---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations"
description: "Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 957"
citation: "Maryland HB 957 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fair", "Kaiser", "Rose", "Spiegel", "Wu"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c3b6efa-bf8e-433f-a356-d1f24ae6dfec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0957?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "826b6852c8b06d767b6803f383b761a1467f94b253de0ffce97b6f609e91c416"
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 957 (2026) — Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_34_hb0957t.pdf)
2. **First - Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0957f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0957t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fair — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 34 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c3b6efa-bf8e-433f-a356-d1f24ae6dfec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).