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Authorizing a sheriff of a county to establish an Unauthorized Occupant Registry for residential real property located in the county in order to facilitate the removal of unauthorized occupants from dwellings on residential property in the county; authorizing a residential property owner to enroll the property in a registry established in accordance with the Act and to request the removal …

Establishing and altering requirements governing the regulation of insurance in the State, including requirements related to reviews and examinations undertaken by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner, premium discounts, the temporary suspension of writing new homeowner's insurance policies, and claims handling; providing that certain insurers may be subject to additional market conduct examinations under certain circumstances; etc.

Authorizing a municipal corporation in Prince George's County that is in the regional district to override, by a majority vote of the governing body of the municipal corporation, a certain zoning law made by the district council if the zoning law affects land within the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation.

Requiring a lender for a reverse mortgage loan to establish a certain escrow account for the payment of eligible homeowner expenses, deduct a certain amount of funds from each loan distribution to a borrower, deposit the deducted funds into the escrow account, and deliver on-time payments from the escrow account to the appropriate collection entity for eligible homeowner expenses.

Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs in connection with a closure, relocation, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government, or other similar circumstances; and altering the purpose of the …

Altering certain requirements for an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property; requiring a secured party to provide certain loan-related correspondence in order to enforce a materially delinquent mortgage, subject to certain exceptions; and permitting a mortgagor to raise a defense of laches in an action to enforce a materially …

Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to contract with a third party to conduct a study of the structure and composition of the distribution and retail sector of the alcoholic beverages industry in the State and to make recommendations on identifying and eliminating barriers to minority participation in that industry; and requiring the Office to …

Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain fraternal organizations a license for not more than three instant ticket lottery machines; altering the distribution of proceeds from instant ticket lottery machine sales by veterans' organizations; providing for the distribution of proceeds from instant ticket lottery machine sales by fraternal organizations; altering certain requirements concerning …

Requiring a person registered to build a new home to provide at the time of closing for the initial sale of a new home information about the warranties for appliances registered by the person, including the date of the warranty registration and the time remaining under the warranty.

Establishing the Prostate Cancer Care Access Grant Program to provide grants to improve awareness of and access to prostate cancer care services for individuals in the State; establishing the Prostate Cancer Care Access Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide grants under the Program; requiring the Governor in each of fiscal years 2027 and 2028, to include …

Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; adding to the list of misdemeanor convictions that a person may expunge under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way …

Imposing a State admissions and amusement tax on gross receipts derived from certain admissions and amusement charges for admission to athletic competitions held at the University of Maryland, College Park Campus; imposing a supplemental surcharge on certain sales of food, alcoholic beverages, and accommodations within a certain distance of the University of Maryland, College Park Campus football stadium on certain …

Establishing the Reentry Readiness Program in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and requiring the Department to work jointly with the Motor Vehicle Administration, the Division of Vital Records in the Maryland Department of Health, and the Department of Labor to staff and administer the Program.

Requiring competitive sealed bids and proposals to be awarded based on certain standardized evaluation criteria; requiring the criteria to be included in an invitation for bids or a request for proposals; and requiring a responsive bid or proposal to include a certain State and local economic impact statement.

Requiring certain facilities to inform individuals of certain rights relating to the participation of a family member or other authorized individual in the individual's plan of treatment; requiring facilities to recognize certain documents as an individual's formal request to allow a certain individual to participate in a certain plan; limiting the reasons for which a treating provider is authorized to …

Requiring that a court determine custody before awarding child support under certain circumstances; and establishing a conclusive presumption that the application of the child support guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate if the parents mutually assert that the agreement is in the best interest of the child.

Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to draw from a pool of at least five questions related to motorcycle safety awareness for a certain examination, and include at least one of those questions on the driver skills examination required for the issuance of a driver's license; requiring the questions to address visibility of motorcycles, proper lane positioning, safe following distances, crash …

Establishing the Suitland Development Authority in Prince George's County; requiring the Authority to support and develop a neighborhood revitalization plan in coordination with certain residents; authorizing the Authority to modify certain boundaries, subject to a certain vote; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; and requiring the Authority, by December 15, 2027, to report …

Requiring a unit of State and local government and a person that receives funding from the State operating or capital budget to report on or before October 15 each year to the Comptroller certain information regarding the use of the funds; requiring a certain individual or corporation that receives payments from a unit of State and local government for providing …

Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide individuals with salpingectomy coverage for ovarian cancer prevention; and prohibiting the insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible requirement on the salpingectomy coverage.

Requiring each county and municipal automated traffic enforcement program to submit to the Vision Zero coordinator a quarterly report containing certain information regarding each citation issued under the program during the quarter to a motor vehicle registered in another state.

Exempting certain religious educational institutions accredited by accrediting bodies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from the requirement to obtain a certificate of approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to operate in the State.