# State Government (GSG)

## Title 8. Organization of Executive Branch

### Subtitle 2. Principal Departments

#### Section 8-201

(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.

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Md. Code Ann., State Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)