---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations"
description: "Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "Maryland SB 294 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Hester", "Kagan", "Simonaire", "Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dd26cde-ee31-4e0d-879f-c73b8f802ad3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0294?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d34fc8aa4f891ac2a0a285032a95b39349b0772699fadb0a4757146488776ff0"
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 294 (2025) — Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_628_sb0294e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0294e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Membership - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0294f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0294t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-20** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-31** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-15** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 628 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dd26cde-ee31-4e0d-879f-c73b8f802ad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).