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Local Government & Preemption legislation, Maryland
State legislation that governs cities and counties -- home rule, state preemption of local ordinances, municipal finance, and local authority. Deliberately broad: a city affairs office cares about municipal bonds, utilities and courts as much as about preemption fights, so the hub errs toward including anything a municipality is subject to.
42 bills in Maryland. Membership is matched on bill titles and official subject tags; source coverage and update timing vary. See something missing? Tell us.
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Enacted (14)
Latest action 2026-05-26: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 835
Latest action 2026-05-26: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 834
Latest action 2026-05-26: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 678
Latest action 2026-05-12: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 522
Latest action 2026-05-12: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471
Latest action 2026-05-12: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 356
Latest action 2026-05-12: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 523
Latest action 2026-04-28: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 210
Latest action 2026-04-28: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 157
Latest action 2026-04-28: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 203
Latest action 2026-04-28: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 303
Latest action 2026-04-28: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 204
Latest action 2026-04-28: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 209
Latest action 2026-04-14: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 17
Died or failed (28)
- SB 618 — Public Ethics - Members of the General Assembly - State and Local Government Employment Exemptiondied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-13: Third Reading Passed
- SB 463 — Municipalities - Vagrancy - Repeal of Authority to Prohibitdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-31: Motion Special Order until 4/8 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- HB 172 — Municipalities - Enforcement Officers - Body-Worn Camerasdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-24: Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 160 — State and Local Government - Real Property - Confederate Naming Prohibiteddied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-24: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 34 — Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Inventory and Improvements (Mason's Law)died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-23: Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- HB 912 — Local Government - Trap-Neuter-Return Policies for Community Cats - Requirements and Restrictions (Ash's Law)died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-23: Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- HB 1568 — Local Government - Animal Control - Dogs At Large (Dog Leash Laws)died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-12: Hearing 3/12 at 1:30 p.m.
Latest action 2026-03-09: Withdrawn by Sponsor
- HB 1622 — Maryland Aviation Administration and Local Governments - Transportation Network Services - Prohibition on Taxes, Fees, and Chargesdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-21: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- HB 432 — Municipalities - Vagrancy - Repeal of Authority to Prohibitdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-20: Referred Judicial Proceedings
- HB 190 — Constitutional Amendment - Form of County Government - Requirement to Adopt Charter Home Ruledied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-20: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 1074 — Public Ethics Law - Participation Restrictions and Requirements for Local Governments and School Boardsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-19: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 831 — Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Actdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-19: Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 1141 — Municipal Incorporation - County Commissioners or County Council - Required Approval of Referendum Requestdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-16: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- SB 922 — Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Actdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- SB 746 — Police Discipline - Municipal Law Enforcement Agencies - Suspension Pending Appeal of Trial Board Decisiondied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 1066 — Municipal Elections - Qualified Electronic Transmission Systems - Authorization for Usedied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- SB 750 — Local Government - Trap-Neuter-Return Policies for Community Cats - Requirements and Restrictions (Ash's Law)died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- SB 727 — Municipal Elections - Qualified Electronic Transmission Systems - Authorization for Usedied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 950 — Public Utilities - Street Lighting Equipment - Acquisitions and Reporting (County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act)died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 636 — Public Ethics - Members of the General Assembly - State and Local Government Employment Exemptiondied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-06: Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 905 — Recipients of State and Local Government Funding - Reporting (Buy Maryland Reporting Requirements)died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-06: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 350 — Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporationsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-06: Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- SB 547 — Recipients of State and Local Government Funding - Reporting (Buy Maryland Reporting Requirements)died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 708 — Municipal Elections - Voter Registration - List and Qualificationsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-03: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest action 2026-01-29: Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 47 — Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names - Establishmentdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- HB 99 — Municipalities - Annexed Land - Land Use and Densitydied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-26: Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.