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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: "SB 177"
+citation: "Maryland SB 177 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["West"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-10-21"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c411f74-0c47-45e6-81a6-22a681d4ba31"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0177?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "585aaff4d896903aefccd99b50f3baca85883b8cd31ff230028d767a1a1e24f9"
+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 177 (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_425_sb0177t.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/sb/sb0177f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0177t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-10-21** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Committee Amendment Adopted
+- **2026-03-03** Motion Special Order until 3/4 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
+- **2026-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-06** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 425 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c411f74-0c47-45e6-81a6-22a681d4ba31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+