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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification"
description: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Maryland SB 1 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "King", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "Love", "Muse", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-09-15"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ab44926-00e7-4229-bcb3-d40ac572b00e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0001?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "e444f16355b3d7c88a2b30cd96e06ab29aaeb1a6dda47bbfb00f5aadaba627fa"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_612_sb0001e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0001e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0001f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0001t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **3113** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment McKay /773627/1 — **1232** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment McKay /723726/1 — **1828** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment McKay /703926/1 — **1431** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment West /873724/1 — **1430** (fail) · upper
- Motion to limit debate — **3113** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **10037** (pass) · lower
- Floor Amendment Ready /633420/1 — **1432** (fail) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **3213** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ab44926-00e7-4229-bcb3-d40ac572b00e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).