---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition"
description: "Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 750"
citation: "Maryland HB 750 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Conaway", "Rosenberg", "Simmons", "Stinnett", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a04f7645-bab4-41dc-8df9-fe9cec5ca605"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0750?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1c2e1b22173884d46b74abfbf81f0cec3605d9ee3a577c7b2b13e0d230ae8838"
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 750 (2026) — Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_424_hb0750t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Interference With Access to or Egress From a Religious Facility - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0750f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0750t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/17 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
- **2026-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-18** 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
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a04f7645-bab4-41dc-8df9-fe9cec5ca605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).