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Read. Follow. Verify.Maryland requires public searchable online database for elevator inspection certificates
Last action · May 12, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 398Sponsor: Cory McCray
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What This Bill Does
The Commissioner of Labor and Industry is required to post a user-friendly, searchable database of active elevator inspection certificates on the Maryland Department of Labor's website starting October 1, 2026.
Property owners, lessees, and residents can verify elevator safety compliance online by searching records across street addresses, cities, and counties.
- Elevator inspection certificates in Maryland were previously required to be posted physically on or in the elevator unit without a centralized public online search tool. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Commissioner of Labor and Industry
The Commissioner is required to create and host the searchable database of active elevator inspection certificates on the department website.
Elevator owners and lessees
Their elevator inspection certificate statuses will be published in a public searchable online database.
General public
Residents gain the ability to search active elevator inspection certificates by street address, city, and county.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
13 actions- May 12, 2026Governor of MarylandEnrolledApproved by the Governor - Chapter 398
- Apr 13, 2026SenateFloorReturned Passed
- Apr 13, 2026HouseFloorThird Reading Passed (113-21)
- Apr 9, 2026HouseFloorFavorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Apr 9, 2026HouseCommitteeFavorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Mar 26, 2026HouseHearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
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- Feb 20, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred Government, Labor, and Elections
- Feb 19, 2026SenateFloorThird Reading Passed (43-0)
- Feb 17, 2026SenateFloorSecond Reading Passed
- Feb 17, 2026SenateFloorFavorable Adopted
- Feb 16, 2026SenateCommitteeFavorable Report by Finance
- Jan 21, 2026SenateHearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 21, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading Finance
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Transition to Digital Public Records for Elevator Safety
Shifts elevator certificate compliance from physical on-site posting to a centralized, searchable state online database.
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