---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Counterfeiting and Possession of Counterfeit Lease of Real Property - Penalty"
description: "Criminal Law - Counterfeiting and Possession of Counterfeit Lease of Real Property - Penalty"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 82"
citation: "Maryland SB 82 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Brooks", "Charles", "Gile", "Guzzone", "McKay", "Ready", "Salling", "Watson", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-31"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9304668b-5625-4ede-9712-dacfe13489cb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0082?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "ed3d37bec4e3c64ed800d664d54c05b2ce03ea7f127eb0ad504b914fcc594c58"
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 82 (2026) — Criminal Law - Counterfeiting and Possession of Counterfeit Lease of Real Property - Penalty

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Counterfeiting and Possession of Counterfeit Lease of Real Property - Penalty** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_550_sb0082t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Counterfeiting and Possession of Counterfeit Lease - Penalty** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0082f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Counterfeiting and Possession of Counterfeit Lease of Real Property - Penalty** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0082t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **37–5** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** 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 550 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9304668b-5625-4ede-9712-dacfe13489cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).