---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fiduciary Institutions - Exploitation of Seniors and Vulnerable Adults - Protections and Required Referral (Vulnerable Adult Banking Protection Act)"
description: "Fiduciary Institutions - Exploitation of Seniors and Vulnerable Adults - Protections and Required Referral (Vulnerable Adult Banking Protection Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1008"
citation: "Maryland HB 1008 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Queen", "Spiegel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87592577-5c12-481e-a020-ea5644a22b6e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1008?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "bbcb557caa6a983819a035a83c5d105da083e84e58fa7ffe5e4e06a2cd2e6c58"
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 1008 (2026) — Fiduciary Institutions - Exploitation of Seniors and Vulnerable Adults - Protections and Required Referral (Vulnerable Adult Banking Protection Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Fiduciary Institutions - Exploitation of Seniors and Vulnerable Adults - Protections and Required Referral (Vulnerable Adult Banking Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_510_hb1008t.pdf)
2. **First - Fiduciary Institutions - Exploitation of Seniors and Vulnerable Adults - Protections and Required Referral (Vulnerable Adult Banking Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1008f.pdf)
3. **Third - Fiduciary Institutions - Exploitation of Seniors and Vulnerable Adults - Protections and Required Referral (Vulnerable Adult Banking Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1008t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Queen — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Reassigned to Economic Matters
- **2026-02-18** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 510 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87592577-5c12-481e-a020-ea5644a22b6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).