republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-216.md

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Bill	Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation	Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 216	Maryland HB 216 (2026)	bill		enacted	Arikan Cardin Conaway Fair Feldmark Kaufman McComas Moon Moreno Pena-Melnyk Phillips Simmons Simpson Stinnett Taylor Tomlinson Woods	3	14	2	2025-09-23	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/173ef5b9-d5a4-4423-9c82-4d5a5899d1c5	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0216?ys=2026RS	6466b36c21e1f8248e2707fdfea9b0c20bca57dc5e501524004f71e4817ee106	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 216 (2026) — Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 131–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arikan — primary (person)
• Cardin — primary (person)
• Conaway — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Feldmark — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• McComas — primary (person)
• Moon — primary (person)
• Moreno — primary (person)
• Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Simpson — primary (person)
• Stinnett — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Tomlinson — primary (person)
• Woods — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-09-23 Pre-filed introduction
• 2026-01-14 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 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
• 2026-04-06 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-07 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-07 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 662 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/173ef5b9-d5a4-4423-9c82-4d5a5899d1c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).