republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/sb-26.md

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Bill	Maryland False Claims Act - Municipal Corporations	Maryland False Claims Act - Municipal Corporations	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	SB 26	Maryland SB 26 (2017)	bill	Civil Actions and Procedures Administrative Agencies Attorneys Civil Actions Claims Municipal Corporations Reports	enacted	Kagan	1	15	2	2016-07-18	2017-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/99bd5db8-9c98-4d78-83c6-e07b071cba4d	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB26&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	b36b5153c6064f93ca61065aa11db0fd68ba3f77c5a849a457abbf2df40c5762	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 26 (2017) — Maryland False Claims Act - Municipal Corporations

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 107–30 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Kagan — primary (person)
• King — cosponsor (person)
• Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Young — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-07-18 Pre-filed introduction
• 2017-01-11 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-01-04 Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-02-13 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-14 Favorable with Amendments {168375/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-14 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-02-16 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2017-02-17 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-31 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-31 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-31 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-04-04 Third Reading Passed (107-30) passage
• 2017-04-05 Returned Passed
• 2017-05-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 632 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99bd5db8-9c98-4d78-83c6-e07b071cba4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).