---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force to Study Deed Fraud"
description: "Task Force to Study Deed Fraud"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 130"
citation: "Maryland HB 130 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Conaway", "McComas", "Moreno", "Phillips", "Ruff", "Simpson", "Stinnett", "Taylor", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-10-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c88a020-20a7-40cf-8e64-2ab983f7497a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0130?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5c7a476774a55c690f682c3cab898315ff301fa6021b306738bea72888d66152"
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 130 (2026) — Task Force to Study Deed Fraud

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Task Force to Study Deed Fraud** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_399_hb0130e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Task Force to Study Deed Fraud** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0130e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Deed Fraud - Prohibition, Deed Fraud Prevention Grant Fund, and Task Force to Study Deed Fraud** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0130f.pdf)
4. **Third - Task Force to Study Deed Fraud** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0130t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **130–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-01-16** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 399 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c88a020-20a7-40cf-8e64-2ab983f7497a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).