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type: "Bill"
title: "Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)"
description: "Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 711"
citation: "Maryland HB 711 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian", "Solomon", "Wolek"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23bc23ee-6d6f-4c5d-b261-4c5ed2be15ec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0711?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "951013923ca6945417c9b26a8de4b72356194ac415e0f26694e7536b29f2873e"
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 711 (2026) — Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_874_hb0711t.pdf)
2. **First - Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0711f.pdf)
3. **Third - Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0711t.pdf)
## Votes
- FLA Del. Hornberger /173029/1 — **3594** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **9435** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **288** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-02** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Motion Special Order until 03/20 (Delegate Hornberger) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-31** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 874 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23bc23ee-6d6f-4c5d-b261-4c5ed2be15ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).