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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)"
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description: "Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 475"
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citation: "Maryland SB 475 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Mautz", "Sydnor", "West"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b79c60c-d3c4-43fa-bf38-dd6508e8aefe"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0475?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "2f4f2564414b44a827991e80b39f24fa3dc6015da25e95532f8f80fac0e125fe"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 475 (2026) — Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_517_sb0475e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0475e.pdf)
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3. **First - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0475f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0475t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **33–10** (pass) · upper
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- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **32–10** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **99–35** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Charles — primary (person)
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- Mautz — primary (person)
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- Sydnor — primary (person)
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- West — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-02-09** Hearing canceled
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- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-23** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-23** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed
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- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-24** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
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- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
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- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b79c60c-d3c4-43fa-bf38-dd6508e8aefe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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