---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Critical Infrastructure Protection"
description: "Public Safety - Critical Infrastructure Protection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 825"
citation: "Maryland SB 825 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Hester", "Kagan", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fdce499-3ff6-4e98-ac67-7fbc22c4930a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0825?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "16bfc192da7c84be546ce8a2b9bdd3cedbb60f00c6ea87cb449e16d756d9b4f6"
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 SB 825 (2026) — Public Safety - Critical Infrastructure Protection

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Critical Infrastructure Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_446_sb0825t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Critical Infrastructure Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0825f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Critical Infrastructure Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0825t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Feldman) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 446 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fdce499-3ff6-4e98-ac67-7fbc22c4930a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).