---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Security Training - Protection of Security-Sensitive Data"
description: "State Government - Security Training - Protection of Security-Sensitive Data"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 553"
citation: "Maryland SB 553 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Administrative Agencies", "Cybersecurity", "Data", "Information Technology", "Department of", "Job Training", "Privacy", "Reports", "State Employees", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d0ed070-cd99-4035-8d93-8d080391e6c6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB553&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "0fb25d2f1bab0cb8b60ae00ad6dc598392434b8cecfc56f06e8f2dbdc7356eea"
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 553 (2018) — State Government - Security Training - Protection of Security-Sensitive Data

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0553f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-31** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {774938/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d0ed070-cd99-4035-8d93-8d080391e6c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).