republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2023/sb-2.md

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Bill	Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Theft of Benefits (Prevent Electronic Benefits Theft Act of 2023)	Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Theft of Benefits (Prevent Electronic Benefits Theft Act of 2023)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2023	SB 2	Maryland SB 2 (2023)	bill		enacted	Hester	4	21	0	2022-11-18	2023-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/388dffe4-2c90-4658-a11a-bf06d6dc60cf	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0002?ys=2023RS&search=True	0b8bd807611a45d838ca5b6cbef16420fec819deb3c6c0c966f673c18c0d3e32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 2 (2023) — Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Theft of Benefits (Prevent Electronic Benefits Theft Act of 2023)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Theft of Benefits (Prevent Electronic Benefits Theft Act of 2023) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Theft of Benefits (Prevent Electronic Benefits Theft Act of 2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Fraud (Prevent Electronic Benefits Theft Act of 2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Theft of Benefits (Prevent Electronic Benefits Theft Act of 2023) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Hester — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-11-18 Pre-filed introduction
• 2023-01-11 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2023-01-11 Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2023-01-27 Hearing canceled
• 2023-02-01 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2023-03-17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-17 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-17 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2023-03-20 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-03-20 Referred Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-03-26 Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2023-03-26 Hearing canceled
• 2023-03-26 Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2023-04-04 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-05 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-05 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2023-04-06 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-04-10 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2023-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-04-10 Passed Enrolled
• 2023-04-24 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/388dffe4-2c90-4658-a11a-bf06d6dc60cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).