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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition"
+description: "Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 750"
+citation: "Maryland HB 750 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Conaway", "Rosenberg", "Simmons", "Stinnett", "Williams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-04"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a04f7645-bab4-41dc-8df9-fe9cec5ca605"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0750?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "1c2e1b22173884d46b74abfbf81f0cec3605d9ee3a577c7b2b13e0d230ae8838"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 750 (2026) — Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_424_hb0750t.pdf)
+2. **First - Criminal Law - Interference With Access to or Egress From a Religious Facility - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0750f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0750t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Rosenberg — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Stinnett — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-04** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a04f7645-bab4-41dc-8df9-fe9cec5ca605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+