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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 06, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 03, 2026
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Became LawMay 12, 2026
Maryland Senate Bill
Courtroom Security - Minimum Adequate Security Standard
Last Action See all actions
executive • May 12, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 544
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Judicial Proceedings Committeeprimary
- Maryland Judicial Conferencecosponsor
Votes
YES: 43
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Love
- Smith
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Gile
- Jennings
- Muse
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Kagan
- Ready
- Watson
- Carozza
- Harris
- King
- Rosapepe
- West
- Charles
- Hayes
- Kramer
- Salling
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Henson
- Lam
NO: 1
ABSENT: 3
YES: 120
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Adams
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Patterson
- Stein
- Allen
- Fair
- Kerr
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Alston
- 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
NO: 0
ABSENT: 12
Actions
- May 12, 2026 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476
- Apr 06, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 03, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (120-0)
- 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 (43-1)
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Mar 02, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Kirsten (Maryland State's Attorneys' Association)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Jackson, Samira (MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Sample, Sarah (Maryland Association of Counties)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Blendy, Nicholas (Baltimore City Sheriff's Office)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Sarkar, Shaoli (Maryland State Bar Association)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
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