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2026 Disability Legislation​ List

This listing does not indicate support or non support of legislation by the department or administration.  This is a partial listing of bills and is not exhaustive of all possible disability related legislation proposed during session.  Click here for a full listing of legislative bills​.



​ADA/Accessibility

  • HB0044 - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures

  • HB0263 - Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Bus Stops

  • SB0236 - Election Law - Certification of Election-Supporting Technology - Regulations, Review, and Evaluation

  • SB0037 - Maryland Service Animal Programs - Participant Disqualification - Revisions

  • SB0073 - Election Law - Polling Place Procedures - Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland)

  • HB0435/B0259 - Places of Public Accommodation - Open Movie Captioning

  • SB0421 - Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns

  • HB0581 - Baltimore County - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements

  • HB1407 - Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice of Timely Receipt

​Community Living

  • HB0162 - Department of Aging - Maryland Access Point - Dementia-Friendly Communities

  • HB0202 - Public Health - Social Isolation and Loneliness Pilot Grant Program - Establishment

  • HB0215 - Continuing Care Providers - Financial Stress Tests, Transparency, and Governing Bodies

  • SB0123 - Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Membership

  • SB0387 - Food Retailers - Dynamic Pricing, Surveillance Data, and Collective Bargaining Agreements (Protection From Predatory Pricing Act)

  • HB1280/SB0809 - Supporting Our Caregiver Infrastructure Program - Feasibility Study

​Education

  • HB0073 - Public Schools - Water Safety and Swimming Course - Established

  • SB0238\HB0340 - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact

  • SB0051 - Public Schools - Self-Contained Special Education Classrooms - Use of Video Recording Devices

  • SB0071 - Education - Interjurisdictional Safe Pathways Commission - Establishment

  • SB0070/HB0297 - Adult Education - High School Diploma Pathways - GED Option Pilot Program and MDiplomaWorks Pathway

  • SB0311 - Education - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions

  • HB0530 - Task Force on Proactive Review of Audio and Video Recordings on Special Education Buses

  • HB1368 - Special Education - Individualized Education Program - Notification of Missed Services (Shifra's Act)

  • HB1396 - Commission on Blueprint Fiscal Sustainability and Student Achievement - Establishment

​Emergency Preparedness

  • HB0311 - Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning

​Employment

  • SB0143 - Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)

  • SB0080/HB1248 - Part-Time State Employment Pilot Program - Established (Maryland Workforce Retention, Recruitment, and Reentry Act)

  • HB1246 - Maryland Department of Health - Employment Training and Opportunity Database

​Environment

  • SB0386 - Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Energy Storage, and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund (Lower Bills and Local Power Act of 2026)​

​Legal

  • SB88/HB0007 - State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy

  • SB121- Personal Information - Public Servant Protections

  • SB0182 - Adult Protective Services - Modifications

  • HB0216 - Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation - 

  • HB0187 - Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding

  • SB0375 - County Boards of Education - Artificial Intelligence Training Program - Requirement

Finance

  • SB9/HB0139 - Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Day - Veterans' Day

  • HB0390/SB0282 - Budget Bill

  • SB0151- Income Tax - Credit for Individuals Residing With and Caring for Elderly Parents

  • SB0213/HB0193 - State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures

  • SB0379 - Recovery Residence Grant Program - Funding

Government

  • SB22/HB0226 - Department of Disabilities - Housing Programs and Affiliated Foundations - Establishment

  • SB0260/HB0322 - Maryland Health Care Commission - Membership

  • SB0392/HB0027  Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Long COVID Innovation Grant and Loan Program

  • HB1422 - State Personnel - State Fiscal Leadership Capacity

​Health/Behavioral Health

  • SB0120 - Required Benefits for Dental Preventive Care - Frequency Limitation Interval 

  • SB96 -  Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans

  • SB134/HB0275 - Medicare Supplement Policies - Issuance - Requirements

  • SB0240 - Office of Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council - Establishment

  • SB0244 - Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program

  • SB0019 - Maryland Commission on Women's Health Advancement - Establishment

  • SB0067/HB0180 - Criminal Procedure - Incompetency to Stand Trial Dismissal

  • SB169/HB0372 - Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures

  • SB0205/HB0280 - Health Insurance - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders - Codification of Federal Requirements

  • SB0269 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Evidence - Rebuttable Presumption of Medical Bills

  • SB0412 - Maryland Department of Health - Community Forensic Aftercare Program - Established

  • SB0385 - Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)

  • HB1249 - Certified Recovery Residences - Refusing Services to Individuals Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment 

  • HB1251 - Health Facilities and Health Insurance - Palliative Care - Required Access and Coverage

  • HB1284 - Residential Service Agencies - Private Duty Nursing - On-Site Nurse Training Programs

  • HB1285 - Health - Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs - Possession, Storage, and Administration Past Expiration Date

  • HB1291 - Public Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Continuity of Care

  • HB1292 - Child Advocacy Centers - Continuity of Care Standards for Health Care Professionals and Reports of Violations

  • HB1316 - Public Health - Universal Health Care Program - Study and Commission

  • HB1323 - Health Care Decisions Act - Surrogate Decision Making - Hospital Surrogate Committee

  • HB1331 - Maryland Department of Health and Department of Human Services - Public Benefits - Eligibility and Prohibitions

  • HB1367 - Commission on Re-Imagining Health Care in Maryland

  • HB1372 - Public Health - Office of Health Care Quality Information and Maryland Department of Health Centralization Commission

  • HB1376 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Health Insurance - Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals - Requirements

  • HB1377 - Prescription Drug Repository Program - Redirecting Safe Prescription Drugs Pilot Program

  • HB1414 - Nursing Homes - Direct Care Wages and Benefits and Cost Reports

  • HB1385 - Health Insurance - Use of Artificial Intelligence - Human Evaluation

​​Human Services

  • HB0009 - 3-1-1 Systems - Expansion Program and Oversight Board - Establishment

  • HB0278 - Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)

  • HB0282 - Adult Protective Services – Modifications

  • SB0018 - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional License to Practice Social Work - Revisions

  • SB0049/HB0104 - Unhoused Individuals - Rights and Affirmative Defense

  • HB1383 - Children in Need of Assistance - Permanency Plan Requirements

Housing

  • HB0279 - Correctional Services - Medication Review Committee - Administration of Psychotropic Medication to an Incarcerated Individual

  • HB0310- Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Individuals With Developmental or Intellectual Disabilities Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Individuals With Developmental or Intellectual Disabilities

  • HB0239 - Land Use - Zoning - Limitations (Starter and Silver Homes Act of 2026)

  • SB0389 - Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)

  • SB0938 - Community Development - Affordable Multifamily Rental Housing Stabilization Program - Establishment

​Public Safety

  • SB0061/HB0108 - Division of Correction - Release Preparation Program

  • SB0189/HB0034 - Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Required Grating Systems (Mason's Law)

  • SB0268 - Correctional Services – Restrictive Housing – Individuals With Developmental or Intellectual Disabilities

  • HB0592 - Task Force to Study Forced Infant Separation From Incarcerated Individuals

  • HB0612 - Correctional Education and Workforce Skills Training Programs - State Correctional Ombudsman and Certified Peer Recovery Specialist Training Program for Incarcerated Individuals

  • HB1306/SB0942 - Assisted Outpatient Treatment - Surrender or Seizure of Firearms

​Transportation

  • HB0058 - Transportation - Paratransit Services - Interjurisdictional Routes

  • SB0195 - Motorcycles - Protective Headgear Requirement - Exception (In Remembrance of Gary "Pappy" Boward)

  • SB0158 - Counties - Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks - Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools

  • SB0227 - Motor Vehicles – Parking – Disabled Veteran Special Registration Plates

  • HB1295/SB0909 - Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles

  • HB1507/SB0913 - Motor Vehicles - Enhanced Tinted Windows - Medical Exemption

  • HB1344 - Maryland Transit Administration - Locally Operated Transit Systems - Study