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type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)"
description: "Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 351"
citation: "Maryland HB 351 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian", "Martinez", "Moon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22e44369-464a-4da5-87b5-0f010633d13b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0351?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "aa4d07d02ff1e6b36512038f674501fd8ac9a4db6e359c151849fe449ce23844"
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 351 (2026) — Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_459_hb0351e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0351e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - Federal Agents - Digital Unmasking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0351f.pdf)
4. **Third - Constitutional Rights - Violations and Digital Unmasking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0351t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **9735** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Buckel /253421/1 — **3794** (fail) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **3112** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready /343129/1 — **1330** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **9638** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Tomlinson /293626/1 — **3794** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Grammer /333722/1 — **3594** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-19** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2026-02-24** Motion Special Order until 2/25 (Delegate Tomlinson) Adopted
- **2026-02-25** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-02-25** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-02-25** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22e44369-464a-4da5-87b5-0f010633d13b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).