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 02 Issue 05 - 15 May 2024
2. Volume 02 Issue 06 - 15 June 2024
3. Volume 02 Issue 07 - 15 July 2024
4. Volume 02 Issue 08 - 15 August 2024
5. Volume 02 Issue 09 - 15 September 2024
6. Volume 02 Issue 10 - 15 October 2024
7. Volume 02 Issue 11 - 15 November 2024
8. Volume 02 Issue 12 - 15 December 2024
9. Volume 03 Issue 01 - 15 January 2025
10. Volume 03 Issue 02 - 15 February 2025
11. Volume 03 Issue 03 - 15 March 2025
12. Volume 03 Issue 04 - 15 April 2025

 

2025 Submission and Publication Dates

Issue Date	*Submission Deadline
January 15, 2025	January 8, 2025
**February 15, 2025	**February 8, 2025
**March 15, 2025	**March 8, 2025
April 15, 2025	April 8, 2025
May 15, 2025	May 8, 2025
**June 15, 2025	**June 8, 2025
July 15, 2025	July 8, 2025
August 15, 2025	August 8, 2025
September 15, 2025	September 8, 2025
October 15, 2025	October 8, 2025
**November 15, 2025	**November 8, 2025
December 15, 2025	December 8, 2025

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.