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IntroducedAug 26, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 26, 2026: Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Mar 31, 2026 01:00pm
House Office Building, Room 100, Annapolis, MD
Summary
Comments on SB 8
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Ready
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Rosapepe
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Salling
- Zucker
NO: 0
Actions
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {493123/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Aug 26, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- durkin, margaret
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- David, Sarah (Office of the State Prosecutor)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Westrick, Sara (AARP Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Shulman, Debbie
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wilt, Laura (Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Kirsten (Maryland State's Attorneys' Association)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Colbert, Renata (Motion Picture Association)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Abrams, Hanna
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Fry Hester, Katie (Maryland Senate)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All



