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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment"
+description: "Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 376"
+citation: "Maryland SB 376 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beb0fc1c-2d2c-4b67-b912-8124907d81ca"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0376?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "5777109dcafc7b5492f2357d8e6f4c23e8630fe4dbde625e552716776dfb34e9"
+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 376 (2026) — Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_549_sb0376t.pdf)
+2. **First - Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0376f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0376t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **115–10** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `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 549 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beb0fc1c-2d2c-4b67-b912-8124907d81ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+