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HB1332 • 2026

Calvert County - County Commissioners - Prohibited Agreements

Calvert County - County Commissioners - Prohibited Agreements

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Delegate Fisher
Last action
2026-02-24
Official status
In the House - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Calvert County - County Commissioners - Prohibited Agreements

Prohibiting the County Commissioners of Calvert County from entering into a nondisclosure agreement or a confidentiality agreement with another person.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibiting the County Commissioners of Calvert County from entering into a nondisclosure agreement or a confidentiality agreement with another person.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-24 House

    Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.

  2. 2026-02-12 House

    First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections

  3. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Calvert County - County Commissioners - Prohibited Agreements

Official Summary Text

Prohibiting the County Commissioners of Calvert County from entering into a nondisclosure agreement or a confidentiality agreement with another person.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*hb1332*

HOUSE BILL 1332
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By: Delegate Fisher
Introduced and read first time: February 12, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Calvert County – County Commissioners – Prohibited Agreements 2

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the County Commissioners of Calvert County from entering 3
into a nondisclosure agreement or a confidentiality agreement with another person; 4
and generally relating to nondisclosure agreements, confidentiality agreements, and 5
the County Commissioners of Calvert County. 6

BY adding to 7
The Public Local Laws of Calvert County 8
Section 2–202 9
Article 5 – Public Local Laws of Maryland 10
(2002 Edition and October 2024 Supplement, as amended) 11

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13

Article 5 – Calvert County 14

2–202. 15

(A) THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, OR A PERSON ACTING O N BEHALF OF 16
THE COMMISSIONERS, MAY NOT ENTER INTO A NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT OR A 17
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER PERSON. 18

(B) A PROVISION IN AN AGRE EMENT THAT IS EXECUTED IN VIOLATION OF 19
THIS SECTION IS VOID AND UNENFORCEABLE AS CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY. 20

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That a presently existing 21
agreement, obligation, or contract right may not be impaired in any way by this Act and 22
that this Act shall be construed to apply only prospectively and may not b e applied or 23
2 HOUSE BILL 1332

interpreted to have any effect on or application to any nondisclosure or confidentiality 1
agreement or provision in effect before the effective date of this Act. 2

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 3
October 1, 2026. 4