---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Theft and Fraud Crimes - Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards"
description: "Criminal Law - Theft and Fraud Crimes - Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 752"
citation: "Maryland HB 752 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway", "J. Long", "McComas", "Moreno", "Phillips", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "T. Morgan", "Taylor", "Toles", "Valentine", "Woods"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c65a5c57-13ef-40b5-bf3d-71b5bb5d7f89"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0752?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "09683045a7ab6e0dcaa1889a59a14d17e01732a599521f1c3dae6afada6fabdb"
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 752 (2026) — Criminal Law - Theft and Fraud Crimes - Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Theft and Fraud Crimes - Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_457_hb0752t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Theft and Fraud Crimes - Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0752f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Theft and Fraud Crimes - Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0752t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conaway — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Valentine — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-11** Reassigned to Judiciary
- **2026-02-11** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 457 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c65a5c57-13ef-40b5-bf3d-71b5bb5d7f89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).