---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024"
description: "Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "Maryland SB 541 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Gile", "Hester"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/289d2eb0-29d4-414f-a683-ffd82cd8b612"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0541?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8acb0655a21ac036ec034338e463637098c69ac8e31d9d43702514320b5e1b83"
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 541 (2024) — Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_455_sb0541e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0541e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0541f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0541t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **103–33** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2024-03-08** Motion to Reconsider Committee Amendment (Senator Gile) Adopted
- **2024-03-08** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `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`
- **2024-04-06** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 455 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/289d2eb0-29d4-414f-a683-ffd82cd8b612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).