---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law – Theft and Fraud Crimes – Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards"
description: "Criminal Law – Theft and Fraud Crimes – Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 437"
citation: "Maryland SB 437 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Folden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afe07a85-0773-4a51-93eb-b87d50b6d967"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0437?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "0f45e304918af53d15fbe4cadac5d01b808961d0cd21daabe59300379152b209"
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 437 (2026) — Criminal Law – Theft and Fraud Crimes – Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law – Theft and Fraud Crimes – Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_456_sb0437t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law – Theft and Fraud Crimes – Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0437f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law – Theft and Fraud Crimes – Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0437t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Folden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.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** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afe07a85-0773-4a51-93eb-b87d50b6d967`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).