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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)"
+description: "Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 346"
+citation: "Maryland SB 346 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Feldman", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "King", "Lam", "Love", "Smith", "Waldstreicher"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c51c9ce9-17cc-4d87-b9e4-016ebdf732b3"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0346?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "b9d9521e72808179154f958764031827ffd935ad20b04e8cb3fa06367ed851af"
+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 346 (2026) — Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_460_sb0346e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0346e.pdf)
+3. **First - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0346f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0346t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **96–38** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **31–11** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Szeliga /903027/1 — **37–95** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **30–11** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Amendment Ready /253829/1 — **13–28** (fail) · upper
+- Floor Amendment Ready /423926/1 — **15–25** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-21** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c51c9ce9-17cc-4d87-b9e4-016ebdf732b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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