republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/sb-1.md

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Bill	Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification	Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	SB 1	Maryland SB 1 (2026)	bill		enacted	Augustine Beidle Brooks Feldman Ferguson Guzzone Hettleman Kagan King Kramer Lam Lewis Young Love Muse Rosapepe Smith Sydnor Zucker	4	24	9	2025-09-15	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/4ab44926-00e7-4229-bcb3-d40ac572b00e	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0001?ys=2026RS	e444f16355b3d7c88a2b30cd96e06ab29aaeb1a6dda47bbfb00f5aadaba627fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 1 (2026) — Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 31–13 (pass) · upper
• Floor Amendment McKay /773627/1 — 12–32 (fail) · upper
• Floor Amendment McKay /723726/1 — 18–28 (fail) · upper
• Floor Amendment McKay /703926/1 — 14–31 (fail) · upper
• Floor Amendment West /873724/1 — 14–30 (fail) · upper
• Motion to limit debate — 31–13 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 100–37 (pass) · lower
• Floor Amendment Ready /633420/1 — 14–32 (fail) · upper
• Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 32–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Augustine — primary (person)
• Beidle — primary (person)
• Brooks — primary (person)
• Feldman — primary (person)
• Ferguson — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• Kagan — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Kramer — primary (person)
• Lam — primary (person)
• Lewis Young — primary (person)
• Love — primary (person)
• Muse — primary (person)
• Rosapepe — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Sydnor — primary (person)
• Zucker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-09-15 Pre-filed introduction
• 2026-01-14 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-01-28 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-29 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-29 Floor Amendment {
• 2026-01-29 Floor Amendment {
• 2026-01-29 Floor Amendment {
• 2026-01-29 Floor Amendment {
• 2026-01-29 Floor Amendment {
• 2026-01-29 Floor Amendment {
• 2026-01-29 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-02-03 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-02-04 Referred Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-26 Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-11 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted
• 2026-04-13 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ab44926-00e7-4229-bcb3-d40ac572b00e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).