republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/sb-8.md

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Bill	Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations	Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	SB 8	Maryland SB 8 (2026)	bill		enacted	Charles Folden Henson Hester Hettleman James Love McKay Muse Smith Sydnor Waldstreicher West	3	14	2	2025-08-26	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/f930de8e-b009-4fcf-b79c-08fb99c5f7cd	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0008?ys=2026RS	373f44afea383a0f44d36eea4688c195ea9c346e75cd8f6a3d402c494b690004	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 8 (2026) — Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 132–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charles — primary (person)
• Folden — primary (person)
• Henson — primary (person)
• Hester — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• James — primary (person)
• Love — primary (person)
• McKay — primary (person)
• Muse — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Sydnor — primary (person)
• Waldstreicher — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-08-26 Pre-filed introduction
• 2026-01-14 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-19 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-20 Referred Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-26 Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-08 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-10 Returned Passed
• 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 445 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f930de8e-b009-4fcf-b79c-08fb99c5f7cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).