---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)"
description: "Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 346"
citation: "Maryland SB 346 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Feldman", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "King", "Lam", "Love", "Smith", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c51c9ce9-17cc-4d87-b9e4-016ebdf732b3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0346?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "b9d9521e72808179154f958764031827ffd935ad20b04e8cb3fa06367ed851af"
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 346 (2026) — Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_460_sb0346e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0346e.pdf)
3. **First - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0346f.pdf)
4. **Third - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0346t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **96–38** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **31–11** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Szeliga /903027/1 — **37–95** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **30–11** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready /253829/1 — **13–28** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready /423926/1 — **15–25** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c51c9ce9-17cc-4d87-b9e4-016ebdf732b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).