---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courtroom Security - Minimum Adequate Security Standard"
description: "Courtroom Security - Minimum Adequate Security Standard"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 492"
citation: "Maryland HB 492 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maryland Judicial Conference"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/397eb0b5-db49-4b2d-b09b-df24cff23f1d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0492?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "70e9b9ac25adf559fd1169a8275ddd6297c4ad5673e9cb3c319f8219a7f73a66"
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 492 (2026) — Courtroom Security - Minimum Adequate Security Standard

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Courtroom Security - Minimum Adequate Security Standard** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_475_hb0492t.pdf)
2. **First - Courtroom Security - Minimum Adequate Security Standard** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0492f.pdf)
3. **Third - Courtroom Security - Minimum Adequate Security Standard** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0492t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Maryland Judicial Conference — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/397eb0b5-db49-4b2d-b09b-df24cff23f1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).