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SENATE BILL 844
P5 EMERGENCY BILL 6lr2584

By: The President (By Request – Department of Legislative Services)
Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2026
Assigned to: Rules
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: March 5, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Annual Corrective Bill 2

FOR the purpose of correcting certain errors or omissions in certain articles of the 3
Annotated Code and the Public Local Laws of Maryland ; clarifying language; 4
correcting certain obsolete references; reorganizing certain sections of the Annotated 5
Code; providing that this Act is not intended to affect any law other than to correct 6
technical errors; and providing for the correction of certain errors and obsolete 7
provisions by the publishers of the Annotated Code. 8

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9
Article – Business Occupations and Professions 10
Section 18–204, 18–303(g)(1)(ii)2., 18–304(a), 18–3A–03(d)(1)(ii)2., 18–3A–04(a), and 11
18–3A–08(a)(1)(ii) 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 14

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
Article – Commercial Law 16
Section 14–1201(l) and 14–4401(i) 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2025 Replacement Volume) 19

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 20
Article – Correctional Services 21
Section 4–302(a) and 9–605(a) 22
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Annotated Code of Maryland 1
(2025 Replacement Volume) 2

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 3
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 4
Section 3–8A–15(b)(3)(ii)2. and 7–302(e)(2)(iii) 5
Annotated Code of Maryland 6
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 7

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Article – Education 9
Section 5–103, 5–210(b), 5–235(j)(1), 6–117(b), 6–120(g), 6–703(a)(1)(iv)2., 7–101(d), 10
7–205.1(d)(4)(ii), 7–306.1(c)(1), 7–4B–01(f), 7–701(b), 7–703(a)(2), 7–704(g)(2), 11
7–1303 Article II Section A and Article III Section A1, and 7 –1512(f), (h), (i), 12
(j), (k), and (l) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 15

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 16
Article – Education 17
Section 8–401(a)(2), 8–419(a) and (b)(1), and 15–106.4(b)(2) 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 20

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 21
Article – Environment 22
Section 9–303.5(e)(9)(iv) and (11), 9–1605.2(h)(9), and 9–2505(c)(2)(i) 23
Annotated Code of Maryland 24
(2014 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 25

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 26
Article – Family Law 27
Section 4–506(k)(1)(ii)1. and (iii) 28
Annotated Code of Maryland 29
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 30

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 31
Article – Financial Institutions 32
Section 1–101(q), 11–604(c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), 11 –606(b) through (e), 11 –606.1(a) 33
and (g), 11 –612(b), (c), (f), and (g), 11 –620(a)(1), (c)(2), and (e), 11 –621, and 34
11–622 35
Annotated Code of Maryland 36
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 37

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 38
Article – Health – General 39
Section 13–5204(a)(1) and (b)(3), 13 –5601(d), 13–5602(f)(2), 19–706(n) through (q), 40
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and 24–805(b)(3) and (c) 1
Annotated Code of Maryland 2
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 3

BY repealing 4
Article – Health – General 5
Section 19–706(m) 6
Annotated Code of Maryland 7
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 8

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9
Article – Health Occupations 10
Section 15–103(d), 15–205(1)(i)2., and 15–402.1(d) 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 13

BY repealing 14
Article – Housing and Community Development 15
Section 6–201(l) 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 18

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 19
Article – Housing and Community Development 20
Section 6–201(m) and (n) 21
Annotated Code of Maryland 22
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 23

BY adding to 24
Article – Housing and Community Development 25
Section 6–201(n) 26
Annotated Code of Maryland 27
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 28

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 29
Article – Human Services 30
Section 7–501(f), 7–502(a), and 7–1401(d) and (e) 31
Annotated Code of Maryland 32
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 33

BY adding to 34
Article – Human Services 35
Section 7–1401(g) 36
Annotated Code of Maryland 37
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 38

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 39
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Article – Insurance 1
Section 15–1622(b) 2
Annotated Code of Maryland 3
(2017 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 4

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 5
Article – Labor and Employment 6
Section 8–1002(a)(1), 11–604(g), and 11–1703(e) 7
Annotated Code of Maryland 8
(2025 Replacement Volume) 9

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – Land Use 11
Section 1–207(c)(4) and (6)(iii), 1–208(b)(1)(i) through (iii), 1–401(b)(3), 1–406(a)(1), 12
1–414, 1 –415, 1 –416(a)(2), 1 –417(a), 3 –201(c), 3 –204(a)(2) and (b)(1), 13
3–301(a)(2), 3–303(a), and 10–103(b)(4) 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2012 Volume and 2025 Supplement) 16

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 17
Article – Local Government 18
Section 1–207(a) 19
Annotated Code of Maryland 20
(2013 Volume and 2025 Supplement) 21

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 22
Article – Public Utilities 23
Section 7 –216.2(e)(3)(ii)3., 7 –510.3(g)(2)(ii), 10 –402(b)(1), 11 –201(b)(1), and 24
17–105(b)(3)(i) 25
Annotated Code of Maryland 26
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 27

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 28
Article – Real Property 29
Section 11–109.2(d)(2)(ii) and (e) and 11B–111.5(a) 30
Annotated Code of Maryland 31
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 32

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 33
Article – State Finance and Procurement 34
Section 3 –301(c)(1), 3 –602(d)(1)(ii) and (2)(ii) and (e), 3.5 –311(a)(2)(i) and (b)(2), 35
3.5–406(d)(2), 5A–303(a)(32) and (33), 13–218(a)(8), and 14–302(a)(8) 36
Annotated Code of Maryland 37
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 38

BY repealing 39
Article – State Finance and Procurement 40
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Section 5A–303(a)(31) 1
Annotated Code of Maryland 2
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 3

BY adding to 4
Article – State Finance and Procurement 5
Section 5A–303(a)(33) 6
Annotated Code of Maryland 7
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 8

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9
Article – State Government 10
Section 6–111(e), 9–1E–12(b)(2)(ii), 9–3207(d)(2)(ii), and 12–104(a)(2)(ii) 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 13

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14
Article – State Personnel and Pensions 15
Section 21–122(e) and 25–403(b)(3)(iv) and (i) 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 18

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 19
Article – Tax – General 20
Section 10–706(c) 21
Annotated Code of Maryland 22
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 23

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 24
Article – Transportation 25
Section 2 –103.1(a)(12), 3 –216(c)(2)(i), 3 –601(d)(1)(ii), 7–406(f)(1), 13–503.1(b)(1), 26
21–106(a)(3), 21–810(c)(2)(iv), and 22–218(c)(3)(ii), (4), and (10)(i) 27
Annotated Code of Maryland 28
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 29

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 30
The Public Local Laws of Somerset County 31
Section 2–101 32
Article 20 – Public Local Laws of Maryland 33
(2025 Edition) 34
(As enacted by Chapters 613 and 614 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2022) 35

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 36
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 37

Article – Business Occupations and Professions 38

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18–204. 1

Except for the cost of the [Maryland] STATE and national criminal HISTORY records 2
check, the Secretary shall pay all money collected under this title into the General Fund of 3
the State. 4

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 5

Error: Stylistic error and omitted word in § 18–204 of the Business Occupations and 6
Professions Article. 7

Occurred: Ch. 226, § 2, Acts of 1996. 8

18–303. 9

(g) The Secretary may waive the requirements of subsections (a)(2) and (3), (d), 10
and (e) of this section and issue a license to an applicant who: 11

(1) provides adequate evidence that the applicant: 12

(ii) became licensed in the other state: 13

2. after submitting to a State and national criminal 14
HISTORY records check; and 15

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 16

Error: Omitted word in § 18 –303(g)(1)(ii)2 of the Business Occupations and 17
Professions Article. 18

Occurred: Ch. 362, Acts of 1994. 19

18–304. 20

(a) Except for a license issued under § 18–303(g) of this subtitle, before issuing a 21
license, the Secretary shall conduct a State and national criminal HISTORY records check 22
for each applicant who applies for a license. 23

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 24

Error: Omitted word in § 18 –304(a) of the Business Occupations and Professions 25
Article. 26

Occurred: Ch. 362, Acts of 1994. 27

18–3A–03. 28

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(d) The Secretary may waive the requirements of this section and register an 1
applicant who: 2

(1) provides adequate evidence that the applicant: 3

(ii) became licensed or registered in the other state: 4

2. after submitting to a State and national criminal 5
HISTORY records check; and 6

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 7

Error: Omitted word in § 18 –3A–03(d)(1)(ii)2 of the Business Occupations and 8
Professions Article. 9

Occurred: Ch. 520, Acts of 1997. 10

18–3A–04. 11

(a) Except fo r registration under § 18 –3A–03(d) of this subtitle, the Secretary 12
shall conduct a State and national criminal HISTORY records check of an applicant before 13
registering the applicant. 14

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 15

Error: Omitted word in § 18–3A–04(a) of the Business Occupations and Professions 16
Article. 17

Occurred: Ch. 520, Acts of 1997. 18

18–3A–08. 19

(a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall 20
temporarily register any individual who: 21

(ii) does not have the State and national criminal HISTORY records 22
check required under § 18–3A–04(a) of this subtitle. 23

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 24

Error: Omitted word in § 18 –3A–08(a)(1)(ii) of the Business Occupations and 25
Professions Article. 26

Occurred: Ch. 520, Acts of 1997. 27

Article – Commercial Law 28

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14–1201. 1

(l) “Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry”]” or 2
“NMLS” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Financial Institutions Article. 3

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 4

Error: Misnomer in § 14–1201(l) of the Commercial Law Article. 5

Occurred: Ch. 480, § 2, Acts of 2018. 6

14–4401. 7

(i) “Marketing” does not include the providing OF customized content or offers on 8
the websites or through the applications or services provided by the direct –to–consumer 9
genetic testing company with the first–party relationship to the consumer. 10

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 11

Error: Omitted word in § 14–4401(i) of the Commercial Law Article. 12

Occurred: Ch. 501, Acts of 2022. 13

Article – Correctional Services 14

4–302. 15

(a) (1) If the evaluation team determines under § 4–301(c) of this subtitle that 16
an incarcerated individual is not an eligible person, the Director shall notify the 17
Commissioner and send to the Commissioner a copy of the evaluation team’s report. 18

(2) Within 30 days after [sending] THE DIRECTOR SENDS the notice, the 19
incarcerated individual shall be delivered to the appropriate correctional facility that the 20
Commissioner designates. 21

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 22

Error: Grammatical error in § 4–302(a)(2) of the Correctional Services Article. 23

Occurred: Ch. 54, § 2, Acts of 1999. 24

9–605. 25

(a) The estate of an individual who is sentenced to imprisonment in a correctional 26
facility in the Division of Correction [or is to be executed] is liable: 27

(1) first, for payment of reparation to each person injured by the individual; 28
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and 1

(2) second, for expenses incurred by the State to apprehend, prosecute, 2
convict, and remove the individual. 3

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 4

Error: Obsolete language in § 9–605(a) of the Correctional Services Article. 5

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 156, Acts of 2013, which repealed the death penalty. 6

Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 7

3–8A–15. 8

(b) (3) (ii) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a child under 9
the age of 13 may not be placed in detention if: 10

2. The child has not previously been adjudicated delinquent 11
for an act that would be a violation OF § 4–203 or § 4–204 of the Criminal Law Article or a 12
violation of § 5 –133, § 5 –134, § 5 –138, § 5 –142, § 5 –203, or § 5 –703 of the Public Safety 13
Article. 14

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 15

Error: Omitted word in § 3 –8A–15(b)(3)(ii)2 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings 16
Article. 17

Occurred: Ch. 735, Acts of 2024. 18

7–302. 19

(e) (2) (iii) A citation issued as the result of any of the following systems or 20
cameras controlled by a State agency shall provide that, in [an uncontested or] A contested 21
case, the penalty shall be paid directly to the District Court: 22

1. A traffic control signal monitoring system; 23

2. A work zone speed control system; 24

3. A speed monitoring system; or 25

4. A bus lane monitoring system. 26

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 27

Error: Extraneous language in § 7 –302(e)(2)(iii) of the Courts and Judicial 28
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Proceedings Article. 1

Occurred: Ch. 587, § 2, Acts of 2025. 2

Article – Education 3

5–103. 4

(a) The amount requested in the annual budget of each county board for current 5
expenses for the next school year and that is to be raised by revenue from local sources may 6
not be less than the minimum amount required to be levied under [§ 5 –202(d)(1)(i)] § 7
5–235(A)(1)(I) of this title. 8

(b) The county commissioners or county council may provide funds that are more 9
than the amount required by [§ 5–202(d)(1)(i)] § 5–235(A)(1)(I) of this title to support 10
improved and additional programs. 11

(c) If a county council or board of c ounty commissioners does not approve the 12
amount requested in the budget that is more than the amount required by [§ 5–202(d)(1)(i)] 13
§ 5–235(A)(1)(I) of this title: 14

(1) The county council or board of county commissioners: 15

(i) May not reduce the amount requested in the budget that is 16
dedicated to satisfying a final court judgment; and 17

(ii) Shall indicate in writing, within 15 days after the adoption of the 18
budget, which major categories of the annual budget have been reduced and the reason for 19
the reduction; and 20

(2) The county board shall submit to the county governing body, within 30 21
days after the adoption of the budget, a report indicating how the alterations to the budget 22
will be implemented, accompanied by reasonable supporting detail and analysis. 23

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 24

Error: Erroneous cross–references in § 5–103 of the Education Article. 25

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 36, Acts of 2021, which renumbered § 5 –202(d)(1)(i) to 26
be § 5 –235(a)(1)(i) and instructed the publishers of the Annotated Code of Maryland to 27
correct any cross references rendered incorrect by the Act. 28

5–210. 29

(b) Beginning December 1, 2024, and each December 1 thereafter, for fiscal year 30
2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, if there is a cumulative reduction in the December 31
General Fund estimate and the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund estimate in the 32
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December Board of Revenue Estimates report for that fiscal year that is at least 3.75% 1
below the March General Fund estimate AND THE BLUEPRINT FOR MARYLAND’S 2
FUTURE FUND ESTIMATE in the March Board of Revenue Estimates report for that fiscal 3
year, notwithstanding any other provision of law: 4

(1) Per pupil formula increases in major education aid required under this 5
subtitle shall be 0%; and 6

(2) Any additional funding increases required under this subtitle shall be 7
limited to 0%. 8

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 9

Error: Omitted words in § 5–210(b) of the Education Article. 10

Occurred: Ch. 237, Acts of 2025. 11

5–235. 12

(j) (1) (I) In this subsection the following terms have the meanings 13
indicated. 14

[(i)] (II) “Education appropriation” includes any money redirected 15
to a county board under subsection (o) of this section. 16

[(ii)] (III) “Education effort” means a county’s education 17
appropriation divided by the county’s wealth. 18

[(iii)] (IV) “5–year moving average” means the average of the 5 years 19
before the waiver year. 20

[(iv)] (V) “Waiver year” means the fiscal year for which a waiver 21
from the maintenance of effort requirement in subsection (a) of this section is requested. 22

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 23

Error: Tabulation error in § 5–235(j)(1) of the Education Article. 24

Occurred: Ch. 36, Acts of 2021. 25

6–117. 26

(b) The guidelines shall[: 27

(1) Include] INCLUDE provisions concerning the following: 28

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[(i)] (1) Mentoring; and 1

[(ii)] (2) Professional development training and support[; and 2

(2) Incorporate the framework of the Teacher Induction, Retention, and 3
Advancement Pilot Program]. 4

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 5

Error: Obsolete terminology in § 6–117(b) of the Education Article. 6

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 740, Acts of 2016, which established the Teacher 7
Induction, Retention, and Advancement Pilot Program, and that abrogated on June 30, 8
2022. 9

6–120. 10

(g) The State Board and the Professional Standards and Teacher Education 11
Board shall, in consultation with the Accountability and Implementation Board established 12
under § 5 –402 of this article, adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this 13
[subsection] SECTION. 14

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 15

Error: Erroneous internal reference in § 6–120(g) of the Education Article. 16

Occurred: Ch. 36, Acts of 2021. 17

6–703. 18

(a) (1) The Board consists of the following members: 19

(iv) Four administrative or supervisory staff members of public 20
schools, as follows: 21

2. One chosen from a list of nomi nees provided by the 22
Maryland Association of Secondary SCHOOL Principals; and 23

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 24

Error: Omitted word in § 6–703(a)(1)(iv)2 of the Education Article. 25

Occurred: Ch. 662, Acts of 1991. 26

7–101. 27

(d) Section 4–122.1 of this article shall apply to the education funding of a child 28
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in an informal kinship care relationship if the fiscal impact of the requirements of 1
subsections (b) and (c) of this section [exceed] EXCEEDS 0.1% of a county board’s total 2
operating budget for a fiscal year. 3

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 4

Error: Grammatical error in § 7–101(d) of the Education Article. 5

Occurred: Ch. 207, Acts of 2003. 6

7–205.1. 7

(d) (4) After the study conducted under paragraph (3) of this subsection is 8
complete, and periodically thereafter, the State Board shall: 9

(ii) Determine whether the assessments required under [subsection 10
(3) of this section ] PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION are sufficient to determine 11
whether high school students meet the CCR standard, including whether the assessments 12
contain any potential bias; and 13

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 14

Error: Erroneous internal reference in § 7–205.1(d)(4)(ii) of the Education Article. 15

Occurred: Ch. 36, Acts of 2021. 16

7–306.1. 17

(c) The comprehensive plan required under subsection (b) of this section shall: 18

(1) Provide a framework for local school systems to identify school 19
personnel qualified to provide initial restorative practices training as restorative [practice] 20
PRACTICES coaches to other school staff; 21

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 22

Error: Grammatical error in § 7–306.1(c)(1) of the Education Article. 23

Occurred: Chs. 240 and 241, Acts of 2025. 24

7–4B–01. 25

(f) “Student with a disability” means a student who meets the definition of a 26
[“handicapped person”] “QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY” as defined in 45 27
C.F.R. [§ 84.3(j)] § 84.10. 28

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DRAFTER’S NOTE: 1

Error: Obsolete terminology and erroneous citation in § 7–4B–01(f) of the Education 2
Article. 3

Occurred: As a result of the federal rule, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability 4
in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance, 89 Fed. Reg 40066 (May 5
9, 2024), which redesignated 45 C.F.R. § 84.3 as 45 C.F.R. § 84.10 and defined the term 6
“qualified individual with a disability”. 7

7–701. 8

(b) The free breakfast required to be provided under this section shall meet the 9
standards of the [United States] U.S. Department of Agriculture. 10

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 11

Error: Stylistic error in § 7–701(b) of the Education Article. 12

Occurred: Ch. 488, Acts of 1990. 13

7–703. 14

(a) The free breakfast program under this subtitle shall be suspended if the per 15
meal reimbursement that the federal government provides for the breakfast program is: 16

(2) Adjusted by the Secretary of the [United States] U.S. Department of 17
Agriculture, as of the most recent July 1 under the national Child Nutrition Act, and the 18
per meal reimbursement is below the adjusted rate. 19

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 20

Error: Stylistic error in § 7–703(a)(2) of the Education Article. 21

Occurred: Ch. 31, Acts of 1981. 22

7–704. 23

(g) A school that participates in the Program shall: 24

(2) Serve a breakfast that meets the guidelines of the Department and the 25
nutritional standards of the [United States] U.S. Department of Agriculture for schools 26
that participate in the federal school breakfast program; 27

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 28

Error: Stylistic error in § 7–704(g)(2) of the Education Article. 29
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Occurred: Chs. 384 and 385, Acts of 1999. 1

7–1303. 2

ARTICLE II 3

DEFINITIONS 4

As used in this Compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: 5

A. “Active duty” means full –time duty status in the active uniformed service of 6
the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty 7
orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. [Sections] CHAPTERS 1209 and 1211; 8

ARTICLE III 9

APPLICABILITY 10

A. Except as otherwise provided in Section B, this Compact shall apply to the 11
children of: 12

1. Active duty members of the uniformed services as defined in this 13
Compact, including members of the Nat ional Guard and Reserve on active duty orders 14
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. [Sections] CHAPTERS 1209 and 1211; 15

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 16

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 7 –1303 Article II Section A and Article III Section 17
A1 of the Education Article. 18

Occurred: Chs. 501 and 502, Acts of 2009. 19

7–1512. 20

(f) Except as provided in [subsections] SUBSECTION (g) [and (h)] of this section, 21
the Fund may be used only to provide grants to local school systems to enhance school 22
safety, including: 23

(1) Conducting training for students and school personnel on de–escalation 24
of situations and identifying and reporting behaviors of concern; 25

(2) Conducting training of assessment teams; 26

(3) Conducting school safety evaluations; 27

(4) Establishing formal and anonymous mechanism s for reporting safety 28
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concerns; 1

(5) Reimbursing local law enforcement agencies for school resource officer 2
training provided by the Center; 3

(6) Enrolling school security employees in training provided by the Center; 4

(7) Developing plans to delive r school–based behavioral health and other 5
wraparound services to students who exhibit behaviors of concern, including establishing 6
systems to maximize external funding for services; 7

(8) Outreach to the broader school community to improve school safety, 8
including to heighten awareness of existing mental health services and other services; 9

(9) Providing information to students and parents on traveling safely to 10
and from school, including data related to bus and pedestrian safety, strategies for ensuring 11
personal safety, efforts of the local school system to improve safety, and information on 12
available options for reporting incidents and concerns; and 13

(10) Assisting local school systems to improve and monitor traffic control 14
measures in the immediate vicinity of schools to reduce the potential for pedestrian and 15
vehicle accidents. 16

[(h)] (G) The Subcabinet may use the Fund to provide funding to local school 17
systems in accordance with § 7–1510.1 of this subtitle. 18

[(i)] (H) (1) The Subcabinet may make grants to local school systems and 19
local law enforcement agencies from the Fund. 20

(2) The Subcabinet shall establish procedures for local school systems and 21
local law enforcement agencies to apply for grants from the Fund. 22

[(j)] (I) (1) The State Trea surer shall invest the money of the Fund in the 23
same manner as other State money may be invested. 24

(2) Any interest earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund. 25

[(k)] (J) Expenditures from the Fund may only be made: 26

(1) In accordance with the State budget; or 27

(2) By the budget amendment procedure as provided in § 7–209 of the State 28
Finance and Procurement Article, if at least 45 days have passed since the budget 29
amendment and supporting information were submitted to the budget committees for their 30
review and comment. 31

[(l)] (K) Money expended from the Fund by local school systems to enhance 32
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school safety is supplemental to and is not intended to take the place of funding that 1
otherwise would be appropriated to local school systems. 2

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 3

Error: Obsolete internal reference in § 7–1512(f) of the Education Article. Tabulation 4
error in § 7–1512 of the Education Article. 5

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 604, Acts of 2025, which repealed § 7 –1512(g) of the 6
Education Article, but did not redesignate the subsequent subsections. 7

8–401. 8

(a) (2) “Child with a disability” means a child who has been determined 9
through appropriate assessment as having autism, deaf –blindness, hearing impairment, 10
including deafness, emotional disability, int ellectual disability, multiple disabilities, 11
orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, specific learning disability, speech or 12
language impairment, traumatic brain injury, OR visual impairment, including blindness, 13
and who because of that impairment needs special education and related services. 14

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 15

Error: Grammatical error in § 8–401(a)(2) of the Education Article. 16

Occurred: Ch. 726, Acts of 1998. 17

8–419. 18

(a) (1) In this section, [“parentally–placed] “PARENTALLY PLACED private 19
school student” means a child with a disability enrolled by the parent or guardian of the 20
child in a private elementary or secondary school or facility, including a religious school or 21
facility, in accordance with 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(10)(A). 22

(2) [“Parentally–placed] “PARENTALLY PLACED private school student” 23
does not include a child with a disability who was placed in or referred to a private school 24
or facility by a public agency as a means of providing special education and related services 25
under § 8–406 of this subtitle. 26

(b) (1) Each county board shall develop and publish on its website a list of all 27
special education service delivery models: 28

(i) In the local school system; and 29

(ii) Provided to [parentally–placed] PARENTALLY PLACED private 30
school students within the jurisdiction of the local school system. 31

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 32
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Error: Grammatical error in § 8–419(a) and (b)(1) of the Education Article. 1

Occurred: Chs. 543 and 544, Acts of 2025. 2

15–106.4. 3

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an individual described in 4
subsection (a) of this section who attends a public institution of higher education in the 5
State is exempt from paying nonresident tuition at a public institution of higher education 6
in this State if: 7

(2) The spouse or financially dependent child of an active service member 8
presents documentation that, during the time period in which the active service member 9
met the requirements of [paragraph] ITEM (1) of this subsection, the individual: 10

(i) Enrolled as an entering student in a public institution of higher 11
education in the State; or 12

(ii) Was accepted to attend a public institution of higher education 13
in the State; 14

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 15

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 15–106.4(b)(2) of the Education Article. 16

Occurred: Chs. 227 and 228, Acts of 2020. 17

Article – Environment 18

9–303.5. 19

(e) The Department may review, permit, and regulate groundwater 20
augmentation through a managed aquifer recharge permit if the Department determines 21
that: 22

(9) The appl icant has performed a hydrogeological investigation that 23
includes: 24

(iv) A map showing quarterly groundwater elevation contours, vector 25
flow directions, and calculated hydraulic gradients [use] USING DATA FROM at least four 26
rounds of consecutive quarterly monitoring; 27

(11) The applicant identifies the locations where at least two monitoring 28
wells will be installed that are not less than 14 days and not more than 180 days of travel 29
time downgradient from the injection well and at least 30 days of travel time upgradient 30
from the [nearing] NEAREST drinking water well; 31
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DRAFTER’S NOTE: 1

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 9 –303.5(e)(9)(iv) and (11) of the Environment 2
Article. 3

Occurred: Chs. 474 and 475, Acts of 2025. 4

9–1605.2. 5

(h) (9) On or before December 31 each year, the Department of the 6
Environment shall submit a report, in accordance with § 2 –1257 of the State Government 7
Article, to the House [Environmental Matters] ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION 8
Committee and the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee on: 9

(i) Each project funded under paragraph (5)(iv)2 of this subsection; 10
and 11

(ii) A summary of any impacts that the funding used for these 12
projects had on overall funding for upgrading individual on –site sewage disposal systems 13
with best available technology for nitrogen removal. 14

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 15

Error: Misnomer in § 9–1605.2(h)(9) of the Environment Article. 16

Occurred: Ch. 48, Acts of 2023. 17

9–2505. 18

(c) (2) The performance goals established under paragraph (1)(iii) of this 19
subsection do not apply to: 20

(i) Products packaged at establishments under mandatory 21
inspection by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in 22
accordance with the federal Meat Inspection Act, the federal Poultry Products Inspection 23
Act, the federal Egg Products Inspection Act, or U.S. Department of [Agricultural] 24
AGRICULTURE or U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations related to cheese 25
packaging; 26

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 27

Error: Misspelling in § 9–2505(c)(2)(i) of the Environment Article. 28

Occurred: Ch. 431, Acts of 2025. 29

Article – Family Law 30
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4–506. 1

(k) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the court shall 2
issue a permanent protective order under this subsection against an individual if: 3

(ii) 1. the individual was convicted and sentenced to serve a term 4
of imprisonment of at least 5 years for the act of abuse AGAINST THE PERSON ELIGIBLE 5
FOR RELIEF that led to the issuance of the interim, temporary, or final protective or der 6
and the individual has served at least 12 months of the sentence; 7

(iii) [the victim of the act of abuse described in item (ii)1 or 2 of this 8
paragraph, who was ] the person eligible for relief in the interim, temporary, or final 9
protective [order,] ORDER requests the issuance of a permanent protective order under 10
this subsection. 11

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 12

Error: Omitted language in § 4 –506(k)(1)(ii)1 of the Family Law Article and 13
extraneous language in § 4–506(k)(1)(iii) of the Family Law Article. 14

Occurred: Ch. 538, Acts of 2025. 15

Article – Financial Institutions 16

1–101. 17

(q) “Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry”]” or 18
“NMLS” means a multistate uniform licensing system developed and maintained by the 19
Conference of State Bank Supervisors, or by a subsidiary or an affiliate of the Conference 20
of State Bank Supervisors, that may be used for the licensing and registration of persons 21
required to be licensed or registered under this article or the Commercial Law Article. 22

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 23

Error: Misnomer in § 1–101(q) of the Financial Institutions Article. 24

Occurred: Ch. 478, Acts of 2016. 25

11–604. 26

(c) In addition to the license fee required under subsection (b)(2) of this section, 27
an applicant for an initial license shall pay to the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE 28
Licensing System [and Registry] any fees that the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE 29
Licensing System [and Registry] imposes in connection with the application. 30

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(d) In connection with an initial application for a license under this section and 1
at any other time the Commissioner requests, an applicant or licensee shall provide to the 2
Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry ] information 3
concerning the applicant’s identity, including: 4

(1) Fingerprints for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and 5
any other governmental agency or entity authorized to receive this information for a state, 6
national, or international criminal history background check; and 7

(2) Personal history and experience in a form prescribed by the Nationwide 8
[Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry], including the submission of 9
authorization for the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and 10
Registry] and the Commissioner to obtain: 11

(i) An independent credit report from a consumer reporting agency 12
described in the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681a(p); and 13

(ii) Information related to any administrative, civil, or criminal 14
findings by any governmental jurisdiction. 15

(e) To implement this subtitle, the Commissioner may use the Nationwide 16
[Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry ] as a channeling agent to 17
request information from and distribute information to the Department of Justice, any 18
other governmental agency with subject matter jurisdiction, and any other state licensing 19
entity that has loan originators registered with the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE 20
Licensing System [and Registry]. 21

(f) An applicant or licensee who is required to provide fingerprints under 22
subsection (d) of this section shall pay any processing or other fees required by the Federal 23
Bureau of Investigation and the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System 24
[and Registry]. 25

(g) The Commissioner may request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation or 26
the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry], as applicable, 27
for each applicant or licensee who is required to provide fingerprints under subsection (d) 28
of this section: 29

(1) (i) The state, national, or international criminal history records of 30
the applicant or licensee; and 31

(ii) A printed statement listing any conviction or other disposition of, 32
and any plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any criminal charge; 33

(2) (i) An update of the initial criminal history records check or 34
criminal history background check of the applicant or licensee; and 35

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(ii) A revised statement listing any conviction or other disposition of, 1
and any plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any criminal charge occurring after the date 2
of the initial criminal history records check or criminal history background check; and 3

(3) An acknowledged recei pt of the application for a criminal history 4
records check or criminal history background check of the applicant or licensee. 5

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 6

Error: Misnomers in § 11 –604(c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of the Financial Institutions 7
Article. 8

Occurred: As a result of the 2012 renaming by the Conference of State Bank 9
Supervisors of the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry to be the 10
Nationwide Multistate Licensing System. 11

11–606. 12

(b) (1) All prelicensing education courses shall be reviewed and approved by 13
the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry]. 14

(2) Review and approval of a prelicensing education course shall include 15
review and approval of the course provider by the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE 16
Licensing System [and Registry]. 17

(c) Prelicensing education may be offered in a classroom, online, or by any other 18
means approved by the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and 19
Registry]. 20

(d) An applicant’s successful completion in another state of the prelicensing 21
education requirements approved by the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing 22
System [and Registry], except prelicensing education requirements specific to that other 23
state, shall be accepted by the Commissioner as credit toward completion of prelicensing 24
education requirements in this State. 25

(e) This section does not preclude any prelicensing education course, as approved 26
by the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry ], that is 27
provided by the employer of the applicant or an entity that is affiliated with the applicant 28
by an agency contract, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the employer or entity. 29

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 30

Error: Misnomers in § 11–606(b), (c), (d), and (e) of the Financial Institutions Article. 31

Occurred: As a result of the 2012 renaming by the Conference of State Bank 32
Supervisors of the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry to be the 33
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Nationwide Multistate Licensing System. 1

11–606.1. 2

(a) To qualify for an initial license, an applicant shall pass a qualified written test 3
developed by the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry] 4
and administered by a test provider approved by the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE 5
Licensing System [and Registry]. 6

(g) This section does not prohibit a test provider approved by the Nationwide 7
[Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry] from providing a test at the 8
location of the employer of the applicant or any subsidiary or affiliate of the employer of the 9
applicant, or any entity with which the applicant holds an exclusive arrangement to 10
conduct the business of a mortgage loan originator. 11

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 12

Error: Misnomers in § 11–606.1(a) and (g) of the Financial Institutions Article. 13

Occurred: As a result of the 2012 renaming by the Conference of State Bank 14
Supervisors of the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry to be the 15
Nationwide Multistate Licensing System. 16

11–612. 17

(b) (1) All continuing education courses shall be reviewed and approved by the 18
Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry]. 19

(2) Review and approval of a continuing education course shall include 20
review and approval of the course provider by the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE 21
Licensing System [and Registry]. 22

(c) Continuing education may be offered in a classroom, online, or by any other 23
means approved by the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and 24
Registry]. 25

(f) A licensee’s successful completion in another state of the continuing education 26
requirements approved by the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System 27
[and Registry], except continuing education requirements specific to that other state, shall 28
be a ccepted by the Commissioner as credit towards completion of continuing education 29
requirements in this State. 30

(g) This section does not preclude any continuing education course, as approved 31
by the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry], that is 32
provided by the employer of the mortgage loan originator or an entity that is affiliated with 33
the mortgage loan originator by an agency contract, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the 34
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employer or entity. 1

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 2

Error: Misnomers in § 11–612(b), (c), (f), and (g) of the Financial Institutions Article. 3

Occurred: As a result of the 2012 renaming by the Conference of State Bank 4
Supervisors of the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry to be the 5
Nationwide Multistate Licensing System. 6

11–620. 7

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in 12 U.S.C. § 5111, the requirements 8
under any federal law and Title 4, Subtitles 1 through 5 of the General Provisions Article 9
regarding the privacy or confidentiality of information or mat erial provided to the 10
Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry], and any privilege 11
arising under federal or state law, including the rules of any federal or state court with 12
respect to that information or material, shall continue to apply to that information or 13
material after the information or material has been disclosed to the Nationwide [Mortgage] 14
MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry]. 15

(c) Information or material that is subject to a privilege or confidentiality under 16
subsection (a) of this section may not be subject to: 17

(2) Subpoena, discovery, or admission into evidence, in any private civil 18
action or administrative process, unless with respect to any privilege held by the 19
Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing Syste m [and Registry ] the person to 20
whom the information or material pertains waives, in whole or in part, that privilege. 21

(e) This section does not apply to information or material relating to the 22
employment history of, and publicly adjudicated disciplinary and enforcement actions 23
against, mortgage loan originators that is included in the Nationwide [Mortgage] 24
MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry] and designated for access by the public. 25

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 26

Error: Misnomers in § 11 –620(a)(1), (c)(2), and (e) of the Financial Institutions 27
Article. 28

Occurred: As a result of the 2012 renaming by the Conference of State Bank 29
Supervisors of the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry to be the 30
Nationwide Multistate Licensing System. 31

11–621. 32

Nonfederally insured credit unions that employ mortgage loan originators shall 33
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register these employees with the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System 1
[and Registry] by providing the information concerning the employees’ identity set forth in 2
12 U.S.C. § 5106(a)(2). 3

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 4

Error: Misnomer in § 11–621 of the Financial Institutions Article. 5

Occurred: As a result of the 2012 renaming by the Conference of State Bank 6
Supervisors of the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry to be the 7
Nationwide Multistate Licensing System. 8

11–622. 9

(a) Notwithstanding Title 4, Subtitles 1 through 5 of the General Provisions 10
Article, and subject to § 11–620 of this subtitle, the Commissioner shall report adjudicated 11
enforcement actions and other relevant information to the Nationwide [Mortgage] 12
MULTISTATE Licensing System [and Registry]. 13

(b) The Commissioner shall adopt regulations establishing a process by which a 14
licensee or an applicant for a license may challenge information entered by the 15
Commissioner into the Nationwide [Mortgage] MULTISTATE Licensing System [and 16
Registry]. 17

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 18

Error: Misnomers in § 11–622 of the Financial Institutions Article. 19

Occurred: As a result of the 2012 renaming by the Conference of State Bank 20
Supervisors of the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry to be the 21
Nationwide Multistate Licensing System. 22

Article – Health – General 23

13–5204. 24

(a) The Center shall: 25

(1) Work in consultation with the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention [, 26
Youth, and Victim Services ] AND POLICY or any successor agency, the Maryland State 27
Police, and any other relevant State or local agency to ensure a multidepartmental 28
approach to reducing firearm violence; 29

(b) The Center may: 30

(3) In consultation with the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention[, Youth, 31
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and Victim Services] AND POLICY or any successor agency, facilitate cross –jurisdictional 1
data and information sharing; 2

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 3

Error: Misnomer in § 13–5204(a)(1) and (b)(3) of the Health – General Article. 4

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 1, Acts of 2024, which renamed the Governor’s Office of 5
Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to be the Governor’s Office of Crime 6
Prevention and Policy. 7

13–5601. 8

(d) “Statewide health equity plan” mea ns the equity plan required under the 9
AHEAD Model State Agreement with the [Center] CENTERS for Medicare and Medicaid 10
Services. 11

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 12

Error: Misnomer in § 13–5601(d) of the Health – General Article. 13

Occurred: Ch. 615, Acts of 2025. 14

13–5602. 15

(f) (2) Activities paid for by the Fund must support the goal of meeting the 16
statewide population health targets outlined in the AHEAD Model State Agreement with 17
the [Center] CENTERS for Medicare and Medicaid Services and have at least one of the 18
following functions: 19

(i) Reducing rates of common preventable health conditions; 20

(ii) Addressing health–related social needs; or 21

(iii) Reducing or eliminating health disparities. 22

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 23

Error: Misnomer in § 13–5601(f)(2) of the Health – General Article. 24

Occurred: Ch. 615, Acts of 2025. 25

19–706. 26

[(m) The provisions of § 4–406 of the Insurance Article apply to health maintenance 27
organizations.] 28

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[(n)] (M) The provisions of Title 4, Subtitle 5 of the Insurance Article apply to 1
health maintenance organizations. 2

[(o)] (N) The provisions of Title 9, Subtitle 4 of the Insurance Article apply to 3
health maintenance organizations. 4

[(p)] (O) The provisions of Title 33 of the Insurance Article apply to health 5
maintenance organizations. 6

[(q)] (P) The provisions of § 12 –211 of the Insurance Article apply to health 7
maintenance organizations. 8

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 9

Error: Obsolete language in § 19–706(m) of the Health – General Article. 10

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 231, Acts of 2022, which repealed § 4 –406 of the 11
Insurance Article. 12

24–805. 13

(b) With the advice of the oversight committee, the Director shall develop and 14
revise as necessary: 15

(3) A protocol for providing referrals for Program participants to substance 16
[abuse] USE treatment and rehabilitation. 17

(c) The Director shall submit the operating procedures, the plan for a community 18
outreach and education program, and the [addiction] SUBSTANCE USE treatment referral 19
protocol to the Commissioner of Health or the Commissioner’s designe e for approval prior 20
to the implementation of revised procedures. 21

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 22

Error: Obsolete terminology in § 24–805(b)(3) and (c) of the Health – General Article. 23

Occurred: Ch. 758, Acts of 2025 and Ch. 360, Acts of 1994. 24

Article – Health Occupations 25

15–103. 26

(d) If the employer knows that the licensed physician ASSISTANT is noncompliant 27
with the substance use disorder treatment program, the employer of the licensed physician 28
assistant shall report the licensed physician assistant’s noncompliance to the Board. 29

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DRAFTER’S NOTE: 1

Error: Omitted word in § 15–103(d) of the Health Occupations Article. 2

Occurred: Chs. 675 and 676, Acts of 2025. 3

15–205. 4

In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this title, the Committee: 5

(1) Shall: 6

(i) Recommend to the Board: 7

2. Any statutory changes that affect the profession; [and] 8

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 9

Error: Extraneous conjunction in § 15–205(1)(i)2 of the Health Occupations Article. 10

Occurred: Chs. 675 and 676, Acts of 2025. 11

15–402.1. 12

(d) The Board shall remit any penalty collected under this [subsection] SECTION 13
into the Board of Physicians Fund. 14

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 15

Error: Stylistic error in § 15–402.1(d) of the Health Occupations Article. 16

Occurred: Chs. 273 and 274, Acts of 2010 17

Article – Housing and Community Development 18

6–201. 19

[(l) “Sustainable Growth Subcabinet” means the subcabinet established under § 20
9–1406 of the State Government Article.] 21

[(m)] (L) “Sustainable community” means the part of a priority funding area 22
that: 23

(1) as determined by the Sustainable Growth Subcabinet, satisfies the 24
requirements of § 6–205 of this subtitle; 25

(2) has been designated as a BRAC Revitalization and Incentive Zone 26
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under Title 5, Subtitle 13 of the Economic Development Article; or 1

(3) has been designated a transit –oriented development under § 7 –101 of 2
the Transportation Article. 3

[(n)] (M) “Sustainable community plan” means a plan consisting of one or more 4
community legacy projects or other revitalization projects to prevent or reverse the decline 5
of or disinvestment in a sustainable community through improvements in residential, 6
commercial, or other public or private properties. 7

(N) “SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUBCABINET” MEANS THE SUBCABINET 8
ESTABLISHED UNDER § 9–1406 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 9

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 10

Error: Stylistic error (failure to codify definitions in alphabetical order) in § 6–201(l), 11
(m), and (n) of the Housing and Community Development Article. 12

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 91, § 2 and 92, § 2, Acts of 2024 , which required the 13
publishers of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with and subject to the 14
approval of the Department of Legislative Services, to make nonsubstantive corrections to 15
cross–references and terminology rendered incorrect by this Act of the General Assembly, 16
with no further action required by the General Assembly. The publisher subsequently 17
updated the terminology in § 6–201(l) of the Housing and Community Development Article, 18
but failed to place the updated terminology in the correct alphabetical order. 19

Article – Human Services 20

7–501. 21

(f) “SECRETARY” MEANS THE SECRETARY OF DISABILITIES. 22

(G) “Steering Committee” means the Steering Committee for the Ethan Saylor 23
Alliance for Self–Advocates as Educators. 24

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 25

Error: Omitted definition in § 7–501(f) of the Human Services Article. 26

Occurred: Chs. 387 and 388, Acts of 2015. 27

7–502. 28

(a) There is an Ethan Saylor Alliance for Self –Advocates as Educators in the 29
Department OF DISABILITIES. 30

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DRAFTER’S NOTE: 1

Error: Omitted words in § 7–502(a) of the Human Services Article. 2

Occurred: Chs. 387 and 388, Acts of 2015. 3

7–1401. 4

(d) “DEPARTMENT” MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES. 5

(E) “Fund” means the Assistive Technology Services Fund. 6

[(e)] (F) “Program” means the Maryland Assistive Technology Program. 7

(G) “SECRETARY” MEANS THE SECRETARY OF DISABILITIES. 8

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 9

Error: Omitted definitions in § 7–1401(d) and (g) of the Human Services Article. 10

Occurred: Chs. 419 and 420, Acts of 2025. 11

Article – Insurance 12

15–1622. 13

(b) The provisions of §§ 15 –1623 and 15 –1624 of this [part] SUBTITLE do not 14
apply to a pharmacy benefits manager when providing pharmacy benefits management 15
services to a purchaser that is affiliated with the pharmacy benefits manager through 16
common ownership within an insurance holding company. 17

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 18

Error: Stylistic error in § 15–1622(b) of the Insurance Article. 19

Occurred: As a result of the publisher erroneously changing “of this subtitle” to “of 20
this part” under the authority of Ch. 36, § 6, Acts of 2008. 21

Article – Labor and Employment 22

8–1002. 23

(a) In this section, “gross misconduct”: 24

(1) means conduct of an employee that [is]: 25

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(i) INDICATES A deliberate and willful disregard of standards of 1
behavior that an employing unit rightfully expects and that shows gross indifference to the 2
interests of the employing unit; or 3

(ii) CONSISTS OF repeated violations of employment rules that 4
prove a regular and wanton disregard of the employee’s obligations; and 5

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 6

Error: Grammatical error in § 8–1002(a)(1) of the Labor and Employment Article. 7

Occurred: Ch. 8, § 2, Acts of 1991. 8

11–604. 9

(g) A grant shall consist of a maximum of $1,000 for each apprentice that an 10
eligible employer employs who [meet] MEETS the description in subsection (d)(2) of this 11
section. 12

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 13

Error: Grammatical error in § 11–604(g) of the Labor and Employment Article. 14

Occurred: Ch. 726, Acts of 2019. 15

11–1703. 16

(e) The Fund consists of: 17

(1) money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund; AND 18

(2) [money transferred to the Fund in accordance with subsection (m) of 19
this section; and 20

(3)] any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the 21
Fund. 22

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 23

Error: Erroneous internal reference in § 11–1703(e)(2) of the Labor and Employment 24
Article. 25

Occurred: Ch. 218, § 2, Acts of 2025. 26

Article – Land Use 27

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1–207. 1

(c) The annual report shall: 2

(4) state which local laws or regulations have been adopted or changed to 3
implement the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES in § 1 –201 of this subtitle as required 4
under § 1–417 of this title or § 3–303 of this article; 5

(6) at least once within the 5 –year period after the adoption or review by 6
the local jurisdiction of a comprehensive plan under Part II of Subtitle 4 of this title or 7
under Title 3 of this article, contain a narrative on the implementation status of the 8
comprehensive plan, including: 9

(iii) identification of any significant changes to existing programs, 10
zoning ordinances, regulations, financing programs, or State requirements necessary to 11
achieve the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES and goals of the comprehensive plan during 12
the remaining planning timeframe; 13

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 14

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 1–207(c)(4) and (6)(iii) of the Land Use Article. 15

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 16
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 17

1–208. 18

(b) (1) The General Assembly finds that: 19

(i) in addition to reporting on past land use indicators and 20
measures, local jurisdictions should strive to achieve future land use goals that implement 21
and achieve the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES in § 1–201 of this subtitle; 22

(ii) a statewide land use goal that embodies the [visions] PLANNING 23
PRINCIPLES in § 1 –201 of this subtitle and smart and sustainable growth should be 24
established; 25

(iii) the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES in § 1–201 of this subtitle 26
will not be realized unless local jurisdictions set their own goal to make incremental 27
progress towards achieving a statewide land use goal; and 28

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 29

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 1–208(b)(1)(i) through (iii) of the Land Use Article. 30

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 31
SENATE BILL 844 33

“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 1

1–401. 2

(b) The following provisions of this division apply to a charter county: 3

(3) § 1–201 ([Visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES); 4

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 5

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 1–401(b)(3) of the Land Use Article. 6

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 7
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 8

1–406. 9

(a) (1) The planning commission for a charter county shall include in the 10
comprehensive or general plan the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES under § 1–201 of this 11
title and the following elements: 12

(i) a development regulations element; 13

(ii) a housing element; 14

(iii) a sensitive areas element; 15

(iv) a transportation element; and 16

(v) a water resources element. 17

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 18

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 1–406(a)(1) of the Land Use Article. 19

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 20
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 21

1–414. 22

In addition to the requirements for the plan under Part II of this subtitle, a planning 23
commission shall implement the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES set forth in § 1–201 of 24
this title through the plan. 25

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 26

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 1–414 of the Land Use Article. 27
34 SENATE BILL 844

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 1
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 2

1–415. 3

(a) The planning commission of a charter county or code county shall implement 4
the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES set forth in § 1 –201 of this title through the 5
comprehensive plan elements required under Part II of this subtitle. 6

(b) The legislative body of a charter county or code county that has adopted a 7
comprehensive plan under Part II of this subtitle may adopt regulations implementing the 8
[visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES set forth in § 1–201 of this title in the plan. 9

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 10

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 1–415 of the Land Use Article. 11

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 12
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 13

1–416. 14

(a) At least once every 10 years, each planning commission shall review the 15
comprehensive plan and, if necessary, revise or amend the comprehensive plan to include 16
all: 17

(2) the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES set forth in § 1–201 of this title. 18

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 19

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 1–416(a)(2) of the Land Use Article. 20

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 21
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 22

1–417. 23

(a) At least once every 10 years, which corresponds to the comprehensive plan 24
revision process unde r § 1 –416 of this subtitle, a charter county shall ensure the 25
implementation of the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES, the development regulations 26
element, and the sensitive areas element of the plan. 27

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 28

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 1–417(a) of the Land Use Article. 29

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Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 1
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 2

3–201. 3

(c) In addition to the requirements for the plan under Sub title 1 of this title, a 4
planning commission shall implement through the plan the [visions] PLANNING 5
PRINCIPLES set forth in § 1–201 of this article. 6

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 7

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 3–201(c) of the Land Use Article. 8

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 9
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 10

3–204. 11

(a) Each local jurisdiction shall adopt a plan that includes: 12

(2) the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES set forth in § 1 –201 of this 13
article. 14

(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, only a legislative 15
body that has adopted a plan may adopt regulations implementing the [visions] PLANNING 16
PRINCIPLES stated in § 1–201 of this article in the plan. 17

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 18

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 3–204(a)(2) and (b)(1) of the Land Use Article. 19

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 20
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 21

3–301. 22

(a) At least once every 10 years, each planning commission shall review the 23
comprehensive plan and, if necessary, revise or amend the comprehensive plan to include 24
all: 25

(2) the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES set forth in § 1 –201 of this 26
article. 27

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 28

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 3–301(a)(2) of the Land Use Article. 29
36 SENATE BILL 844

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 1
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 2

3–303. 3

(a) At least once every 10 years, which corresponds to the comprehensive plan 4
revision process under § 3 –301 of this subtitle, a local jurisdiction shall ensure the 5
implementation of the [visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES, the development regulations 6
element, and the sensitive areas element of the plan. 7

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 8

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 3–303(a) of the Land Use Article. 9

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 10
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 11

10–103. 12

(b) The following provisions of this division apply to Baltimore City: 13

(4) § 1–201 ([Visions] PLANNING PRINCIPLES); 14

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 15

Error: Incorrect word usage in § 10–103(b)(4) of the Land Use Article. 16

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 63 and 64, Acts of 2025, which renamed “visions” to be 17
“planning principles” in § 1–201(a)(1) and (b) of the Land Use Article. 18

Article – Local Government 19

1–207. 20

(a) In this section, “telework” means to work at a location other than a traditional 21
office setting or an employee’s usual and customary [worksite] WORK SITE, including: 22

(1) the employee’s home; 23

(2) a satellite office; and 24

(3) a telework center. 25

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 26

Error: Stylistic error in § 1–207(a) of the Local Government Article. 27
SENATE BILL 844 37

Occurred: Ch. 696, Acts of 2021. 1

Article – Public Utilities 2

7–216.2. 3

(e) (3) (ii) In performing the maintenance and operations required under 4
subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, an investor –owned electric company shall meet with 5
the employee bargaining unit’s labor representative and confer in good faith regarding the 6
viability of: 7

3. hiring qualified individuals to perform maintenance and 8
[operation] OPERATIONS work; 9

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 10

Error: Grammatical error in § 7–216.2(e)(3)(ii)3 of the Public Utilities Article. 11

Occurred: Chs. 625 and 626, § 3, Acts of 2025. 12

7–510.3. 13

(g) A residential or small commercial electric customer is deemed to have given 14
permission to the county to act on the customer’s behalf as a community choice aggregator: 15

(2) in the case of a customer receiving standard offer service, within 30 16
days after the notice required by subsection (f) of this section is given if: 17

(ii) after the creation of the community choice aggregator and receipt 18
of the notice, the customer has not contracted with a retail electricity supplier or contacted 19
an electric company to select standard offer [services] SERVICE; or 20

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 21

Error: Grammatical error in § 7–510.3(g)(2)(ii) of the Public Utilities Article. 22

Occurred: Ch. 449, § 2, Acts of 2021. 23

10–402. 24

(b) To the extent not otherwise covered in this subtitle, transportation network 25
companies, operators, and transportation network services shall be subject to: 26

(1) any applicable provisions of [Titles 9 and 10] THIS TITLE AND TITLE 27
9 of this article; and 28

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DRAFTER’S NOTE: 1

Error: Erroneous cross–reference in § 10–402(b)(1) of the Public Utilities Article. 2

Occurred: Ch. 204, Acts of 2015. 3

11–201. 4

(b) (1) “Hazardous liquid” means [any]: 5

(i) ANY petroleum or petroleum product; 6

(ii) ANY anhydrous ammonia; 7

(iii) ANY carbon dioxide; [and] OR 8

(iv) any substance or material that: 9

1. is in a liquid state when transported by a pipeline facility; 10
and 11

2. may pose an unreasonable risk to life or property when 12
transported by a pipeline facility, as determined by the United States Secretary of 13
Transportation. 14

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 15

Error: Grammatical error and erroneous conjunction in § 11–201(b)(1) of the Public 16
Utilities Article. 17

Occurred: Ch. 559, Acts of 2001. 18

17–105. 19

(b) (3) (i) By unanimous [vote] VOTE, the Commission may waive the 20
provisions of paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection for 1 year. 21

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 22

Error: Omitted comma in § 17–105(b)(3)(i) of the Public Utilities Article. 23

Occurred: Ch. 37, § 3, Acts of 2010. 24

Article – Real Property 25

11–109.2. 26

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(d) (2) (ii) The adopted annual budget may be submitted to each unit owner 1
by electronic transmission, by posting on the condominium association’s home page, or by 2
inclusion in the [homeowners association’s] CONDOMINIUM’S newsletter. 3

(e) Any expenditure made other than those made because of conditions which, if 4
not corrected, could reasonably result in a threat to the health or safety of the unit owners 5
or a significant risk of damage to the condominium, that would result in an increase in an 6
amount of assessments for the current fiscal year of the condominium in excess of 15 7
percent of the budgeted amou nt previously adopted, shall be approved by an amendment 8
to the budget adopted at a special meeting, upon not less than 10 [days] DAYS’ written 9
notice to the council of unit owners. 10

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 11

Error: Misnomer in § 11–109.2(d)(2)(ii) and grammatical error in § 11–109.2(e) of the 12
Real Property Article. 13

Occurred: Ch. 559, Acts of 2020; Ch. 562, § 2, Acts of 1983. 14

11B–111.5. 15

(a) If a homeowners association fails to fill vacancies on the governing body 16
sufficient to constitute a quorum in accordance with the bylaws, three or more owners of 17
lots may petition the circuit court for the county where the [condominium] HOMEOWNERS 18
ASSOCIATION is located to appoint a receiver to manage the affairs of the homeowners 19
association. 20

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 21

Error: Misnomer in § 11B–111.5(a) of the Real Property Article. 22

Occurred: Ch. 321, Acts of 2007. 23

Article – State Finance and Procurement 24

3–301. 25

(c) (1) The Secretary [of Budget and Management ] may establish a 26
performance incentive program to provide pay incentives for employees of the Central 27
Collection Unit. 28

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 29

Error: Extraneous language in § 3 –301(c)(1) of the State Finance and Procurement 30
Article. 31

Occurred: Ch. 234, Acts of 1995. Correction of the extraneous language is consistent 32
40 SENATE BILL 844

with § 3 –101(c) of the State Finance and Procurement Article, which defines “Secretary” 1
for purposes of Title 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 2

3–602. 3

(d) (1) Before an appropriation may be authorized for preliminary planning of 4
a proposed capital project: 5

(ii) the Secretary [of Budget and Management ] must approve the 6
program. 7

(2) Before an appropriation may be authorized for construction of a 8
proposed capital project: 9

(ii) both the Secretary [of Budget and Management ] and the 10
Secretary of General Services must approve the detailed design program. 11

(e) Except with the approval of the Secretary [of Budget and Management] and 12
the Secretary of General Services, no change may be made in any proposed capital project 13
after the preliminary plan for that project has been completed and approved. 14

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 15

Error: Extraneous language in § 3 –602(d)(1)(ii) and (2)(ii) and ( e) of the State 16
Finance and Procurement Article. 17

Occurred: Ch. 540, Acts of 1989. Correction of the extraneous language is consistent 18
with § 3 –101(c) of the State Finance and Procurement Article, which defines “Secretary” 19
for purposes of Title 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 20

3.5–311. 21

(a) (2) On or after January 1, 2020, the nonvisual access clause developed in 22
accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include a statement that: 23

(i) within 18 months after the award of th e procurement, the 24
Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, will determine whether the information technology 25
meets the nonvisual access standards adopted in accordance with [§ 3.5 –303(b)] § 26
3.5–303(C) of this subtitle; 27

(b) (2) Except as provided in subsection [(a)(4)] (A)(1)(IV) of this section, the 28
nonvisual access clause required under paragraph (1) of this subsection is not required if: 29

(i) the information technology is not available with nonvisual access 30
because the esse ntial elements of the information technology are visual and nonvisual 31
equivalence cannot be developed; or 32
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(ii) the cost of modifying the information technology for compatibility 1
with software and hardware for nonvisual access would increase the price o f the 2
procurement by more than 15%. 3

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 4

Error: Erroneous cross –reference and internal reference in § 3.5 –311(a)(2)(i) and 5
(b)(2) of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 6

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 318, Acts of 2021, which redesignated § 3A–303(b) of the 7
State Finance and Procurement Article as § 3A –303(c) of the State Finance and 8
Procurement Article and Chs. 631 and 632, Acts of 2018, which redesignated § 3A–311(a)(4) 9
of the State Finance and Procurement Article as § 3A –311(a)(1)(iv) of the State Finance 10
and Procurement Article. 11

3.5–406. 12

(d) (2) For the reporting of cybersecurity incidents to local emergency 13
managers under [subparagraph (i) of this paragraph ] PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 14
SUBSECTION, the State Chief Information Security Officer shall determine: 15

(i) the criteria for determining when an incident must be reported; 16

(ii) the manner in which to report; and 17

(iii) the time period within which a report must be made. 18

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 19

Error: Erroneous internal referen ce in § 3.5 –406(d)(2) of the State Finance and 20
Procurement Article. 21

Occurred: Ch. 242, Acts of 2022. 22

5A–303. 23

(a) [(31) “Sustainable Growth Subcabinet” means the Sustainable Growth 24
Subcabinet established under Title 9, Subtitle 14 of the State Government Article.] 25

[(32)] (31) “State unit” has the meaning stated in § 11 –101 of the State 26
Government Article. 27

[(33)] (32) “Substantial rehabilitation” means rehabilitation of a structure 28
for which the qualified rehabilitation expenditures, during the 24 –month period selected 29
by the individual or business entity ending with or within the taxable year, exceed: 30
42 SENATE BILL 844

(i) for single–family, owner–occupied residential property, $5,000; 1
or 2

(ii) for all other property, the greater of: 3

1. the adjusted basis of the structure; or 4

2. $25,000. 5

(33) “SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUBCABINET” MEANS THE 6
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUBCABINET ESTABLISHED UNDER TITLE 9, SUBTITLE 14 7
OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 8

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 9

Error: Stylistic error (failure to codif y definitions in alphabetical order) in § 10
5A–303(a)(31) through (33) of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 11

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 91, § 2, and 92, § 2, Acts of 2024, which renamed the 12
Smart Growth Subcabinet to be the Sustainable Growth S ubcabinet and required the 13
publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland to correct terminology rendered incorrect by 14
the Acts. 15

13–218. 16

(a) Each procurement contract shall include clauses covering: 17

(8) nonvisual access for information technology as re quired under [§ 18
3A–312] § 3.5–311 of this article. 19

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 20

Error: Erroneous cross –reference in § 13 –218(a)(8) of the State Finance and 21
Procurement Article. 22

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 9, Acts of 2008 , which repealed § 3 –412 of the State 23
Finance and Procurement Article and added § 3A –311 of the State Finance and 24
Procurement Article. 25

14–302. 26

(a) (8) (i) Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a unit may 27
consider modifying the minority business ENTERPRISE participation goal on a 28
procurement contract: 29

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1. at any time prior to contract execution; or 1

2. after contract execution, when determined to be in the best 2
interest of the State. 3

(ii) Before a unit may consider modifying a minority business 4
ENTERPRISE participation goal under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the unit shall: 5

1. make a determination that there has been a change in the 6
factors established under paragraph (3) of this subsection; 7

2. use the factors established under paragraph (3) of this 8
subsection to determine the percentage modification to the minority business ENTERPRISE 9
participation goal; and 10

3. obtain the agreement of the contractor, including any 11
reasonable pricing considerations. 12

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 13

Error: Omitted word in § 14–302(a)(8) of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 14

Occurred: Ch. 601, Acts of 2025. 15

Article – State Government 16

6–111. 17

(e) The guidance and policies required by this section are not subject to Title 10, 18
Subtitles 1, 2, and 3 of [the State Government Article] THIS ARTICLE. 19

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 20

Error: Stylistic error in § 6–111(e) of the State Government Article. 21

Occurred: Ch. 718, Acts of 2025. 22

9–1E–12. 23

(b) (2) (ii) For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, 5% of the 24
proceeds attributable to [mobile] ONLINE sports wagering shall be deposited in the General 25
Fund. 26

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 27

Error: Misnomer in § 9–1E–12(b)(2)(ii) of the State Government Article. 28

44 SENATE BILL 844

Occurred: Ch. 604, Acts of 2025. 1

9–3207. 2

(d) (2) (ii) If the Board makes a recommendation under subparagraph (i) of 3
this paragraph, the Board shall provide written notice to the Senate Judicial Proceedings 4
Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and th e House Health and Government 5
Operations Committee, in accordance with § 2 –1257 of [the State Government Article ] 6
THIS ARTICLE, of the recommendation. 7

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 8

Error: Stylistic error in § 9–3207(d)(2)(ii) of the State Government Article. 9

Occurred: Ch. 515, § 3, Acts of 2016. 10

12–104. 11

(a) (2) (ii) If liability of the State or its units arises from intentional tortious 12
acts or omissions or a violation of a constitutional right committed by a law enforcement 13
officer, the following limits on liability shall apply: 14

1. subject to item 2 of this subparagraph, the combined 15
award for both economic and noneconomic damages may not exceed a total of $890,000 for 16
all claims arising out of the same incident or occurrence, regardless of the number o f 17
claimants or beneficiaries who share in the award; and 18

2. in a wrongful death action in which there are two or more 19
claimants or beneficiaries, an award for noneconomic damages may not exceed 150% of the 20
limitation established under item 1 of this [item] SUBPARAGRAPH, regardless of the 21
number of claimants or beneficiaries who share in the award. 22

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 23

Error: Stylistic error in § 12–104(a)(2)(ii)2 of the State Government Article. 24

Occurred: Ch. 59, § 3, Acts of 2021. 25

Article – State Personnel and Pensions 26

21–122. 27

(e) Prior to terminating the appointment of an external investment manager 28
under subsection [(d)(2)] (D)(3) of this section, the Chief Investment Officer shall provide 29
written documentation to the Board of Trustees and the Investment Committee explaining 30
the basis for the termination. 31

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DRAFTER’S NOTE: 1

Error: Erroneous internal reference in § 21 –122(e) of the State Personnel and 2
Pensions Article. 3

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 393, Acts of 2009, which redesignated subsectio n (d)(2) 4
to be subsection (d)(3) of § 21–122 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article. 5

25–403. 6

(b) (3) (iv) a retiree of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System who is 7
reemployed on a contractual basis for not more than 4 years by the Division of [Corrections] 8
CORRECTION, the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, or the Patuxent Institution 9
in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services as a correctional officer in a 10
correctional facility defined in § 1–101 of the Correctional Services Article; or 11

(i) The Division of [Corrections] CORRECTION, the Division of Pretrial 12
Detention and Services, or the Patuxent Institution in the Department of Public Safety and 13
Correctional Services shall notify the State Retirement Agency of any retirees who qualify 14
under subsection (b)(3)(iv) of this section. 15

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 16

Error: Misnomer in § 25 –403(b)(3)(iv) and (i) of the State Personnel and Pensions 17
Article. 18

Occurred: Ch. 392, Acts of 2006. 19

Article – Tax – General 20

10–706. 21

(c) (1) A credit allowed under [§ 10 –704(a)(1)] § 10–704(B)(1) or § 22
10–709(b)(1) of this subtitle is allowed against the State income tax only. 23

(2) A credit allowed under [§ 10 –704(a)(2)] § 10–704(B)(2) or § 24
10–709(b)(2) of this subtitle is allowed against the county income tax only. 25

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 26

Error: Obsolete cross–references in § 10–706(c) of the Tax – General Article. 27

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 40, Acts of 2021, which redesignated § 10 –704(a) of the 28
Tax – General Article as § 10–704(b) of the Tax – General Article. 29

Article – Transportation 30

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2–103.1. 1

(a) (12) “Transportation facilities project” has the meaning stated in [§ 2
4–101(i)] § 4–101 of this article. 3

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 4

Error: Stylistic error in § 2–103.1(a)(12) of the Transportation Article. 5

Occurred: Ch. 289, Acts of 1982. 6

3–216. 7

(c) (2) (i) The Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account, [the Driver 8
Education Account, ] the Motorcycle Safety Program Account, and the Transportation 9
Network Company Impact Fee Account shall be maintained in the Transportation Trust 10
Fund. 11

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 12

Error: Obsolete terminology in § 3–216(c)(2)(i) of the Transportation Article. 13

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 477, Acts of 1995, which repealed the Driver Education 14
Account. 15

3–601. 16

(d) If the Department intends to pledge any future federal aid from any source to 17
support repayment of bonds issued under this subtitle: 18

(1) The aggregate outstanding and unpaid principal amount of debt issued 19
under this subtitle or Title 4, Subtitle 3 of this article that is secured by a pledge of future 20
federal aid may not exceed $1,000,000,000 as of June 30 of any fiscal year, provided that 21
the proceeds may be used only for: 22

(ii) Procuring zero–emission buses consistent with § 7 –406 of [the 23
Transportation Article] THIS ARTICLE and constructing related infrastructure, including 24
bus maintenance facilities; 25

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 26

Error: Stylistic error in § 3–601(d)(1)(ii) of the Transportation Article. 27

Occurred: Ch. 455, Acts of 2023. 28

7–406. 29
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(f) (1) On or before January 1, 2022, and each January 1 thereafter, the 1
Administration shall, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, submit 2
a report to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the Senate [Education, Health, 3
and Environmental Affairs ] Committee ON EDUCATION, ENERGY, AND THE 4
ENVIRONMENT, the House Appropriations Committee, and the House Environment and 5
Transportation Committee on the implementation of this section. 6

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 7

Error: Obsolete terminology in § 7–406(f)(1) of the Transportation Article. 8

Occurred: As a result of the renam ing of the Senate Education, Health, and 9
Environmental Affairs Committee to be the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and 10
the Environment in December 2022. 11

13–503.1. 12

(b) This section applies to the transfer of the title or interest of an owner in a 13
vehicle if the vehicle is registered in the: 14

(1) Joint names of [a husband and wife] SPOUSES and is transferred to the 15
individual name of either spouse; 16

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 17

Error: Stylistic error in § 13–503.1(b)(1) of the Transportation Article. 18

Occurred: Ch. 21, Acts of 2000. 19

21–106. 20

(a) Subject to the conditions stated in this section: 21

(3) (i) The Administration may designate an organ delivery vehicle as 22
an emergency vehicle only if it is registered to a federally designated organ procurem ent 23
organization or a professional organ transportation [organization.] ORGANIZATION; AND 24

(ii) A person may not exercise the privileges authorized under this 25
section while operating an organ delivery vehicle unless the person is certified to operate 26
emergency vehicles through completion of an emergency vehicle operator course approved 27
by the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute. 28

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 29

Error: Omitted conjunction in § 21–106(a)(3) of the Transportation Article. 30
48 SENATE BILL 844

Occurred: Chs. 186 and 187, Acts of 2018. 1

21–810. 2

(c) (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a civil penalty 3
under this subsection is: 4

(iv) If the citation alleges that the driver of the motor vehicle 5
exceeded the speed limit by between 30 and 39, inclusive, miles per hour, $270; AND 6

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 7

Error: Omitted conjunction in § 21–810(c)(2)(iv) of the Transportation Article. 8

Occurred: Ch. 17, § 2, Acts of 2024. 9

22–218. 10

(c) (3) (ii) In each volunteer fire company, no more than five of the following 11
officers may have their privately owned vehicles equipped with red or red and white lights 12
or signal devices which may be displayed only while [on] EN route to or at the scene of an 13
emergency: 14

1. The fire chief or the highest ranking fireline officer; 15

2. One or more of the assistant chiefs or deputy chiefs, 16
whichever rank is second in command; and 17

3. The emergency medical services commander. 18

(4) Under the commercial ambulan ce service license held by Hatzalah of 19
Baltimore, no more than five of the highest –ranking officers may have their privately 20
owned vehicles equipped with red or red and white lights or signal devices which may be 21
displayed only while [on] EN route to or at the scene of an emergency. 22

(10) (i) Except as provided in subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this 23
paragraph, the blue, red, or white lights or signal devices may be flashed or oscillated or 24
otherwise used only while [on] EN route to or at the scene of an emergency, and their use 25
does not relieve an emergency vehicle from otherwise giving an audible warning as required 26
elsewhere in the Maryland Vehicle Law. 27

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 28

Error: Misspelling in § 22–218(c)(3)(ii), (4), and (10)(i) of the Transportation Article. 29

Occurred: Ch. 14, Acts of 1977; Ch. 562, § 2, Acts of 2025. 30
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Article 20 – Somerset County 1

2–101. 2

(a) There are 5 County Commissioners for Somerset County, who hold office for 4 3
years and until their successors are elected and qualified. 4

(b) (1) A COMMISSIONER ELECTED FROM A COMMISSIONERS’ DISTRICT 5
DESCRIBED IN § 2–102 OF THIS SUBTITLE MUST BE A RESIDENT OF T HAT DISTRICT 6
DURING: 7

(I) THE 6 MONTHS IMMEDIATELY P RECEDING THE FILING 8
DEADLINE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE COMMISSIONER; AND 9

(II) THE FULL TERM OF OFFICE AS A COMMISSIONER. 10

(2) A COMMISSIONER FROM A COMMISSIONERS’ DISTRICT WHO DOES 11
NOT MAINTAIN RESIDEN CY IN THAT DISTRICT MAY NOT CONTINUE AS A COUNTY 12
COMMISSIONER AND THE OFFICE SHALL BE DEEMED VACANT. 13

(3) IF THE BOUNDARY OF A COMMISSIONERS’ DISTRICT IS CHANGED, 14
THE TERM OF AN INCUM BENT COMMISSIONER WHO NO L ONGER RESIDES IN THA T 15
DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IS NOT AFFECTED DURING THAT TERM. 16

(C) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each 17
Commissioner shall receive an annual salary of $12,000. 18

(2) The President of the County Commissioners shall receive an annual 19
salary of $13,000. 20

[(c)] (D) Each Commissioner may receive reimbursement of no more than $3,000 21
a year for expenses incurred for any official duties. The County Commissioner shall submit 22
a reimbursement voucher, signed by 3 of the 5 Commissioners. 23

DRAFTER’S NOTE: 24

Error: Inadvertent omission of § 2 –101(b) of the Public Local Laws of Somerset 25
County, as enacted by Chs. 194 and 195, Acts of 2019. 26

Occurred: As a result of Chs. 613 and 614, Acts of 2022. Correction by the publisher 27
of the 2025 Edition of the Code of the Public Local Laws of Somerset County is ratified by 28
this Act. 29

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Drafter’s Notes contained 30
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in this Act are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as part of this Act. 1

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions of this Act are 2
intended solely to correct technical errors in the law and the re is no intent to revive or 3
otherwise affect law that is the subject of other acts, whether those acts were signed by the 4
Governor prior to or after the signing of this Act. 5

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the publishers of the 6
Annotated Code of Maryland, subject to the approval of the Department of Legislative 7
Services, shall make any changes in the text of the Annotated Code necessary to effectuate 8
any termination provision that was enacted by the General Assembly and has taken effect 9
or will take effect prior to October 1, 2026. Any enactment of the 2026 Session of the General 10
Assembly that negates or extends the effect of a previously enacted termination provision 11
shall prevail over the provisions of this section. 12

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FUR THER ENACTED, That the publishers of the 13
Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with and subject to the approval of the 14
Department of Legislative Services, shall make nonsubstantive corrections to codification, 15
style, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, spelling, and any reference rendered incorrect 16
or obsolete by an Act of the General Assembly, with no further action required by the 17
General Assembly. The publishers shall adequately describe any such correction in an 18
editor’s note following the section affected. 19

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency 20
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has 21
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three –fifths of all the members elected to 22
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is 23
enacted. 24

Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.