---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Public Ethics Law - Financial Disclosure Statements - State Officials of and Candidates to be a State Official of the Judicial Branch"
description: "Maryland Public Ethics Law - Financial Disclosure Statements - State Officials of and Candidates to be a State Official of the Judicial Branch"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 269"
citation: "Maryland HB 269 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-09-16"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0908608-b6dd-4351-9e50-a11075d92650"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0269?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "ec209a0175d8f4f01e53d8a950116eefef4d91bf93ff4df392afd50be467c823"
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 269 (2026) — Maryland Public Ethics Law - Financial Disclosure Statements - State Officials of and Candidates to be a State Official of the Judicial Branch

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Public Ethics Law - Financial Disclosure Statements - State Officials of and Candidates to Be a State Official of the Judicial Branch** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_102_hb0269t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Public Ethics Law - Financial Disclosure Statements - State Officials of and Candidates to Be a State Official of the Judicial Branch** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0269f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Public Ethics Law - Financial Disclosure Statements - State Officials of and Candidates to Be a State Official of the Judicial Branch** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0269t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 102 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0908608-b6dd-4351-9e50-a11075d92650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).