---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation"
description: "Consumer Protection - Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 956"
citation: "Maryland HB 956 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c138b32c-0411-4695-a2c6-84ac3fd3e4dc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0956?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a309a5c1ed1ac63f9374c1a8f49e35448fc304afb5e4c1725b65b7b1e26dcf94"
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 HB 956 (2025) — Consumer Protection - Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Consumer Protection - Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_105_hb0956e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Consumer Protection - Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0956e.pdf)
3. **First - Consumer Protection - Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0956f.pdf)
4. **Third - Consumer Protection - Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0956t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 3/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 105 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c138b32c-0411-4695-a2c6-84ac3fd3e4dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).