Floor Actions - Agenda

February 25, 2026
Introductory House Bills No. 59

HB1614	Delegate Arentz	Rules and Executive Nominations
Maryland Transportation Authority - Use of Lane Direction Control Signal Monitoring Systems

HB1615	Delegate Bhandari	Rules and Executive Nominations
Cooperative Housing Corporations and Condominiums - Emergency Use of Reserve Funds

HB1616	Delegate Rogers	Rules and Executive Nominations
Mutual Insurance Holding Companies - Conversion to Mutual Insurers

HB1617	Delegate Alston	Rules and Executive Nominations
Public Health - Health Innovation Zones - Establishment

February 25, 2026
Message from the Senate: Consent Calendar of Introductory Senate Bills No. 7
Senate Bills Introduced In The House

SB0077	Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee	Government, Labor, and Elections
State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions

SB0091	Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee	Government, Labor, and Elections
State Board of Elections - Address Confidentiality Program - Designation of Contact Person

SB0099	Senator Kagan	Ways and Means
Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)

SB0109	Senator Simonaire	Ways and Means
Anne Arundel County - Residential Property Tax Payment Deferrals - Eligibility

SB0194	Senator Simonaire	Ways and Means
Income and Property Tax Incentives - Members and Veterans of the Space Force - Application

SB0218	Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee	Ways and Means
State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare

SB0225	Senator Washington, M.	Environment and Transportation
Environment - Interjurisdictional Watersheds - Flood Management

SB0257	Senator Simonaire	Environment and Transportation
Mel Noland Woodland Incentives and Fellowship Fund - Reporting

SB0280	Senator Augustine	Environment and Transportation
Natural Resources - State Parks - Terminology

SB0306	Senator Hettleman	Appropriations
Education - Board of Community College Trustees for Baltimore County - Membership

SB0403	Senator McCray	Ways and Means
Sales and Use Tax - Elementary or Secondary School Book Fairs - Exemption

SB0450	Carroll County Senators	Economic Matters Ways and Means
Carroll County - Office of Permits and Inspections - Denial of Commercial Permit or License for Unpaid Personal Property Taxes

Economic Matters Committee Report No. 2
Distribution Date: February 24, 2026
Second Reading Date: February 25, 2026

FAVORABLE
HB0118	Favorable	Delegate Queen
Maryland Money Transmission Act - Definition of Money Transmitter - Alteration


HB0135	Favorable	Delegate Schindler
Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas


HB0485	Favorable	Delegate Johnson, S.
State Board of Professional Landscape Architects - Revisions


HB0487	Favorable	Delegate Feldmark
Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Investments - Alterations

Economic Matters Committee Report No. 3
Distribution Date: February 24, 2026
Second Reading Date: February 25, 2026

FAVORABLE
HB0038	Favorable with Amendments	Delegate Queen
Financial Institutions - Licensing of Affiliated Insurance Producer-Mortgage Loan Originators - Alteration


HB0085	Favorable with Amendments	Delegate Charkoudian
Corporations and Associations - Cooperative Limited Equity Housing Corporations - Establishment


HB0431	Favorable with Amendments	Delegate Behler
Real Property - Recordation and Printing of Subdivision Plats - Alterations

Judiciary Committee Report No. 9
Distribution Date: February 25, 2026
Second Reading Date: February 25, 2026

FAVORABLE
HB0017	Favorable with Amendments	Delegate Cardin
Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax

WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR
HB1489	Unfavorable	Delegate Simmons
Criminal Procedure - Motion to Reduce Duration of Sentence - Eligibility (Vincent Anthony Fisher III Act)

Judiciary Committee Report No. 10
Distribution Date: February 25, 2026
Second Reading Date: February 25, 2026

FAVORABLE
HB1341	Favorable with Amendments	Delegate Ebersole (Jointly Considered Judiciary/Ways and Means)
Public Schools - School Security Personnel - Immigration Investigation and Enforcement

February 25, 2026
Special Order Calendar No. 10

HB0053	Delegate Lehman	STATUS: (Judiciary)
Criminal Law – Nondomesticated Animal Prohibitions – Alterations		Favorable Report ADOPTED. Motion by Del. Hornberger to make Bill a Special Order of Business for Wednesday at the appropriate time. CARRIED. BILL ON 2ND READING.

February 25, 2026
Special Order Calendar No. 11

HB0154	Delegate Korman	STATUS: (Ways and Means)
Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)		Favorable Report as Amended ADOPTED. Motion by Del. Grammer to make Bill as Amended a Special Order of Business for Wednesday at the appropriate time. CARRIED. BILL ON 2ND READING.

February 25, 2026
Special Order Calendar No. 12

HB0351	Delegate Moon	STATUS: (Judiciary)
Public Safety - Federal Agents - Digital Unmasking		Favorable Report as Amended ADOPTED. Floor Judiciary Committee Amendments ADOPTED. Motion by Del. Tomlinson to make Bill as Amended a Special Order of Business for Wednesday at the appropriate time. CARRIED. BILL ON 2ND READING.

February 25, 2026
Special Order Calendar No. 13

HB1017 (Emergency Bill)	Delegate Wells	STATUS: (Government, Labor, and Elections)
Correctional Services - Private Immigration Detention Facilities - Zoning Requirement		Favorable Report as Amended ADOPTED. Motion by Del. Griffith to make Bill as Amended a Special Order of Business for Wednesday at the appropriate time. CARRIED. BILL ON 2ND READING.

February 25, 2026
Special Order Calendar No. 14

HB1018 (Emergency Bill)	Delegate Stewart	STATUS: (Government, Labor, and Elections)
Correctional Services - Immigration Detention Facilities - Minimum Mandatory Standards		Favorable Report as Amended ADOPTED. Motion by Del. Griffith to make Bill as Amended a Special Order of Business for Wednesday at the appropriate time. CARRIED. BILL ON 2ND READING.