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IntroducedOct 21, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 06, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 03, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Criminal Law - Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs - Prohibition
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 06, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 177
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 44
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Love
- Smith
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Kagan
- Muse
- Watson
- Carozza
- Harris
- King
- Ready
- West
- Charles
- Hayes
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Henson
- Lam
- Salling
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 119
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Patterson
- Stein
- Adams
- Fair
- Kerr
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Allen
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Pippy
- Stinnett
- Amprey
- Fisher
- Korman
- Pruski
- Stonko
- Arentz
- Foley
- Lehman
- Qi
- Szeliga
- Arikan
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Queen
- Taveras
- Bagnall
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Reilly
- Taylor
- Bartlett
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Beauchamp
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Roberts
- Toles
- Behler
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Rogers
- Tomlinson
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Rose
- Turner
- Boyce
- Harrison
- McComas
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Buckel
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Ross
- Valentine
- Cardin
- Healey
- Miller
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Chang
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Moon
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Moreno
- Schindler
- Wims
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Morgan, M.
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, T.
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Nawrocki
- Simmons
- Woods
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Nkongolo
- Simpson
- Wu
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Odom
- Smith
- Ziegler
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
NO: 0
ABSENT: 13
Actions
- Apr 06, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 03, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (119-0)
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 06, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Mar 04, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {413927/1
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Motion Special Order until 3/4 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- Mar 02, 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
- Oct 21, 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 -- Salganik, Laura (Jewish Community Relations Council of Howard County)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Roos, Elizabeth (Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Weisel, Meredith (ADL)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Mizrahi, Jennifer (Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- miller, deborah (JCRC of Greater Washington)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Sadwin, Rabbi Ariel (Agudath Israel of Maryland)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Miicke, Sarah (Baltimore Jewish Council)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- O'Day, Garrett (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Kirsten (Maryland State's Attorneys' Association)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All

