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IntroducedOct 29, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
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Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Passed Enrolled
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Summary
Comments on SB 61
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 44
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Love
- Sydnor
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- Ready
- Watson
- Carozza
- Harris
- King
- Rosapepe
- West
- Charles
- Hayes
- Kramer
- Salling
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Henson
- Lam
- Simonaire
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 133
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kerr
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Queen
- Toles
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Korman
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Turner
- Baker
- Foley
- Lewis
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Mangione
- Ross
- Watson
- Behler
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Metzgar
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Chang
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Woods
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Morgan, M.
- Smith
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Wu
- Coley
- Howard
- Nawrocki
- Spiegel
- Young
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Nkongolo
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Odom
NO: 0
YES: 42
- Mr. President
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Augustine
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Love
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gile
- James
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Harris
- Kagan
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- Watson
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- West
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
- Zucker
- Feldman
- Hester
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (42-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Favorable with Amendments {273520/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (133-0)
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments {173926/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Finance
- Oct 29, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and ElectionsPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Video: Government, Labor, and ElectionsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Clark, Tiffany (Office of the Attorney General)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Clark, Karen (UULM-MD)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Mills, Morgan (Compass Government Relations)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Carr, Warren (Rusty)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- McDonough, Dylan (Maryland Department of Labor)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Kahl, Catherine (DPSCS)
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bradford, Tierra (ACLU Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- O'Day, Garrett (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Muckle, Lonia (CASH Campaign of Maryland)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Muhammad, Anthony Wazir (ACLU of Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Sydnor III, Charles (State Senator)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Stillinghagan, Allison (Maryland Office of the Public Defender)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Rawlley, Selena (Maryland Cannabis Administration)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Bradford, Tierra (ACLU)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Muckle, Lonia (CASH Campaign of Maryland)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Stillinghagan, Allison (Maryland Office of the Public Defender)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- O'Day, Garrett (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Clark, Karen (UULM-MD)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Pack, Anne (PREPARE)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Sydnor III, Charles (State Senator)

