in lieu of a developer under certain circumstances; authorizing the Attorney General to bring an action against a developer or a deployer for harm caused by a certain dangerous or defective product; etc. |
Letter of Info |
|
HB 715
(SB 602) |
Algorithmic Addiction Fund – Establishment |
Establishing the Algorithmic Addiction Fund to be administered by the Maryland Department of Health; providing the Fund consists of all civil penalties received by the State from any source resulting, directly or indirectly, from a judgment against or settlement relating to claims concerning harm to children from the use of social media and the improper use of algorithms; requiring the Secretary to make a report to the General Assembly by November 1 each year concerning the provision of algorithmic addiction intervention services; etc. |
Monitor |
| HB 795 |
Health Insurance – Artificial Intelligence – Grievance Process and Reporting (AI Health Insurance Accountability Act of 2026) |
Requiring that a carrier’s internal grievance process provide for human review of grievances resulting from adverse decisions made using artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tools; requiring carriers to report certain information on grievances resulting from adverse decisions made using artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tools; requiring a carrier to provide a model review process under certain circumstances; etc. |
Monitor |
| HB 799 |
Maryland Co-Location Energy Innovation and Reliability Act |
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations related to the construction of a generating station that is co-located with a data center but is not interconnected with the electric transmission system or electric distribution system. |
Monitor |
|
HB 810
(SB 168) |
Study to Evaluate Blockchain-Based Real Property Lease and Title Recordation and Verification |
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. |
Monitor |
|
HB 813
(SB 496) |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity – Authorization |
Authorizing, beginning January 1, 2027, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide notice to Program recipients if the Department elects to provide the comprehensive coverage. |
Support |
| HB 823 |
State Department of Assessments and Taxation – Blockchain-Based Real Property Title Pilot Program – Establishment |
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. |
Monitor |
|
HB 859
(SB 759) |
Financial Institutions – Digital Assets and Digital Asset Staking – Regulation (Maryland Financial Innovation Act of 2026) |
Prohibiting certain regulation of certain activities involving digital assets by an agency or other instrumentality of the State or a political subdivision of the State; and clarifying that the provision of digital asset staking as a service is excluded from a certain definition and certain filing and registration requirements under the Maryland Securities Act. |
Monitor |
| HB 870 |
Environment – Permit Applications for New Buildings – Notice (Large Buildings for Tomorrow Act) |
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, by October 1, 2028, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, energy conservation requirements for the new construction of buildings that are subject to the Building Energy Performance Standards adopted by the Maryland Department of the Environment. |
Oppose |
| HB 883 |
Consumer Protection – Artificial Intelligence – Behavioral Health Care Prohibitions |
Prohibiting a developer of artificial intelligence from making, or knowingly causing artificial intelligence to make, certain representations or statements relating to behavioral health care subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000,000; requiring a developer artificial intelligence sold, leased, given, or otherwise provided to consumers in the State to include a certain notice or protocols; authorizing the Attorney General to bring an action for an alleged violation of the Act; etc. |
Letter of Info |
|
HB 895
(SB 387) |
Consumer Protection – Price Setting of Consumer Goods and Services and Use of Protected Class Data (Protection From Predatory Pricing Act) |
Prohibiting a food retailer from engaging in the practice of dynamic pricing or using consumer surveillance data to set a price for consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer from using protected class data to offer, advertise, or sell a consumer good or service under certain circumstances; prohibiting a food retailer from diminishing or impairing any right or benefit guaranteed to employees of the food retailer under an existing collective bargaining agreement or memorandum of understanding; etc. |
No Position |
|
HB 898
(SB 388) |
Economic Development – Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act |
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Economic Development Opportunities Program Account to be the Strategic Closing Fund within the Department of Commerce; altering the purposes for and methods by which the Fund may be utilized; altering the termination date of the Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program, Job Creation Tax Credit, Research and Development Tax Credit, and Employer Security Clearance Costs Tax Credit; etc. |
Support |
|
HB 933
(SB 644) |
Sales and Use Tax – Certificates Indicating Multiple Points of Use – Alterations |
Providing that, for purposes of certain laws governing the sales and use tax, a certain certificate indicating multiple points of use of certain digital codes, digital products, and taxable services shall be deemed fully completed under certain circumstances; providing that a buyer is not required to obtain prior approval from the Comptroller in order to present a certificate indicating multiple points of use to a vendor; etc. |
Support |
|
HB 940
(SB 596) |
Large Load Customers – Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program |
Exempting certain large load customers from requirements to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a certain process for large load customers to interconnect to the electric system; establishing requirements for a large load customer to interconnect to the electric system and contract for service; authorizing certain large load customers to receive certain prioritization; etc. |
Monitor |
| HB 952 |
Consumer Protection – Companion Chatbots – Regulation |
Requiring certain operators of companion chatbots to establish, maintain, and publish certain protocols and provide certain information to users of the companion chatbot; requiring operators to establish enhanced measures for minor users of companion chatbots; requiring the Office of Suicide Prevention in the Maryland Department of Health to annually publish certain data compiled from operators; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. |
Oppose |
| HB 960 |
Economic Development – Federal Employee-to-Entrepreneur Program – Establishment |
Establishing the Federal Employee to Entrepreneur Program in the Department of Commerce to provide former or transitioning federal employees with the training, tools, and mentorship necessary for successfully transitioning to entrepreneurship; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $400,000 for the Program. |
FYI |
|
HB 985
(SB 528) |
Consumer Protection – Video Streaming Services – Loudness of Commercial Advertisements |
Prohibiting a certain video streaming service from transmitting to a consumer in the State the audio of a commercial advertisement in a manner that is louder than the audio of the accompanying video programming or video content of the video streaming service; providing that compliance with certain federal regulations shall be considered compliance with the Act; and establishing that a violation of the Act is subject to certain enforcement provisions under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. |
FYI |
| HB 988 |
Environment – Building Energy Performance Standards – Repeal |
Repealing certain provisions of law establishing and governing building energy performance standards. |
FYI |
| HB 995 |
Health Occupations – Behavioral Health Care Providers – Use of Artificial Intelligence |
Prohibiting behavioral health care providers from using artificial intelligence to provide behavioral health care to a patient; authorizing a behavioral health care provider to use a system that employs artificial intelligence in performing administrative support tasks under certain circumstances; and requiring a behavioral health care provider to obtain certain informed consent from patients if the provider uses a certain system that employs artificial intelligence under certain circumstances. |
FYI |
|
HB 1037
(SB 605) |
Public Service Commission – Broadband and Voice Over Internet Protocol Service – Study |
Authorizing the Public Service Commission to exercise certain oversight of broadband service and voice over Internet protocol service; requiring the Commission to assess the adequacy of certain plans for each Internet service provider; authorizing the Commission to conduct certain evaluations or audits and require certain remedial action under certain circumstances; and repealing provisions of law prohibiting the Commission from regulating voice over Internet protocol service. |
Oppose |
|
HB 1057
(SB 720) |
Education – Artificial Intelligence – Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act) |
Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to Local school systems, educators, parents, and student through an online platform; requiring the Department to publish certain guidance for certain groups; requiring the Department to develop strategies to implement certain guidelines and best practices; requiring each county board to designate a coordinator for the use of artificial intelligence in the local school system; etc. |
FYI |
| HB 1080 |
Income Tax – Addition Modifications – Excluded Opportunity Fund Gains, Foreign-Derived Deduction Eligible Income, and Interest |
Prohibiting the Governor, on or after July 4, 2025, from nominating a census tract for designation as a qualified opportunity zone; providing an addition modification under the Maryland income tax for the capital gains from certain qualified opportunity funds; providing an addition modification under the Maryland corporate income tax for certain foreign-derived deduction eligible income and the amount of interest paid on loans that secure certain rural property; etc. |
FYI |
| HB 1082 |
Large Load Customers – Data Centers and Rate Schedule Requirements |
Applying certain rate schedule requirements for large load customers to certain data centers; and modifying, from September 1, 2026, to January 1, 2027, the date by which certain electric companies must submit to the Public Service Commission for approval certain rate schedules for large load customers. |
Letter of Info |
| HB 1089 |
Consumer Protection – Data Broker Registry – Establishment |
Establishing a data broker registry; defining “data broker” as a business that knowingly collects and sells or licenses personal consumer data to third parties with whom the consumer does not have a direct relationship; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Office of the Attorney General; requiring a data broker to report certain material changes to the Office of the Attorney General; and requiring the Office of the Attorney General to establish a certain publicly accessible, searchable database. |
Oppose Unless Amended |
| HB 1126 |
Health Insurance and Managed Care Organizations – Laboratory Services – Contract Providers |
Prohibiting certain carriers and managed care organizations from prohibiting an enrollee from selecting, or limiting the ability of an enrollee to select, a laboratory; prohibiting certain carriers and managed care organizations from denying a laboratory the right to participate in the health benefit plan if the laboratory agrees to comply with certain terms; and prohibiting certain carriers and managed care organizations from imposing additional copayments, fees, or conditions for laboratory services provided to an enrollee. |
Support |
|
HB 1128
(SB 826) |
Income Tax – Angel Investor Tax Credit for Investments in Emergent Technology |
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for 25% of an investment made in qualified Maryland companies up to $1,000,000; providing that investments in companies engaging in certain emergent technology may qualify for the tax credit subject to certain requirements; providing that a qualified investor shall make an investment in a qualified Maryland company within a certain amount of time after the Department issues an initial tax credit certificate; etc. |
Support |
| HB 1133 |
Public Health – Drug Manufacturer-Funded Disease Awareness Campaigns – Registration and Required Disclosure |
Requiring drug manufacturers and certain patient advocacy organizations to register with the Maryland Department of Health before conducting a disease awareness campaign in the State; and requiring that materials produced and distributed as part of a disease awareness campaign disclose the drug or device that the drug manufacturer is marketing for the medical condition that is the focus of the disease awareness campaign. |
Oppose |
| HB 1134 |
Pharmaceutical Drugs and Devices – Gifts to Health Care Professionals – Prohibition |
Prohibiting sellers of certain pharmaceutical drugs and devices from giving or offering to give to health care professionals gifts in a calendar year that have a total combined retail value of more than $50. |
Oppose |
| HB 1179 |
Consumer Protection – Application Store Accountability Act |
Establishing requirements for application store providers and developers; creating requirements for age verification and parental consent; prohibiting application store providers and developers from enforcing certain contracts under certain circumstances; prohibiting application store providers and developers from misrepresenting parental consent disclosures; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc. |
Oppose |
|
HB 1217
(SB 479) |
Environment – Building Energy Performance Standards and Energy Use Intensity Targets – Exemptions |
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. |
Support |
|
HB 1220
(SB 616) |
Business Regulation – Data Broker Registry |
Establishing a data broker registry; requiring by January 31 each year a business entity that acted as a data broker during the previous calendar year to submit a certain form to the Comptroller and pay a fee determined by the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to make the information submitted by business entities publicly available on the Office’s website; requiring the Comptroller to report certain information to the General Assembly by December 31 annually; etc. |
Monitor |
| HB 1238 |
Taxation – Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individual Surtax and Wealth Tax |
Imposing a surtax on the Maryland taxable income of individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000,000; providing for the calculation, administration, and enforcement of the surtax; imposing a one-time wealth tax on the amount by which the net worth of a Maryland resident exceeds a certain amount; providing for the calculation, administration, collection, and enforcement of the one-time wealth tax; etc. |
Oppose |
|
HB 1250
(SB 827) |
Consumer Protection and Product Liability – Chatbots |
Regulating the manner in which a developer designs and creates and an operator makes available to users in the State a chatbot, including establishing safety and privacy protections for users; establishing, an enhanced protection for users who are minors under the age of 13 years; requiring the display of certain warnings when using a chatbot; establishing that a chatbot is considered a product for certain product liability actions; applying certain provisions of the Act to governmental units; etc. |
Oppose |
| HB 1256 |
Income Tax – Angel Investor Tax Credit |
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for 33% of an investment made in qualified Maryland companies, not to exceed $250,000 except in certain counties; requiring the Department of Commerce to maintain an online portal providing information about the credit and managing applications for the credit; providing that a qualified investor shall make an investment in a qualified Maryland company within 30 calendar days after the Department issues an initial tax credit certificate; etc. |
Support |
| HB 1261 |
Consumer Protection – Artificial Intelligence Toys (Artificial Intelligence Toy Safety Act) |
Establishing certain child safety and data privacy requirements for certain toys featuring artificial intelligence; requiring an artificial intelligence toy to contain certain labeling; prohibiting the manufacturer of an artificial intelligence toy from using certain data for certain marketing; etc. |
Monitor |
| HB 1271 |
Reparations – Board, Fund, and Excise Tax on Endowments – Establishment |
Establishing the Reparations Board to make certain examinations regarding reparations payments and make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly to provide grants to persons impacted by historic inequality; imposing an excise tax on nonpublic institutions that have an endowment of at least $2,000,000,000; requiring the revenue from the endowment excise tax to be deposited into the Maryland Reparations Fund to provide grants to persons impacted by historic inequality; etc. |
Oppose |
|
HB 1295
(SB 909) |
Vehicle Laws – Fully Autonomous Vehicles |
Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; and establishing that certain data collected by fully autonomous vehicles is subject to the Online Data Privacy Act. |
Support |
| HB 1349 |
Public Service Commission – Implementation Plan to Convert Formerly Operational Fossil Fuel Generating Stations |
Requiring the Public Service Commission to develop an implementation plan to convert formerly operational fossil fuel generating stations in the State to natural gas generating stations; requiring the Commission to conduct a public stakeholder process to solicit input when developing the implementation plan; and requiring the Commission, by January 1, 2027, to provide its implementation plan and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly. |
Support |
|
HB 1355
(SB 662) |
Financial Institutions – Payment Stablecoin Services – Establishment and Regulation (Maryland Stablecoin Act) |
Altering the examination fee for a new commercial bank charter; requiring a certain nondepository trust company to include certain disclosures in its articles of incorporation; exempting from certain provisions of law a certain nondepository trust company authorized to provide certain services by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; authorizing a certain nondepository trust company to request that the Commissioner reduce the capital stock requirements under certain circumstances; etc. |
Monitor |
| HB 1384 |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program – State Pharmacy Benefits Manager |
Requiring, on or before July 1, 2028, the Maryland Department of Health to select and contract with a State pharmacy benefits manager; requiring that each managed care contract entered into or renewed after July 1, 2028, require the managed care organization to contract with and use the State pharmacy benefits manager; and requiring the Department to engage an independent consultant to advise it in selecting and contracting with the State pharmacy benefits manager. |
No Position |
| HB 1385 |
Health Insurance – Use of Artificial Intelligence – Human Evaluation |
Requiring that certain audits and compliance reviews of an artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tool used for utilization review include a certain evaluation by a licensed health care professional; and requiring that the review and revision of the performance, use, and outcomes of an artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tool used for utilization review include a certain human evaluation and use of the findings of the evaluation for a certain purpose. |
Monitor |
|
HB 1410
(SB 793) |
Income Tax – Credit for Paid Organ Donation Leave |
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for qualified employers who provide certain paid organ donation leave to eligible employees; allowing a qualified employer to carry over any excess credit to certain taxable years; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. |
FYI |
| HB 1411 |
Data Center Planning and Transparency Act |
Requiring an owner or operator of a large-scale data center to submit a disclosure report to certain State and local agencies and elected officials under certain circumstances; specifying the contents of the disclosure report; requiring the Department of the Environment to publish the disclosure report on its website within 30 days of receiving the report; requiring, by June 30, 2027, each local jurisdiction with a population of at least 10,000 residents to adopt by local law a large-scale data center plan; etc. |
Oppose |
|
HB 1426
(SB 778) |
Clinical Research Pharmacies and Clinical Trials – Permits, Ownership, and Definition of Practice of Medicine |
Establishing a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing the State Board of Pharmacy to issue a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing a health care provider to hold an ownership interest in a clinical research pharmacy under certain circumstances; exempting the conduct of an investigational or experimental treatment or clinical trial by a corporation or other legal entity from the definition of “practice medicine”; etc. |
Support |
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HB 1440
(SB 837) |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Coverage and Utilization Review – Drugs Reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board |
Prohibiting a managed care organization and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a prior authorization or step therapy or fail-first protocol under certain circumstances for prescription drugs that have been reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board; etc. |
Support |
| HB 1475 |
Consumer Protection – Dynamic Pricing Disclosure and Prohibition on Rent-Setting |
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. |
Support with Amendment |
| HB 1534 |
Data Centers – Standards for Operation and Siting |
Requiring an owner or operator of a data center to comply with certain standards under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of the Environment to establish by regulation certain sound and vibration controls and requirements for backup power generation for data centers; prohibiting a local approving authority from authorizing the construction of a data center on certain agricultural land; and requiring a certain applicant to submit a certain report to a local approving authority under certain cirucmstances. |
Oppose |
| HB 1542 |
Public Health – Goods, Services, or Technologies Used in Death Sentences – Prohibition |
Prohibiting a person doing business in the State from knowingly manufacturing or selling, distributing, dispensing, or otherwise supplying a drug, medical device, or other good, service, or technology or compounding a drug if the person knows or reasonably should know that certain authorization was prompted, either directly or indirectly, by a person seeking the drug, medical device, or other good, service, or technology with a certain intent related to a death sentence. |
No Position |
| HB 1562 |
Consumer Protection – Telecommunications Service Outage – Automatic Credit (Automatic Telecommunications Service Outage Credit Act) |
Requiring a commercial telecommunications service provider to automatically provide a service disruption credit to the account of a customer impacted by a material service outage; establishing the minimum amount of the credit for the service outage; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to enforcement and penalty provisions under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. |
Oppose |
| HB 1564 |
Public Health – Drugs and Medical Devices Used in Death Sentences – Prohibition |
Prohibiting a person doing business in the State from knowingly manufacturing or selling, distributing, dispensing, or otherwise supplying a drug or medical device or compounding a drug if the person knows or reasonably should know certain authorization was prompted, either directly or indirectly, by a person seeking the drug or device with the intent that the drug or device will be used to carry out a death sentence. |
No Position |
| HB 1584 |
Delivery Network Companies and Delivery Network Services – Regulation and Transparency |
Establishing a framework for the regulation of delivery network companies and delivery network services in the State, including establishing permitting and licensing requirements, digital network requirements, reporting requirements, and payment, earnings, and receipt requirements. |
No Position |
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HB 1595
(SB 427) |
Property Taxes – Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Personal Property of Data Centers |
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of personal property consisting of all the personal property of certain qualified data centers and set a special personal property tax rate for the subclass; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026. |
Oppose |
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HB 1596
(SB 763) |
Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Maryland Growth Initiative – Established |
Establishing the Maryland Growth Initiative in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to support the growth of start-up companies; requiring the Initiative to create a certain list of companies in the State that are between certain growth phases according to a certain priority; establishing the Maryland Growth Initiative Fund to be administered by the Corporation as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Initiative; etc. |
Support |
| HB 1638 |
Consumer Protection – Covered Platforms – Protection of Minors (Kids Online Protection and Antigrooming Act) |
Requiring a certain owner or operator of a certain covered platform to take reasonable measures to prioritize account privacy and establish certain default settings; requiring a covered provider to allow the parent or legal guardian of a minor to take certain actions regarding the minor’s account on the covered platform; and authorizing the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of the Act and requiring the Attorney General to provide certain notice before bringing an enforcement action. |
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SB 3
(HB 188) |
Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2026 |
Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; requiring beginning in 2027, the maximum weekly benefit to be 40% of the State average weekly wage; etc. |
Oppose |
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SB 8
(HB 184) |
Criminal Law – Identity Fraud – Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations |
Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause physical injury, serious emotional distress, or economic damages; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; providing penalties of 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of up $10,000 or both where one victim is involved, and for two or more victims the term of imprisonment is up to 10 years and the fine is up to $15,000 or both; etc. |
Monitor |
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SB 25
(HB 290) |
Income Tax – Cybersecurity Technology and Service Tax Credit – Alterations |
Establishing the Buy Maryland Cybersecurity Tax Credit; providing the purpose of the credit is to promote the cybersecurity industry in the State by helping Maryland businesses and nonprofits purchase cybersecurity technologies and services from Maryland companies; altering eligibility for the credit; altering the aggregate amount of credits that may be issued for certain cybersecurity purchases from $200,000 to $1,000,000; making the credit refundable; etc. |
Support |
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SB 56
(HB 293) |
Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center – External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting – Authorization |
Authorizing the Governing Board of the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center to provide certain student and workforce data to a third-party data center under certain circumstances; requiring each third-party data center to agree to comply with certain requirements relating to the data the center receives; requiring the Center to enter into a written data sharing agreement with certain third-party data centers; requiring the Center to submit a report to certain committees within 30 days of entering into a certain agreement; etc. |
Monitor |
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SB 60
(HB 299) |
Fraud Prevention, Prevailing Wage, and Living Wage – Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement |
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than $15,000 in a calendar year; altering the enforcement mechanisms related to workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws, including authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and bring suit in a certain manner; etc. |
No Position |
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SB 141
(HB 145) |
Election Law – Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes |
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to communicate correct information to the public; prohibiting a person, under certain circumstances, from knowingly or with reckless disregard using or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information; etc. |
No Position |
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SB 168
(HB 810) |
Study to Evaluate Blockchain-Based Real Property Title Recordation and Verification |
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. |
Monitor |
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SB 224
(HB 90) |
Property Taxes – Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property |
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. |
Oppose |
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SB 247
(HB 400) |
Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit – Conversion to Grant Program |
Converting the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit to be the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Grant Program in the Department of Commerce; requiring the Department to disburse a grant within 90 days of determining that the investment has been made; allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain grants received during the taxable year; establishing a Biotechnology Investment Incentive Grant Program Fund; authorizing the Governor to include $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Fund; etc. |
Support |
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SB 248
(HB 487) |
Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Investments – Alterations |
Requiring the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to adopt certain regulations regarding the consideration of remedies for investments in certain businesses that no longer meet the definition of a qualified business for purposes of provisions of law governing the Corporation; authorizing, rather than requiring, the Corporation to divest itself of an interest under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Corporation to pursue certain other remedies under those circumstances. |
Support |
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SB 376
(HB 470) |
Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force – Establishment |
Establishing the Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the use and regulation of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations on or before October 1, 2027, to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Economic Matters Committee. |
Support |
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SB 385
(HB 637) |
Public Health – Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services – Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act) |
Requiring the Secretary of Health to issue recommendations for certain immunizations, screenings, and preventive services based on certain evidence-based scientific and clinical guidance; requiring the Secretary, before adopting a recommendation for a certain preventive service to hold a notice and comments period, obtain a certain analysis from the Maryland Health Care Commission, and cite the basis for the recommendation; altering the authority of pharmacists to administer certain vaccinations; etc. |
Support |
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SB 387
(HB 895) |
Food Retailers and Third-Party Food Delivery Service Providers – Dynamic Pricing and Personal Data (Protection From Predatory Pricing Act) |
Prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party food delivery service provider from engaging in the practice of dynamic pricing or using consumer data to set a price for consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party food delivery service provider from using protected class data to offer, advertise, or sell a consumer good or service under certain circumstances; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to certain enforcement and penalties; etc. |
No Position |
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SB 388
(HB 898) |
Economic Development – Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act |
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Economic Development Opportunities Program Account to be the Strategic Closing Fund within the Department of Commerce; providing for certain requirements relating to the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Account; providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of certain information technology services, digital codes, and digital products under certain circumstances; etc. |
Support |
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SB 392
(HB 27) |
Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Long COVID Innovation Grant and Loan Program |
Requiring the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to establish a grant and loan program to provide grants and loans for Long COVID innovation; requiring the Corporation to contract with an independent review committee composed of scientific experts in the field of Long COVID; establishing the Maryland Long COVID Research Fund to promote State-funded life sciences research, development, commercialization, and manufacturing related to Long COVID; authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation to the Fund in the annual budget bill; etc. |
Support |
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SB 422
(HB 665) |
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals – Adoption and Reporting Requirements |
Applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; requiring certain research facilities and testing facilities to submit to the Department of Agriculture certain information regarding dogs and cats on or before January 31 each year; and requiring a school or an institution of higher education that uses animals for certain purposes to submit a report on the results of certain inspections to the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year. |
Hold |
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SB 423
(HB 666) |
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals – Prohibitions and Adoption Requirements (Animal Research Modernization and Best Practices Act of 2026) |
Prohibiting a research facility or a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes; prohibiting a research facility or testing facility from performing devocalization procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; etc. |
Hold |
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SB 427
(HB 1595) |
Property Taxes – Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Personal Property of Data Centers |
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of personal property consisting of all the personal property of certain qualified data centers and set a special personal property tax rate for the subclass; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026. |
Oppose |
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SB 457
(HB 78) |
Property Taxes – Authority of Counties to Establish Subclasses and Set Separate Rates for Land and Improvements to Land |
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. |
Oppose |
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SB 479
(HB 1217) |
Environment – Building Energy Performance Standards and Energy Use Intensity Targets – Exemptions |
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. |
Support |
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SB 496
(HB 813) |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity |
Authorizing, beginning January 1, 2027, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide notice to Program recipients if the Department elects to provide the comprehensive coverage; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report by November 1, 2027, to certain committees of the General Assembly on whether the Maryland Medical Assistance Program has begun to provide comprehensive coverage for obesity treatment. |
Support |
|
SB 504
(HB 711) |
Data Privacy – Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) |
Prohibiting a certain controller from selling the personal data of a consumer to a purchaser who seeks to use the data for immigration enforcement; requiring a custodian of a public record to take reasonable steps to determine whether a public record is accessed for enforcing immigration law; requiring an entity that operates a certain message switching system to take certain actions regarding system access; requiring certain procedures of certain governmental entities to account for data containing sensitive attributes; etc. |
Monitor |
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SB 528
(HB 985) |
Consumer Protection – Video Streaming Services – Loudness of Commercial Advertisements |
Prohibiting a certain video streaming service from transmitting to a consumer in the State the audio of a commercial advertisement in a manner that is louder than the audio of the accompanying video programming or video content of the video streaming service; providing that compliance with certain federal regulations shall be considered compliance with the Act; and establishing that a violation of the Act is subject to certain enforcement provisions under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. |
FYI |
| SB 569 |
Commercial Law – Online Data Privacy – Limits on Data Collection |
Altering certain requirements for a controller relating to the collection of personal data; and prohibiting a controller, unless consumer consent is obtained, from collecting, processing, sharing, or selling precise geolocation data for the purpose of targeted advertising. |
Monitor |
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SB 571
(HB 382) |
Commercial Law – Broadband Access – Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act) |
Requiring certain broadband providers in the State to establish a program to provide certain broadband services to eligible low-income consumers on or before December 1, 2026; authorizing the Office of Statewide Broadband in the Department of Housing and Community Development to exempt certain providers from the requirement to establish a program; altering the duties of the Office; and establishing a Broadband Affordability Advisory Board. |
Oppose |
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SB 585
(HB 625) |
Human-Relevant Research Fund – Collection of Contributions – Responsible Entity |
Requiring research facilities that are located in the State and required to submit an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Form 7023 to pay contributions for the Human-Relevant Research Fund to the Department of Agriculture, rather than the Maryland Department of Health. |
No Position |
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SB 596
(HB 940) |
Large Load Customers – Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program |
Exempting certain large load customers from requirements to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a certain process for large load customers to interconnect to the electric system; establishing requirements for a large load customer to interconnect to the electric system and contract for service; authorizing certain large load customers to receive certain prioritization; etc. |
Monitor |
| SB 597 |
Higher Education – Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership |
Establishing the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership in the University System of Maryland to provide a single nexus for certain stakeholders in artificial intelligence initiatives to advance artificial intelligence in the State; establishing the Artificial Intelligence Public Services Fellowship in the University System of Maryland; establishing, subject to certain conditions, the Artificial Intelligence Incubation Lab in the University System of Maryland to assist State agencies for certain purposes; etc. |
Monitor |
| SB 600 |
Sales and Use Tax – Definition of Retail Sale – Alterations |
Altering the definition of “retail sale” for purposes of provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to exclude certain sales of technology services under certain circumstances. |
Support |
|
SB 602
(HB 715) |
Algorithmic Addiction Fund – Establishment |
Establishing the Algorithmic Addiction Fund to be administered by the Maryland Department of Health; providing the Fund consists of all civil penalties received by the State from any source resulting, directly or indirectly, from a judgment against or settlement relating to claims concerning harm to children from the use of social media and the improper use of algorithms; requiring the Secretary to make a report to the General Assembly by November 1 each year concerning the provision of algorithmic addiction intervention services; etc. |
Monitor |
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SB 605
(HB 1037) |
Public Service Commission – Broadband and Voice Over Internet Protocol Service – Oversight (Broadband Accountability and Affordability Act) |
Authorizing the Public Service Commission to exercise certain oversight of broadband service and voice over Internet protocol service; requiring the Commission to assess the adequacy of certain plans for each Internet service provider; and authorizing the Commission to conduct certain evaluations or audits and require certain remedial action under certain circumstances. |
Oppose |
| SB 608 |
Maryland Medical Assistance Plan and Health Insurance – Pharmacogenomic Testing – Required Coverage |
Requiring, beginning July 1, 2027, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health services plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for single-gene and multigene pharmacogenomic testing in certain circumstances. |
Monitor |
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SB 616
(HB 1220) |
Business Regulation – Data Broker Registry |
Establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller; requiring by January 31 each year, a business entity that acted as a data broker during the previous calendar year to submit a certain form to the Comptroller and pay a fee determined by the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to make the information submitted by business entities publicly available on the Office’s website; requiring the Comptroller to report certain information to the General Assembly by December 31 annually; etc. |
Monitor |
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SB 644
(HB 933) |
Sales and Use Tax – Certificates Indicating Multiple Points of Use – Alterations |
Providing that, for purposes of certain laws governing the sales and use tax, a certain certificate indicating multiple points of use of certain digital codes, digital products, and taxable services shall be deemed fully completed under certain circumstances; providing that a buyer is not required to obtain prior approval from the Comptroller in order to present a certificate indicating multiple points of use to a vendor; applying the Act retroactively; etc. |
Support |
|
SB 662
(HB 1355) |
Financial Institutions – Payment Stablecoin Services – Establishment and Regulation (Maryland Stablecoin Act) |
Altering the examination fee for a new commercial bank charter; requiring a certain nondepository trust company to include certain disclosures in its articles of incorporation; exempting from certain provisions of law a certain nondepository trust company authorized to provide certain services by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; authorizing a certain nondepository trust company to request that the Commissioner reduce the capital stock requirements under certain circumstances; etc. |
Monitor |
| SB 697 |
Election Law – Actions to Influence an Election – Social Media Platform Algorithms and Bots Purchased by Foreign Nationals |
Establishing a rebuttable presumption that a social media platform has made an independent expenditure to a certain candidate if the social media platform knowingly and purposefully alters its algorithm to amplify certain political content for the benefit of the candidate; prohibiting a foreign national from using a bot to publish, distribute, or disseminate campaign material or artificially amplify political content to users of an online platform for a certain purpose; etc. |
Monitor |
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SB 720
(HB 1057) |
Education – Artificial Intelligence – Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act) |
Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to local school systems, educators, parents, and students through an online platform; requiring the Department to develop certain guidelines and best practices; requiring each local school system to designate a certain coordinator for the use of artificial intelligence; establishing the Maryland AI Education Collaborative on Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education; etc. |
FYI |
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SB 759
(HB 859) |
Financial Institutions – Digital Assets and Digital Asset Staking – Regulation (Maryland Financial Innovation Act of 2026) |
Prohibiting certain regulation of certain activities involving digital assets by an agency or other instrumentality of the State or a political subdivision of the State; and clarifying that the provision of digital asset staking as a service is excluded from a certain definition and certain filing and registration requirements under the Maryland Securities Act. |
Monitor |
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SB 763
(HB 1596) |
Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Maryland Growth Initiative – Established |
Establishing the Maryland Growth Initiative in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to support the growth of start-up companies; requiring the Initiative to create a certain list of companies in the State that are between certain growth phases according to a certain priority; establishing the Maryland Growth Initiative Fund to be administered by the Corporation as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Initiative; etc. |
Support |
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SB 778
(HB 1426) |
Clinical Research Pharmacies and Clinical Trials – Permits and Ownership |
Establishing a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing the State Board of Pharmacy to issue a clinical research pharmacy permit; authorizing a health care provider to hold an ownership interest in a clinical research pharmacy under certain circumstances; exempting the conduct of an investigational or experimental treatment or clinical trial by a corporation or other legal entity from the definition of “practice medicine”; etc. |
Support |
|
SB 793
(HB 1410) |
Income Tax – Credit for Paid Organ Donation Leave |
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for qualified employers who provide certain paid organ donation leave to eligible employees; allowing a qualified employer to carry over any excess credit to certain taxable years; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. |
FYI |
| SB 804 |
Labor and Employment – Occupational Safety and Health – Revisions to Heat Stress Standards |
Requiring certain employers to develop, implement, and maintain an excessive heat-related illness prevention plan for employees; requiring certain employers to develop and implement an acclimatization plan for certain employees or follow the acclimatization plan established by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; requiring certain employers to monitor temperature in certain work locations and provide shade and water to employees; etc. |
Support |
|
SB 826
(HB 1128) |
Income Tax – Angel Investor Tax Credit for Investments in Emergent Technology |
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for 25% of an investment made in qualified Maryland companies up $1,000,000; providing that investments in companies engaging in certain emergent technology may qualify for the tax credit subject to certain requirements; providing that a qualified investor shall make an investment in a qualified Maryland company within a certain amount of time after the Department issues an initial tax credit certificate; etc. |
Support |
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SB 827
(HB 1250) |
Consumer Protection and Product Liability – Chatbots |
Regulating the manner in which a developer designs and creates and an operator makes available to users in the State a chatbot, including establishing safety and privacy protections for users, establishing an enhanced protection for users who are minors under the age of 13 years, and requiring the display of certain warnings when using a chatbot; establishing that a chatbot is considered a product for certain product liability actions; applying certain provisions of the Act to governmental units; etc. |
Oppose |
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SB 837
(HB 1440) |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Coverage and Utilization Review – Drugs Reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board |
Prohibiting a managed care organization and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a prior authorization or step therapy or fail-first protocol under certain circumstances for prescription drugs that have been reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board; etc. |
Support |
| SB 853 |
Economic Development Activity – Nondisclosure Agreements |
Prohibiting certain individuals from entering into a nondisclosure agreement with a person involved in an economic development activity, including establishing or operating a data center; including public service companies as an instrumentality of the State for the purpose of the Public Information Act; etc. |
Oppose |
| SB 867 |
Economic Development – Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission – Alterations |
Expanding the purpose of the Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission by promoting innovation in space science, space technology, and aeronautics; altering the membership, duties, and staff responsibilities of the Commission; requiring the Commission to appoint an Executive Director; authorizing the Commission to provide grants to certain entities for certain purposes; requiring the Governor to include $30,000,000 for the Commission in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2028 and annually thereafter; etc. |
FYI |
| SB 869 |
Economic Development – Maryland Workforce Launch Pilot Program – Establishment |
Establishing the Maryland Workforce Launch Pilot Program in the Department of Commerce to provide customized, no-cost workforce training as a business attraction tool, to recruit strategic industries and qualified business entities to the State; requiring the Department to partner with not more than two community colleges in the State to deliver training services; etc. |
FYI |
| SB 889 |
Consumer Protection and Labor and Employment – Electronic Shelving Labels and Surveillance-Based Price and Wage Setting – Prohibitions |
Prohibiting a person from engaging in surveillance-based price setting to set the price of consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer from using electronic shelving labels to display the prices of consumer goods, and instead requiring the use of nondigital presentations of price; making a certain violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and prohibiting an employer from engaging in surveillance-based wage setting. |
Oppose |
| SB 905 |
Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Maryland Advanced Manufacturing Grant Program – Established |
Establishing the Maryland Advanced Manufacturing Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to support the growth of companies that specialize in regenerative medicine and other advanced manufacturing by providing certain grants; authorizing grant proceeds to be used only for acquisitions, renovations or construction of certain space, infrastructure improvements, and purchase of equipment; etc. |
Support |
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SB 909
(HB 1295) |
Vehicle Laws – Fully Autonomous Vehicles |
Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; and establishing that certain data collected by fully autonomous vehicles is subject to the Online Data Privacy Act. |
Support |
| SB 932 |
Consumer Protection – Social Media Platforms – Display of User Location |
Requiring a person that operates a social media platform to display to State users of the social media platform the general geographical location of each adult user whose account is visible to the State user on the platform, unless the user is a minor or certifies participation in the Address Confidentiality Program. |
Monitor |
| SB 987 |
Corporate Income Tax – Addition Modification – Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising |
Providing an addition modification under the corporate income tax for the amount of certain direct-to-consumer advertising expenses for certain covered drugs paid or incurred during the taxable year that are deducted under the Internal Revenue Code; providing for the distribution of revenue attributable to the addition modification; etc. |
Oppose |
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SB 990
(HB 531) |
Public Schools STEM and Robotics Program Task Force – Establishment |
Establishing the Public Schools STEM and Robotics Program Task Force to collect information on and study existing STEM and robotics programs in public schools in the State and in other states to determine the feasibility of establishing competitive STEM and robotics programs as varsity sports in every public school throughout the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations, by December 15, 2026, to certain committees of the General Assembly. |
Support |
| SB 992 |
Public Utilities – Large Load Customers – Registration and Demand Response Program |
Requiring a certain large load customer to register with the Public Service Commission before interconnecting with the electric system; establishing the requirements for the registration of a large load customer; requiring that a certain data center be eligible for and considered a “qualified data center” for a certain tax exemption under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to take certain curtailment actions; and requiring the Commission to establish a Demand Response Program for large load customers. |
Support with Amendment |
| SB 1000 |
Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Construction of Data Centers |
Expanding the application of certain requirements for the construction of certain overhead transmission lines to include certain other transmission lines; requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations to establish specific criteria for making the determination to waive, for good cause, the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity in certain circumstances; prohibiting the construction of a data center in certain development districts in Baltimore City; etc. |
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