---
type: "Bill"
title: "Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment"
description: "Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 376"
citation: "Maryland SB 376 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beb0fc1c-2d2c-4b67-b912-8124907d81ca"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0376?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5777109dcafc7b5492f2357d8e6f4c23e8630fe4dbde625e552716776dfb34e9"
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 376 (2026) — Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_549_sb0376t.pdf)
2. **First - Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0376f.pdf)
3. **Third - Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0376t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **115–10** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `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 549 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beb0fc1c-2d2c-4b67-b912-8124907d81ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).