Floor Actions - Agenda

House Agenda for February 4, 2026

Consent Calendar of Introductory House Bills No. 28 Completed Consent Calendar of Introductory House Bills No. 29 Completed Consent Calendar of Introductory House Bills No. 30 Completed Consent Calendar of Introductory House Bills No. 31 Completed Message from the Senate: Introductory Senate Bills No. 1 Completed Special Order Calendar No. 3 Completed

February 4, 2026
Consent Calendar of Introductory House Bills No. 28

HB0744	Dorchester County Delegation	Appropriations
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Dorchester County

HB0745	Delegate Mireku-North	Ways and Means
Income Tax - Senior Tax Credit - Refundability

HB0746	Delegate Bagnall	Health
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Collaborative Care Model - Cost Sharing Prohibition

HB0747	Delegate Kipke	Health
Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities – Membership

HB0748	Delegate Mireku-North	Ways and Means
Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Early Childhood Educator Career Ladder for Private Providers - Repeal of Deadlines

HB0749	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Criminal Procedure - Theft - Notification of Victims and Victims' Representatives

HB0750	Delegate Rosenberg	Judiciary
Criminal Law - Interference With Access to or Egress From a Religious Facility - Prohibition

HB0751	Delegate Morgan, M.	Government, Labor, and Elections
Victims of Communism Memorial Day

HB0752	Delegate Toles	Economic Matters
Criminal Law - Theft and Fraud Crimes - Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards

HB0753	Delegate Lehman	Ways and Means
Tax Sales - Homeowner Protections - Revisions

HB0754	Wicomico County Delegation	Government, Labor, and Elections
Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B (Golf Course) License - Hours of Sale

HB0755	Delegate Wolek	Ways and Means
County Boards of Education - Student Personal Electronic Device Use Policy - Establishment (Phones Away for the School Day Act)

HB0756	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Law Enforcement - Use of Facial Recognition Technology - Images Captured in Dwelling Interior

HB0757	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Theft of Mail and Packages and Victim Notification

HB0758	Delegate Hornberger	Ways and Means
Problem Gambling - Authorized Uses of Funds - Alterations

HB0759	Delegate Stinnett	Judiciary
Criminal Procedure - Motion to Reduce Duration of Sentence - Repeal of Sentencing Date Limitation

HB0760	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Criminal Law - Misdemeanor Theft - Statute of Limitations

HB0761	Delegate Griffith	Ways and Means
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)

HB0762	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Law Enforcement – Use of Facial Recognition Technology – Images Captured by Camera Affixed to Dwelling Exterior

HB0763	Delegate Conaway	Environment and Transportation
Speed Monitoring Systems - Citations - Failure to Pay

HB0764	Montgomery County Delegation	Ways and Means
Montgomery County Board of Education - Elected Members - Compensation MC 2-26

HB0765	Delegate Griffith	Judiciary
Criminal Law - Counterfeiting and Possession of Counterfeit Lease - Penalty

HB0766	Delegate Johnson, A.	Government, Labor, and Elections
Retail Tobacco Businesses and Establishment of a Premium Cigar Lounge Alcoholic Beverages License (Maryland Premium Cigar Lounge Act of 2026)

HB0767	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Criminal Law - Theft and Opening of Mail and Packages

HB0768	Delegate Simpson	Appropriations
Department of Human Services - Benefits for Children in Custody - Alterations

HB0769	Delegate Woods	Health
State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional License to Practice Social Work - Revisions

HB0770	Delegate Watson	Government, Labor, and Elections
Korean American Day

HB0771	Delegate Miller	Health
Health Occupations - Human Trafficking Awareness Training

HB0772	Delegate Shetty	Health
Workgroup on Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Establishment

HB0773	Delegate Hornberger	Environment and Transportation
Vehicle Laws - Historic Motor Vehicles and Street Rod Vehicles - Minimum Age

HB0774	Delegate Wilkins	Economic Matters
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction)

HB0775	Delegate Hutchinson	Environment and Transportation
Wetlands and Waterways Permits - Lighthouse Piers - Permission of Owner of Private Wetlands

HB0776	Delegate Ruff	Judiciary
Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act)

HB0777	Delegate Spiegel	Environment and Transportation
Motor Vehicles - Required Equipment - Rear Occupant Alert Systems (The Hot Cars Act)

HB0778	Delegate Allen	Economic Matters
Land Use - Middle Housing Options - Requirements

HB0779	Delegate Lehman	Environment and Transportation
Natural Resources - Riverine Siting and Design Criteria - Requirements

HB0780	Wicomico County Delegation	Environment and Transportation
Wicomico County - Sunday Hunting Time Restrictions - Repeal

HB0781	Delegate Conaway	Ways and Means Judiciary
Public Middle Schools – Instruction on the Consequences of a Conviction for Felony Murder

HB0782	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Criminal Law - Taking and Breaking Open Letters - Penalty

HB0783	Washington County Delegation	Ways and Means
Washington County - Property Tax Credit - Platoon 22, Incorporated

HB0784	Delegate Jones, D.	Environment and Transportation
Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension

HB0785	Delegate Fisher	Rules and Executive Nominations
Amendments Convention Called Under Article V of the U.S. Constitution - Delegation to the Convention

HB0786	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2026)

HB0787	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2026)

HB0788	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2026)

HB0789	Delegate Forbes	Appropriations
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Military Service Credit Eligibility

February 4, 2026
Consent Calendar of Introductory House Bills No. 29

HB0790	Delegate Long, R.	Ways and Means
State Transfer Tax - Exemption for First-Time Home Buyers - Alterations

HB0791	Delegate Long, R.	Ways and Means
Baltimore County - Residential Real Property - Moratorium on Assessment Increases and Review of Assessment Practices and Methodology

HB0792	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2026)

HB0793	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Criminal Procedure - Theft - Notification of Victims and Victims' Representatives

HB0794	Delegate Acevero	Judiciary
Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Prohibition Against Certain Affiliation or Support by Police Officers

HB0795	Delegate Wu	Health
Health Insurance - Artificial Intelligence - Grievance Process and Reporting (AI Health Insurance Accountability Act of 2026)

HB0796	Delegate Terrasa	Environment and Transportation
Recycling - Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic

HB0797	Delegate Boafo	Economic Matters
Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis

HB0798	Delegate Wolek	Economic Matters
Economic Development - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Accounts - Management Fees (Small Business Increased Access to Capital Act)

HB0799	Delegate Miller	Environment and Transportation
Maryland Co-Location Energy Innovation and Reliability Act

HB0800	Delegate Wolek	Ways and Means
Education - Behavioral Health and Student Well-Being and Human Flourishing (Maryland Student Well-Being and Flourishing Act)

HB0801	Delegate Embry	Ways and Means
Income Tax - Addition Modifications - Business Stock Gains, Fines, Penalties, and Bonus Depreciation

HB0802	Delegate Bartlett	Judiciary
Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Intercepted Communications - Admissibility of Evidence

HB0803	Delegate Miller	Ways and Means
Public Schools - Career Ladder - Teacher Classroom Teaching Time

HB0804	Delegate Wolek	Health
Department of Aging - Aging Resilience Fund - Establishment

HB0805	Delegate Solomon	Ways and Means
The Building Homes Act

HB0806	Delegate Hornberger	Environment and Transportation
Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Modifications

HB0807	Delegate Lehman	Appropriations
Education - Teacher Preparation Programs - English Language Learner Teacher Competency Requirements

HB0808	Delegate Johnson, S.	Health
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Step Therapy, Fail-First Protocols, and Prior Authorization - Prescription Drugs to Treat Serious Mental Illness

HB0809	Delegate Rosenberg	Appropriations
Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Funding

HB0810	Delegate Taylor	Ways and Means
State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Blockchain-Based Real Property Title Pilot Program - Establishment

HB0811	Delegate Wolek	Health
Aging-in-Place Programs - Grants - Multigenerational Third Places (The Village Multigenerational Third Places Act)

HB0812	Delegate Tomlinson	Ways and Means
Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline

HB0813	Delegate Martinez	Health
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity

HB0814	Delegate Tomlinson	Government, Labor, and Elections
State Procurement - Submission of Subcontractor Agreements

HB0815	Delegate Hornberger	Government, Labor, and Elections
Cecil County - County Council and Board of Education Elections - Single-Member Districts

HB0816	Delegate Taylor	Environment and Transportation
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Affordability - Purpose of Fund and Authorized Program

HB0817	Delegate Foley	Environment and Transportation
Carbon Removal Technology and Practices - Regulations and Use of Funding

HB0818	Delegate Embry	Appropriations
Higher Education - Foster Care Recipients and Homeless Youth - Tuition Exemption and Associated Benefits

HB0819	Delegate Stinnett	Judiciary
Commission to Examine the Expungement Laws of Maryland

HB0820	Delegate Hornberger	Judiciary
Handgun Permits - Special Endorsement for Security Clearance Holders

HB0821	Chair, Judiciary Committee	Judiciary
Judiciary Department - Judicial Removal - Disqualification From Future Judicial Office

HB0822	Delegate Bartlett	Judiciary
Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills - Maximum Salary

HB0823	Delegate Griffith	Ways and Means
State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Blockchain-Based Real Property Title Pilot Program - Establishment

HB0824	Delegate Stinnett	Judiciary
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Conviction of Distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substance

HB0825	Delegate Woods	Government, Labor, and Elections Appropriations
Brain Health - Guidelines, Grant Fund, and Commemorative Month (Tahjai's Law)

HB0826	Delegate Morgan, M.	Ways and Means
Property Tax - Residential Real Property - Moratorium on Assessment Increases

HB0827	Delegate Morgan, M.	Ways and Means Environment and Transportation
Repair the Transportation Trust Fund Act

HB0828	Delegate Ebersole	Ways and Means
State Board of Education - Membership - Educational Support Member

HB0829	Delegate Ebersole	Environment and Transportation
Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability

February 4, 2026
Consent Calendar of Introductory House Bills No. 30

HB0830	Delegate Long, R.	Government, Labor, and Elections
Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements and Verification

HB0831	Delegate Schindler	Government, Labor, and Elections
Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act

HB0832	Delegate Boafo	Judiciary
Public Safety - State Law Enforcement Agencies - Hiring Restriction (ICE Breaker Act)

HB0833	Delegate Boyce	Environment and Transportation
Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland - Reestablishment

HB0834	Delegate Schindler	Judiciary
Family Law - Child Neglect Definition - Alteration

HB0835	Delegate Acevero	Judiciary
Criminal Procedure - No-Knock Search Warrants

HB0836	Delegate Conaway	Ways and Means
County Boards of Education - College Preparatory Programs - Fees

HB0837	Delegate Ebersole	Ways and Means
Education – Student Athletic Activities – Physical Examinations and Cardiovascular Prescreening

HB0838	Delegate Cullison	Health
State Board of Pharmacy - Prescriber-Pharmacist Agreements

HB0839	Frederick County Delegation	Appropriations
Frederick Community College - Board of Trustees - Meeting and Training Requirements

HB0840	Delegate Edelson	Ways and Means
Property Tax - Credit for Commercial Buildings Rented to Small Businesses

HB0841	Delegate Holmes	Economic Matters
Real Property - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Governing Bodies and Annual Meetings

HB0842	Delegate Griffith	Ways and Means
Property Tax Exemption - Property Acquired by Surviving Spouse of Service Member - Repeal of Time Limitation

HB0843	Washington County Delegation	Ways and Means
Washington County - Notice of Tax Sale - Alterations

HB0844	Delegate Griffith	Environment and Transportation
Motor Vehicle Registration - Fee Exemption - Unemployable Disabled Veterans

HB0845	Wicomico County Delegation	Appropriations
Higher Education - Community College Promise Scholarship Eligibility - Delmar High School Graduates

HB0846	Washington County Delegation	Ways and Means
Property Tax - City of Hagerstown and the Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc. - Exemption

HB0847	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Criminal Law - Fraud - Possession of Residential Real Property

HB0848	Delegate Stein	Environment and Transportation
Public Safety – State Fire Prevention Code – Trash and Recyclable Materials

HB0849	Delegate Mireku-North	Ways and Means
Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions

HB0850	Delegate Bhandari	Economic Matters
Home Builders - Open House - Sales Representative Disclosure Requirements

HB0851	Delegate Forbes	Ways and Means
Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council - Legal Status

HB0852	Delegate Sample-Hughes	Appropriations
Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers

HB0853	Delegate Holmes	Economic Matters
Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers

HB0854	Delegate Boyce	Appropriations
School Construction - Nonpublic Special Education School Renovation Program - Established

HB0855	Delegate Holmes	Government, Labor, and Elections
Common Ownership Communities – Candidate or Proposition Signs – Display Period

HB0856	Delegate Ebersole	Ways and Means
Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)

HB0857	Delegate Griffith	Ways and Means
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income - Individuals Under the Age of 55

HB0858	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Real Property - Wrongful Detainer Actions - Time of Hearing

HB0859	Delegate Boafo	Economic Matters
Financial Institutions - Digital Assets and Digital Asset Staking - Regulation (Maryland Financial Innovation Act of 2026)

HB0860	Delegate Alston	Health Judiciary
Petitions for Emergency Evaluation (Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act)

HB0861	Delegate Kaiser	Government, Labor, and Elections
Department of Information Technology - Statewide Information Technology Master Plan - Reporting

HB0862	Delegate Stein	Environment and Transportation
Railroads - Required Crew for Movement of Freight

HB0863	Delegate Schmidt	Judiciary
Gun Theft Felony Act of 2026

HB0864	Delegate Wells	Government, Labor, and Elections
Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)

HB0865	Delegate Cullison	Health
Health Insurance - Remittance Advice - Interest on Late-Paid Claims

HB0866	Delegate Kaufman	Health
Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Case Management Services

HB0867	Delegate Conaway	Judiciary
Real Property - Actions for Wrongful Detainer - Required Postings

HB0868	Delegate Conaway	Ways and Means Judiciary
Baltimore City - Public Middle Schools - Instruction on the Consequences of a Conviction for Felony Murder

HB0869	Delegate Holmes	Environment and Transportation
Vehicle Laws - Electric Vehicle Dealer Licenses - City of Bowie

February 4, 2026
Consent Calendar of Introductory House Bills No. 31

HB0870	Delegate Korman	Environment and Transportation
Maryland Building Performance Standards - Energy Conservation Requirements (Large Buildings for Tomorrow Act)

HB0871	Delegate Stewart	Government, Labor, and Elections
Election Law - Enhanced Automatic Voter Registration System

HB0872	Delegate Coley	Appropriations
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Seat Pleasant Police Department

HB0873	Delegate Simmons	Judiciary
Manslaughter by Vehicle or Vessel - Increased Penalties (Jamari's Law)

HB0874	Delegate Simmons	Government, Labor, and Elections
Anne Arundel County - Board of License Commissioners - Alterations

HB0875	Delegate Simmons	Judiciary
Public Safety - Distribution of Literature to Purchasers of Firearms and Ammunition

HB0876	Delegate Simmons	Judiciary
Criminal Procedure - Motion to Reduce Duration of Sentence - Repeal of Sentencing Date Limitation

HB0877	Delegate Spiegel	Appropriations
Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Institutional Debt - Report

HB0878	Carroll County Delegation	Economic Matters
Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies

HB0879	Delegate Bagnall	Ways and Means
Language Acquisition Tracking Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children - Establishment

HB0880	Delegate Palakovich Carr	Ways and Means
Maryland Income Tax - Decoupling From Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code - Depreciation and Business Interest Expenses

HB0881	Delegate Kaufman	Health
Task Force on Not-for-Profit Funeral Establishments

HB0882	Delegate Kaufman	Health
Consumer Health Information - Termination Date and Mandatory Funding for the State's Consumer Health Information Hub - Repeal

HB0883	Delegate Qi	Economic Matters Health
Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence - Behavioral Health Care Prohibitions

HB0884	Delegate Toles	Appropriations
University of Maryland Eastern Shore - Land-Grant Institution - Funding (Land-Grant Equity and Accountability Act)

HB0885	Delegate Nkongolo	Judiciary Health
Criminal Law - Causing Ingestion of an Abortion-Inducing Drug - Prohibition (Women's Freedom From Coercion Act)

HB0886	Delegate Hornberger	Health
Certified Peer Recovery Specialists - Coverage Under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance and Workgroup on Certification

HB0887	Delegate Hornberger	Ways and Means Appropriations
Video Lottery Terminals - Distribution of Local Impact Grants - Allocation for Fair Hill Purses

HB0888	Washington County Delegation	Ways and Means
Washington County - Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans - Eligibility

HB0889	Wicomico County Delegation	Ways and Means
Wicomico County - Property Tax Credit - Salisbury Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.

HB0890	Delegate Crutchfield	Judiciary
Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations ("Know Before They Knock" Family Right to Notice Act)

HB0891	Delegate Conaway	Government, Labor, and Elections
Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individuals - Menstrual Hygiene

HB0892	Delegate Hill	Economic Matters Health
Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Actions for Sale, Transfer, or Alternate Use

HB0893	Delegate Hill	Economic Matters Health
Business Regulation - Abandoned Cemeteries - Acquisition and Disposition

HB0894	Speaker	Economic Matters Environment and Transportation
Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)

HB0895	Speaker	Economic Matters
Food Retailers - Dynamic Pricing, Surveillance Data, and Collective Bargaining Agreements (Protection From Predatory Pricing Act)

HB0896	Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections Committee	Government, Labor, and Elections
Military Department - National Guard State Active Duty Mobilization Fund

HB0897	Speaker	Environment and Transportation
Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Energy Storage, and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund (Lower Bills and Local Power Act of 2026)

HB0898	Speaker	Economic Matters
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act

HB0899	Chair, Judiciary Committee	Judiciary
Home Detention Monitoring Agencies - Promotion and Solicitation of Business - Prohibition

February 4, 2026
Message from the Senate: Introductory Senate Bills No. 1
Senate Bills Introduced In The House

SB0001	Senator Augustine	Judiciary
Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings

SB0017 (Emergency Bill)	Senator Hayes	Government, Labor, and Elections
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Related Event Promoter's Permit

SB0245 (Emergency Bill)	Senator Smith	Judiciary
Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition

February 4, 2026
Special Order Calendar No. 3

HB0001	Delegate Crosby	STATUS: (Environment and Transportation)
Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations		Favorable Report as Amended ADOPTED. Motion by Del. Chisolm to make Bill as Amended a Special Order of Business for Wednesday, February 4, at the appropriate time. CARRIED. BILL ON 2ND READING.