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IntroducedSep 23, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 20, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 23, 2026: Referred Judicial Proceedings
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 216
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (131-0)
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Favorable with Amendments {823622/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 16, 2026 | House
- Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Judiciary
- Sep 23, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Rice, Mat
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Proctor, Karessa (NASW Maryland)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Spraker, Jessica (Maryland Legal Aid)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- MDAD President, MDAD President (Maryland Association of the Deaf)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Miicke, Sarah (Baltimore Jewish Council)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Peters, Megan (Alzheimer's Association)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Peters, Megan (Maryland Senior Citizens Action Network (MSCAN))
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Brown-Burnett, Gloria (Department of Human Services)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Kaufman, Aaron
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- OMalley, Catherine (Women's Law Center)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Roques, Carmel (Maryland Department of Aging)
- JUD Testimony, UNF -- Hilliard, Elizabeth (Maryland Office of the Public Defender)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Westrick, Sara (AARP Maryland)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Kolp, Ande
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- DeBerry, Usherla (Governors Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Rondeau, Jonathon (fello.org)



