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IntroducedSep 23, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 12, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Passed Enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 140
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 44
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hettleman
- Love
- Smith
- Augustine
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Harris
- Kagan
- Muse
- Watson
- Carozza
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- West
- Charles
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 132
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Adams
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kerr
- Pippy
- Szeliga
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kipke
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Qi
- Taylor
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lewis
- Reilly
- Toles
- Baker
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, R.
- Roberts
- Turner
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Mangione
- Rose
- Valentine
- Behler
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Ross
- Watson
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Ruff
- Wells
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Metzgar
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Miller
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilson
- Chang
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Schindler
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Moon
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Chisholm
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Simmons
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Smith
- Wu
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Solomon
- Young
- Crosby
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
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
- Third Reading Passed (132-0)
- Apr 06, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Favorable with Amendments {733322/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {593926/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Sep 23, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- West, Christopher (Senator Chris West)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Peters, Megan (Alzheimer's Association)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Miicke, Sarah (Baltimore Jewish Council)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Roques, Carmel (Maryland Department of Aging)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Brown-Burnett, Gloria (Department of Human Services)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Williams, Krystal (MD Office of the Public Defender)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Bright Gordon, Cornelia (Maryland Legal Aid)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Proctor, Karessa (NASW Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Randolph, Ash-Lynn (fello)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
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