---
type: "Bill"
title: "Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment"
description: "Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 470"
citation: "Maryland HB 470 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Boafo", "Taylor", "Vogel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f9bb78e-d2c9-4508-985d-eef5e79bc80a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0470?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "75dfe8191207cdfcc2f7ee9cc7bada01dbf02ed92d583d8b8d5daef7ba494cf6"
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 470 (2026) — Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_548_hb0470t.pdf)
2. **First - Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0470f.pdf)
3. **Third - Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0470t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 548 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f9bb78e-d2c9-4508-985d-eef5e79bc80a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).