Maryland legislative leadership has announced that the upcoming Special Session, scheduled for August 3–5, 2026, will be limited exclusively to matters related to congressional redistricting. In a joint letter, pictured below, to members of the General Assembly, Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk directed the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) to accept bill [...]
Members of the Maryland House of Delegates have been asked to reserve two potential timeframes for a special legislative session that could address proposed changes to the Maryland Constitution. In a June 16 letter, House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk wrote “Since the close of session, recent developments have prompted leadership to evaluate whether additional legislative action [...]
Photo Courtesy of Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner Maryland lawmakers may consider a special session this summer to address congressional redistricting, following renewed national attention on mid-decade map changes and recent court decisions affecting the federal Voting Rights Act. Senate President Bill Ferguson has indicated that conversations are underway among Senate Democrats about the [...]
Photo Courtesy of The Office of Governor Moore Governor Wes Moore signed more than 274 bills into law during the fourth and final post-session bill signing ceremony of 2026. The legislation enacted during the ceremony addresses several policy areas, including housing development, worker protections, childcare affordability, school policies, and historical research and accountability. [...]
Yesterday Governor Wes Moore signed nearly 250 bills into law during the third post-session bill signing ceremony. The measures focus largely on energy affordability, economic competitiveness, infrastructure modernization, and consumer protection. Both the Utility RELIEF Act and the DECADE Act were signed into law yesterday, and the bills address the rising costs for Maryland families [...]
The 2026 General Assembly Session came to a close Monday, April 13th at midnight! A total of 2,654 bills were introduced, of which 887 bills were passed by both chambers over the course of this session, compared to 878 passed in 2025. Governor Moore presided over the first bill signing on February 17th, 2026, the [...]
This morning, Governor Moore presided over the first bill signing following Sine Die, alongside Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk. Several bills were signed into law earlier today, addressing a range of issues including education policy, public safety, housing and property matters, health care and behavioral health, and protections for consumers and [...]
Photo courtesy of the Maryland General Assembly website Del. Anne Healey (D–Prince George’s), the second-longest serving member of the Maryland House of Delegates, announced Tuesday that she will not seek reelection this fall and will retire at the conclusion of her term in January 2026. First elected in 1990, Healey has served under [...]
Governor Wes Moore announced a housing growth and affordability package for the 2026 legislative session focused on increasing housing production and lowering barriers to both building and buying homes in Maryland. The proposal was unveiled at Metro’s Capitol Heights station and included an emphasis on transit-oriented development, thus positioning housing construction near major transit hubs [...]
On Monday Derrick Coley was unanimously selected by the Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee to fill the soon-to-be vacant District 24 seat in the Maryland House of Delegates. The nearly two-hour public hearing in Lanham drew a standing-room-only crowd, with four candidates making presentations before all 25 committee members voted in Coley’s favor. A [...]
