---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Information Technology - Cybersecurity Revisions"
description: "State Government - Information Technology - Cybersecurity Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 235"
citation: "Maryland HB 235 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-09-19"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78ac4f40-5165-4792-947c-feee36db8b4b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0235?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0632a4566ebdb3261c698f20bd734161f20afcbda603ec84abce975229ec0dba"
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 235 (2025) — State Government - Information Technology - Cybersecurity Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government - Information Technology - Cybersecurity Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_164_hb0235t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government - Information Technology - Cybersecurity Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0235f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government - Information Technology - Cybersecurity Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0235t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 164 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78ac4f40-5165-4792-947c-feee36db8b4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).