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Bill Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes us/states/md Maryland General Assembly 2026 SB 141 Maryland SB 141 (2026)
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Maryland SB 141 (2026) — Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes

Version chain

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

  1. Chapter - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes (committee substitute) — source
  3. First - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes (committee substitute) — source
  4. Third - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — 8538 (pass) · lower
  • On Third Reading (Amend) — 9535 (pass) · lower
  • Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 284 (pass) · upper
  • On Third Reading — 440 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Brooks — primary (person)
  • Feldman — primary (person)
  • Harris — primary (person)
  • Hester — primary (person)
  • Kagan — primary (person)
  • M. Washington — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-07-16 Pre-filed introduction
  • 2026-01-14 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
  • 2026-01-14 Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
  • 2026-02-02 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-03 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-03 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2026-02-05 Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Hester) Adopted
  • 2026-02-05 Motion Special Order until 2/10 (Senator Hester) Adopted
  • 2026-02-10 Floor Amendment {
  • 2026-02-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2026-02-12 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2026-02-13 Referred Government, Labor, and Elections referral-committee
  • 2026-03-24 Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
  • 2026-04-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-09 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-09 Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Fair) Adopted
  • 2026-04-09 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2026-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2026-04-13 Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
  • 2026-04-13 Senate Requests House Recede
  • 2026-04-13 Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Watson and Gallion)
  • 2026-04-13 Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
  • 2026-04-13 Senate Requests House Recede
  • 2026-04-13 Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Watson and Gallion)
  • 2026-04-13 House Refuses Recede
  • 2026-04-13 House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fair, Clippinger and Tomlinson)
  • 2026-04-13 House Refuses Recede
  • 2026-04-13 House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fair, Clippinger and Tomlinson)
  • 2026-04-13 Conference Committee Report {
  • 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2026-04-13 Conference Committee Report {
  • 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2026-04-14 Passed Enrolled
  • 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/430487fd-ca09-40fd-8c46-241dc5cc4e92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).