republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/sb-140.md

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Bill	Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation	Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	SB 140	Maryland SB 140 (2026)	bill		enacted	West	4	16	3	2025-09-23	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/dd15f3d8-7bf4-4240-a535-e13309254972	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0140?ys=2026RS	f92d75af6ccbd86c3fbe1ca19df041c1d6e5e72a2e182b2727bddb8cd08ba6a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 140 (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. Enrolled - Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 132–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-09-23 Pre-filed introduction
• 2026-01-14 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-13 Referred Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-04-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-06 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-06 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2026-04-09 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 663 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd15f3d8-7bf4-4240-a535-e13309254972. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).