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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification"
+description: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 1"
+citation: "Maryland SB 1 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "King", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "Love", "Muse", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2025-09-15"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ab44926-00e7-4229-bcb3-d40ac572b00e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0001?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "e444f16355b3d7c88a2b30cd96e06ab29aaeb1a6dda47bbfb00f5aadaba627fa"
+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 SB 1 (2026) — Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_612_sb0001e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0001e.pdf)
+3. **First - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0001f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0001t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **31–13** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Amendment McKay /773627/1 — **12–32** (fail) · upper
+- Floor Amendment McKay /723726/1 — **18–28** (fail) · upper
+- Floor Amendment McKay /703926/1 — **14–31** (fail) · upper
+- Floor Amendment West /873724/1 — **14–30** (fail) · upper
+- Motion to limit debate — **31–13** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **100–37** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Amendment Ready /633420/1 — **14–32** (fail) · upper
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **32–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Ferguson — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Kramer — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Lewis Young — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- Muse — primary (person)
+- Rosapepe — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-01-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-29** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-01-29** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-01-29** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-01-29** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-01-29** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-01-29** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-01-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-04** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted
+- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ab44926-00e7-4229-bcb3-d40ac572b00e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+