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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)"
+description: "Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 475"
+citation: "Maryland SB 475 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Mautz", "Sydnor", "West"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b79c60c-d3c4-43fa-bf38-dd6508e8aefe"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0475?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "2f4f2564414b44a827991e80b39f24fa3dc6015da25e95532f8f80fac0e125fe"
+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 475 (2026) — Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_517_sb0475e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0475e.pdf)
+3. **First - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0475f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0475t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **33–10** (pass) · upper
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **32–10** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **99–35** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles — primary (person)
+- Mautz — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-09** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-23** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-23** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-24** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b79c60c-d3c4-43fa-bf38-dd6508e8aefe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+