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IntroducedAug 26, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 10, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
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
YES: 132
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Odom
- Stein
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Alston
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kerr
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Anderson
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Fennell
- Korman
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Fisher
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Toles
- Baker
- Foley
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Turner
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Rose
- Valentine
- Behler
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ross
- Watson
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- Wells
- Boyce
- Harrison
- McComas
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Chang
- Healey
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Coley
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Wu
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Crosby
- Ivey
NO: 0
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (132-0)
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- 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
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- 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
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Lemyze, Christine (Indivisible Howard County)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)



