---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Institutions - Payment Stablecoin Services - Establishment and Regulation (Maryland Stablecoin Act)"
description: "Financial Institutions - Payment Stablecoin Services - Establishment and Regulation (Maryland Stablecoin Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1355"
citation: "Maryland HB 1355 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5eb0ffc-af54-4142-b093-8c569ef6e507"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1355?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "bdc1a1d8a3ed69d4aa87be113020c7a58f63b50398388120a1e00706533abd18"
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 1355 (2026) — Financial Institutions - Payment Stablecoin Services - Establishment and Regulation (Maryland Stablecoin Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Financial Institutions - Payment Stablecoin Services - Establishment and Regulation (Maryland Stablecoin Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_514_hb1355t.pdf)
2. **First - Financial Institutions - Payment Stablecoin Services - Establishment and Regulation (Maryland Stablecoin Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1355f.pdf)
3. **Third - Financial Institutions - Payment Stablecoin Services - Establishment and Regulation (Maryland Stablecoin Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1355t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 514 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5eb0ffc-af54-4142-b093-8c569ef6e507`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).