---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code)"
description: "Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 571"
citation: "Maryland SB 571 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Kramer", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/292a9102-4946-4f41-94cd-2baa3238181b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0571?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ee94756777fe388b736279fd9c12254dea91c6b87f31321355c982b4bbf26112"
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 571 (2024) — Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_460_sb0571e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0571e.pdf)
3. **First - Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0571f.pdf)
4. **Third - Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0571t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** 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** Motion Laid Over (Senator Corderman) 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.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `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 460 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/292a9102-4946-4f41-94cd-2baa3238181b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).