---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Security Breach Notification Requirements - Modifications"
description: "Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Security Breach Notification Requirements - Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1154"
citation: "Maryland HB 1154 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Law - Consumer Protection", "Commerce and Business", "Consumer Protection", "Cybersecurity", "Data", "Electronic Communication", "Fees", "Internet", "Interstate Affairs", "Investigations and Inquiries", "Licenses", "Notices", "Privacy", "Safety", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Telephones"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5736cc31-687d-409f-87a5-b3b9a5046a56"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1154&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "025b7fbbff805e44156384a58b2fe2e9db725d8bf5190d3603d7a80689d7442e"
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 HB 1154 (2019) — Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Security Breach Notification Requirements - Modifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1154f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- No motion given — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- Chisholm — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {623191/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 294 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5736cc31-687d-409f-87a5-b3b9a5046a56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).