---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026"
description: "Maryland Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 264"
citation: "Maryland HB 264 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-01"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/566bbcb0-7b86-4ee4-96bd-9ad580a6d068"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0264?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1ea61a276bb62fe8d0525c31f23c2cfe1dd62ff04b615996cdc258e52fc45e62"
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 264 (2026) — Maryland Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_435_hb0264t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0264f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0264t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/566bbcb0-7b86-4ee4-96bd-9ad580a6d068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).