---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Compromising Events"
description: "Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Compromising Events"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Maryland SB 160 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-24"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68dac933-30dd-4929-926a-9e8ab1ca1f1c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0160?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6627f106b810137d9dd6a666be8af7ca71d73c464c427766aac615bb088a6de2"
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 160 (2026) — Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Compromising Events

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Compromising Events** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_86_sb0160t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Potential Compromise of Security Features** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0160f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Compromising Events** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0160t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **34–11** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **96–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Motion Laid Over (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Folden) Adopted
- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 86 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68dac933-30dd-4929-926a-9e8ab1ca1f1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).