---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement - Protective Body Armor - Requirements and Reporting"
description: "Law Enforcement - Protective Body Armor - Requirements and Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 904"
citation: "Maryland HB 904 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Conaway", "McComas", "Moon", "Moreno", "Nkongolo", "Phillips", "Simmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4544a89b-dd5c-4a59-a780-406c4a2a240c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0904?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5a8f8663d2af093346eacfda0e8299d613d9c34ff2b51d6456f8f28146458362"
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 904 (2026) — Law Enforcement - Protective Body Armor - Requirements and Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Law Enforcement - Protective Body Armor - Requirements and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_462_hb0904t.pdf)
2. **First - Law Enforcement - Protective Body Armor - Requirements and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0904f.pdf)
3. **Third - Law Enforcement - Protective Body Armor - Requirements and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0904t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Nkongolo — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** 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 462 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4544a89b-dd5c-4a59-a780-406c4a2a240c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).