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IntroducedJan 29, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 12, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 415
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Muse
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
YES: 113
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Adams
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Stonko
- Allen
- Fair
- Kerr
- Qi
- Taveras
- Alston
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Queen
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Foley
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Behler
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Rose
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Wells
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ross
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Ruff
- Wilkins
- Buckel
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Ruth
- Williams
- Cardin
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Sample-Hughes
- Wims
- Chang
- Hill
- Moon
- Schindler
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moreno
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Morgan, T.
- Simmons
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Nkongolo
- Smith
- Woorman
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Solomon
- Wu
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Young
- Crosby
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
ABSENT: 1
NOT VOTING: 17
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (113-10)
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Referred Economic Matters
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {973926/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Finance
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN Testimony, INFO -- Clark, Tiffany (Office of the Attorney General)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Beidle, Pamela
- FIN Virtual - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Cahn, David (Maryland State Bar Association)
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All

