---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations"
description: "Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 601"
citation: "Maryland SB 601 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Harris", "Hester", "Kagan", "Simonaire", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0551738c-8cb2-405a-adaf-44259b56d832"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0601?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "370d8175247e934c9a5eb357c7dc40e198e62f6fa4998a2db7227d2ef126a5cd"
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 601 (2026) — Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_35_sb0601t.pdf)
2. **First - Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0601f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0601t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 35 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0551738c-8cb2-405a-adaf-44259b56d832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).