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IntroducedJul 16, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 12, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 10, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 14, 2026: Passed Enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 141
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Harriscosponsor
- Kagancosponsor
- M. Washingtoncosponsor
Votes
YES: 44
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Smith
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Sydnor
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Waldstreicher
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Washington, A.
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- Ready
- Watson
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Rosapepe
- West
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Salling
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Simonaire
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 95
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taveras
- Addison
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Taylor
- Allen
- Embry
- Korman
- Rogers
- Terrasa
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Toles
- Barnes
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Ross
- Turner
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Valderrama
- Behler
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Vogel
- Bhandari
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Watson
- Boyce
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wells
- Cardin
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- White Holland
- Chang
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Charkoudian
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Williams
- Clippinger
- Healey
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wilson
- Coley
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wims
- Conaway
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Wolek
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woods
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stein
- Woorman
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Qi
- Stewart
- Wu
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
NO: 35
ABSENT: 2
- Jones, A.
- Young
YES: 85
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Kaufman
- Roberts
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Korman
- Rogers
- Taylor
- Addison
- Davis
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Lewis
- Ross
- Toles
- Alston
- Edelson
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Valderrama
- Amprey
- Embry
- Long, R.
- Ruth
- Valentine
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Lopez
- Schindler
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Feldmark
- Martinez
- Shetty
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- White Holland
- Behler
- Forbes
- Moon
- Simpson
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wims
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Wolek
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woods
- Chang
- Healey
- Phillips
- Stein
- Woorman
- Charkoudian
- Ivey
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Young
- Crosby
- Kaiser
- Roberson
- Szeliga
- Ziegler
NO: 38
ABSENT: 1
NOT VOTING: 16
EXCUSED: 1
Actions
- Apr 14, 2026 | Senate
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Conference Committee Report {173226/1 Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (85-38)
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- House Refuses Recede
- House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fair, Clippinger and Tomlinson)
- Conference Committee Report {173226/1 Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (28-4)
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Watson and Gallion)
- House Refuses Recede
- House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fair, Clippinger and Tomlinson)
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Watson and Gallion)
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (95-35)
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Favorable with Amendments {433522/1 Adopted
- Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Fair) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 13, 2026 | House
- Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Floor Amendment {253621/1 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Hester) Adopted
- Motion Special Order until 2/10 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {103824/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 02, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
- Jul 16, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and DeepfakesPDF
- Amendments {103824/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {253621/1 (Senator Hester) Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and DeepfakesPDF
- Amendments {433522/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Conference Committee Report {173226/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and DeepfakesPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and ElectionsPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Video: Government, Labor, and ElectionsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- David, Sarah (Office of the State Prosecutor)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Drayton, Morgan (Common Cause MD)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- durkin, margaret
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Yelin, Ben
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Branch, Joshua (Public Citizen)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Nelson, Timothy (Brooks Pierce LLP / Maryland-DC-Delaware Broadcasters Association)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Snyder, Rebecca
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- January, Brianna (Chamber of Progress)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Fry Hester, Katie (Maryland Senate)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Colbert, Renata (Motion Picture Association)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Ball, Calvin (Howard County Office Of County Executive)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- White, Virginia (Maryland Association of Counties)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- CARRICK, SHARON
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Cost, Pearson (Brooks Pierce LLP / Maryland-DC-Delaware Broadcasters Association)
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Price, Suzanne (Concerned Citizen)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Lemyze, Christine (Indivisible Howard County)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Ugo-Akwada, Ihemanma (Common Cause)
- GVC Testimony, FWA -- Wiggins, Grason (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Hamilton, Rebecca
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Kinnally, Kevin (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Meyerovich, Mark
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