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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home Detention Monitoring Agencies - Promotion and Solicitation of Business - Prohibition"
description: "Home Detention Monitoring Agencies - Promotion and Solicitation of Business - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 540"
citation: "Maryland SB 540 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maryland Judicial Conference"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfedd4db-acdc-4e4b-ac04-cc7699447f7f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0540?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6f582eddef129f9877945f652b3397f1ce931d7e97a3789a3a767584fde5970c"
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 540 (2026) — Home Detention Monitoring Agencies - Promotion and Solicitation of Business - Prohibition
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Home Detention Monitoring Agencies - Promotion and Solicitation of Business - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_478_sb0540e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Home Detention Monitoring Agencies - Promotion and Solicitation of Business - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0540e.pdf)
3. **First - Home Detention Monitoring Agencies - Promotion and Solicitation of Business - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0540f.pdf)
4. **Third - Home Detention Monitoring Agencies - Promotion and Solicitation of Business - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0540t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **1360** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **420** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **440** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)
- Maryland Judicial Conference — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfedd4db-acdc-4e4b-ac04-cc7699447f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).