Md. Code Ann., State Gov't § 8-201
Principal departments of Executive Branch
Effective Oct 1, 2025Added by Acts 1984, c. 284, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 3, eff. July 1, 1987; Acts 1987, c. 311, § 1, eff. July 1, 1987; Acts 1989, c. 539, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1989, c. 540, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1995, c. 3, § 2, eff. March 7, 1995; Acts 1995, c. 8, § 4, eff. June 1, 1995; Acts 1995, c. 120, § 5, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 1996, c. 349, § 3, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1998, c. 573, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1998, c. 574, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1999, c. 124, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, c. 125, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2000, c. 209, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2003, c. 53, § 6, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2004, c. 425, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2008, c. 9, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2015, c. 141, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2016, c. 338, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 205, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 214, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2019, c. 91, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019; Acts 2021, c. 287, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 288, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2023, c. 1, § 1, eff. Jan. 19, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 99, § 6, eff. April 24, 2023; Acts 2024, c. 11, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2024, c. 12, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2025, c. 605, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.State of Maryland
- (a) The Executive Branch of the State government shall have not more than 22 principal departments, each of which shall embrace a broad, functional area of that Branch.
(b) The principal departments of the Executive Branch of the State government are:
- (1) Aging;
- (2) Agriculture;
- (3) Budget and Management;
- (4) Commerce;
- (5) Disabilities;
- (6) Emergency Management;
- (7) the Environment;
- (8) General Services;
- (9) Health;
- (10) Housing and Community Development;
- (11) Human Services;
- (12) Information Technology;
- (13) Juvenile Services;
- (14) Labor;
- (15) Natural Resources;
- (16) Planning;
- (17) Public Safety and Correctional Services;
- (18) Service and Civic Innovation;
- (19) Social and Economic Mobility;
- (20) State Police;
- (21) Transportation; and
- (22) Veterans and Military Families.
Added by Acts 1984, c. 284, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 3, eff. July 1, 1987; Acts 1987, c. 311, § 1, eff. July 1, 1987; Acts 1989, c. 539, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1989, c. 540, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1995, c. 3, § 2, eff. March 7, 1995; Acts 1995, c. 8, § 4, eff. June 1, 1995; Acts 1995, c. 120, § 5, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 1996, c. 349, § 3, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1998, c. 573, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1998, c. 574, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1999, c. 124, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, c. 125, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2000, c. 209, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2003, c. 53, § 6, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2004, c. 425, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2008, c. 9, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2015, c. 141, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2016, c. 338, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 205, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 214, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2019, c. 91, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019; Acts 2021, c. 287, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 288, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2023, c. 1, § 1, eff. Jan. 19, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 99, § 6, eff. April 24, 2023; Acts 2024, c. 11, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2024, c. 12, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2025, c. 605, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
Formerly Art. 41, §§ 2, 2A.