---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Facial Recognition Technology - Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Facial Recognition Technology - Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "Maryland SB 182 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-10-30"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb4341c5-8643-4b43-93df-75bbca6d67a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0182?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5de17561ec00975cc957da033ad3163268a467c51136ef3e0a9cb4463060fe6b"
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 182 (2024) — Criminal Procedure - Facial Recognition Technology - Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Facial Recognition Technology - Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_808_sb0182e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Procedure - Facial Recognition Technology - Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0182e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Procedure - Facial Recognition Technology - Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0182f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Facial Recognition Technology - Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0182t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2024-04-05** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, Carter and McKay)
- **2024-04-06** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2024-04-06** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, Carter and McKay)
- **2024-04-06** House Refuses Recede
- **2024-04-06** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Moon, Embry and Grammer)
- **2024-04-06** House Refuses Recede
- **2024-04-06** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Moon, Embry and Grammer)
- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 808 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb4341c5-8643-4b43-93df-75bbca6d67a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).