---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Law - Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions"
description: "Commercial Law - Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 643"
citation: "Maryland SB 643 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson", "Feldman", "Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71b0aac3-bc55-469f-8286-856c91af2ef7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0643?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cb59e9a6d7707081d0740259ce1e3b8e80d5a16c48e109932bfc42ad82c99573"
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 643 (2022) — Commercial Law - Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Commercial Law - Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_503_sb0643t.pdf)
2. **First - Commercial Law - Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0643f.pdf)
3. **Third - Commercial Law - Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0643t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **97–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 503 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71b0aac3-bc55-469f-8286-856c91af2ef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).