Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Delegate Ebersole
Last action: 2026-05-12
Official status: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 405
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on what happens if there are changes after July 1, 2026.

Legalizing Baltimore County's Public Local Laws for 2025

This law makes the 2025 edition of Baltimore County's public local laws legal and official.

What This Bill Does

Makes the 2025 version of Baltimore County's Code of Public Local Laws legal to the extent that it contains laws enacted by the General Assembly.
Allows any supplements to the 2025 code, which contain laws made by Maryland's General Assembly, to be legal too.
Says courts and public officials must treat this new code as official law.

Who It Names or Affects

Baltimore County residents
Courts in Baltimore County
Public officials in Baltimore County

Terms To Know

General Assembly: The main law-making body of Maryland, similar to a state's legislature.
Supplement: An addition or update to the original code that includes new laws enacted by the General Assembly.

Limits and Unknowns

It only legalizes parts of the code and supplements that were made by Maryland's General Assembly.
Does not specify what happens if there are changes after July 1, 2026.

Bill History

2026-05-12 Post Passage
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 405
2026-04-09 Senate
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2026-03-30 House
Returned Passed
2026-03-25 Senate
Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2026-03-21 Senate
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-03-20 House
Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
2026-03-09 House
Third Reading Passed (124-0)
2026-03-07 House
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-03-06 Senate
Referred Judicial Proceedings
2026-02-16 House
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-02 House
First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization
Maryland General Assembly
Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and Elections
Maryland General Assembly
Text - Third - Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization
Maryland General Assembly
Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial Proceedings
Maryland General Assembly
Text - Chapter - Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization

Official Summary Text

Legalizing the 2025 Edition of the Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws and any supplement to the extent to which that code or supplement contains laws enacted by the General Assembly.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
amendment.
*hb0732*

HOUSE BILL 732
L2 6lr3046
CF SB 472
By: Delegate Ebersole
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 7, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws – 2025 Edition – Legalization 2

FOR the purpose of legalizing the 2025 Edition of the Baltimore County Code of Public 3
Local Laws and any supplement to the extent to which that code or supplement 4
contains laws enacted by the General Assembly; and generally relating to the 2025 5
Edition of the Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws. 6

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7
That the 2025 Edition of the Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws and any 8
supplement to the 2025 Edition of the Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws, to the 9
extent to which that code or supplement contains laws enacted by the General Assembly of 10
Maryland, is legalized. The 2025 Edition of the Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws 11
and any supplement shall be deemed and taken in all the courts of the State and by all 12
public officials of the State and its political subdivisions to be evidence of the law enacted 13
by the General Assembly contained in the code or a supplement to it. 14

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 15
1, 2026. 16