---
type: "Bill"
title: "Police Training - Autism and Dementia (LEAD Act of 2026)"
description: "Police Training - Autism and Dementia (LEAD Act of 2026)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 634"
citation: "Maryland HB 634 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Edelson", "Fennell", "Guzzone", "Harrison", "Hill", "Hornberger", "Kaufman", "Lopez", "McComas", "Mireku-North", "Moon", "Moreno", "Phillips", "Ruth", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Stewart", "Stinnett", "Taylor", "Terrasa", "Turner", "Vogel", "Williams", "Wims", "Woods", "Woorman", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1820d79-9eb2-4e6f-bf76-c2e3abffbcbd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0634?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "8751eb49242c58560d4ecd4734ea4a014d2f3d0ca5791ae34a8a70eefb742f5f"
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 634 (2026) — Police Training - Autism and Dementia (LEAD Act of 2026)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Police Training - Autism and Dementia (LEAD Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_658_hb0634t.pdf)
2. **First - Police Training - Autism and Dementia (LEAD Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0634f.pdf)
3. **Third - Police Training - Autism and Dementia (LEAD Act of 2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0634t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 658 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1820d79-9eb2-4e6f-bf76-c2e3abffbcbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).