HB 4244

Elections: filing fees; filing fees in lieu of nominating petitions; authorize

Human services: medical services; retroactive coverage for medical assistance under the medical assistance program; modify

Vehicles: driver training; homeschool driver training; provide for

Vehicles: driver training; homeschool driver training; provide for

Education: athletics; children who are homeschooled or attending nonpublic school; require the board of a school district or intermediate school district to allow to participate in certain extracurricular activities

State management: purchasing; information technology projects; establish maximum time period and cost limit for

Public employees and officers: ethics; certain local officials acting as lobbyists outside of the course and scope of the official's office; prohibit

Administrative procedure: judicial review; judicial review of administrative rules; modify

Administrative procedure: guidelines; de novo review during administrative law hearings; allow

Administrative procedure: rules; process for promulgating rules; modify

Administrative procedure: rules; process for promulgating rules and creation of the joint committee on regulatory oversight and administrative review; provide for

State agencies (existing): generally; classifications used in state agency writings requesting racial or ethnic identification; repeal

Require electronic recordings of all parole board hearings

Public Information Act - Public Records - Nonprofit Organizations

Procurement - Advertising - Local News Organizations (Local Newspapers for Maryland Communities Act of 2026)

State Procurement - Security Services - Contract Modification

Education - Agreements, Procurement Contracts, and Memoranda of Understanding - Reporting and Publication

Maryland Public Ethics Law - Officials of the Legislative Branch - Gifts of Food and Beverages