---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes"
description: "Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 141"
citation: "Maryland SB 141 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Feldman", "Harris", "Hester", "Kagan", "M. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-07-16"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/430487fd-ca09-40fd-8c46-241dc5cc4e92"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0141?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3cb622e93407907368d9ced2590d16de5c9e32c88d4e74525a8ea1f4e7af8375"
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 SB 141 (2026) — Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_444_sb0141e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0141e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0141f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0141t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **85–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **95–35** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **28–4** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2026-02-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-05** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2026-02-05** Motion Special Order until 2/10 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2026-02-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-02-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Fair) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-13** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Watson and Gallion)
- **2026-04-13** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-13** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Watson and Gallion)
- **2026-04-13** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-13** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fair, Clippinger and Tomlinson)
- **2026-04-13** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-13** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fair, Clippinger and Tomlinson)
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/430487fd-ca09-40fd-8c46-241dc5cc4e92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).