The COBRA Register is an official publication of the City of Baltimore published monthly by the Department of Legislative Reference. The COBRA Register contains all proposed regulations by City agencies and serves as a temporary supplement to the Code of Baltimore Regulations Annotated (COBRA). Any change to the text of a regulation published in COBRA, whether by adoption, amendment, or repeal, will first be published in the COBRA Register.  

COBRA Registers Online

The 12 most current issues of the COBRA register are available below. For archived registers, please contact the Department of Legislative Reference. 

1. Volume 01 Issue 02 - 15 December 2023
2. Volume 02 Issue 01 - 15 January 2024 
3. Volume 02 Issue 02 - 15 February 2024
4. Volume 02 Issue 03 - 15 March 2024
5. Volume 02 Issue 04 - 15 April 2024
6. Volume 02 Issue 05 - 15 May 2024
7. Volume 02 Issue 06 - 15 June 2024
8. Volume 02 Issue 07 - 15 July 2024
9. Volume 02 Issue 08 - 15 August 2024
10. Volume 02 Issue 09 - 15 September 2024
11. Volume 02 Issue 10 - 15 October 2024
12. Volume 02 Issue 11 - 15 November 2024

 

2024 Submission and Publication Dates

Issue Date	*Submission Deadline
January 15, 2024	January 8, 2024
February 15, 2024	February 8, 2024
March 15, 2024	March 8, 2024
April 15, 2024	April 8, 2024
May 15, 2024	May 8, 2024
June 15, 2024	June 8, 2024
July 15, 2024	July 8, 2024
August 15, 2024	August 8, 2024
September 15, 2024	**September 8, 2024
October 15, 2024	October 8, 2024
November 15, 2024	November 8, 2024
December 15, 2024	**December 8, 2024

This table is provided for planning purposes only. The Department of Legislative Reference (DLR) cannot guarantee that submissions will be published by an agency’s desired publication date. Circumstances related to workload and staffing may prevent adherence to this schedule.

* Please note that the deadlines provided for the submission of a proposed regulation indicates the submission of a regulation in its final form for publication, including all required revisions from DLR and approvals from DLR, the Department of Law, and the Office of the City Administrator. DLR advises a 10 week lead time for this process.

**For dates when the submission of a proposed regulation to DLR would fall over a weekend, the proposed regulation will be due the Friday prior; for dates when the submission of a proposed regulation to DLR would fall on a Federal holiday, the proposed regulation will be due the business day prior.