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IntroducedSep 15, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 03, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings
Last Action See all actions
House • Feb 04, 2026: Referred Judiciary
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 1
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
NO: 31
ABSENT: 1
NOT VOTING: 1
- Jackson
NO: 32
ABSENT: 1
NO: 30
ABSENT: 1
NOT VOTING: 2
Actions
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (31-13)
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {123226/1 Adopted
- Floor Amendment {873724/1 (Senator West) Rejected (14-30)
- Floor Amendment {273521/1 (Senator West) Rejected
- Floor Amendment {633420/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (14-32)
- Floor Amendment {773627/1 (Senator McKay) Rejected (12-32)
- Floor Amendment {703926/1 (Senator McKay) Rejected (14-31)
- Floor Amendment {723726/1 (Senator McKay) Rejected (18-28)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 28, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Sep 15, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face CoveringsPDF
- Amendments {123226/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {873724/1 (Senator West) Rejected (14-30) (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {273521/1 (Senator West) Rejected (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {633420/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (14-32) (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {773627/1 (Senator McKay) Rejected (12-32) (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {703926/1 (Senator McKay) Rejected (14-31) (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {723726/1 (Senator McKay) Rejected (18-28) (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face CoveringsPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Zeller, Eileen (None)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Caldiero, Jim (UULM-MD)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Sharp, Birgit (CANDLE)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hurley, Ayla
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- STERN, CAROL
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Turner, Rebecca
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lattimer, Deborah
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Mitchell, Carolyn
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Pearson, Cynthia
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lewis, Andrew
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Miner
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- O'Connor, Monica
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Foley, Lana (Crabs On The Shore, Indivisible DelMarVa, Wicomico County Dem Club)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Rice, Mat
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Liskin, Laurie
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Harper, Shelby (Montgomery County, Maryland Women's Democratic Club)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Nigro, Lia
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kerin, Susan
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ichile-Mckenzie, Ongisa (Southern Marylanders for Racial Equality)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lesley, Sean
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Holmes, Paul
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Peterson, Emily
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- horvath, jane
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Giles, Ariana
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Franklin, Neill (Law Enforcement Action Partnership)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Gobel, Christian (AFSCME Maryland Council 3)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Follingstad, Susaanti (Silver Spring Justice Coalition)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Sugarman, Kate (Doctors For Camp Closure)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Rosenthal, Lore
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Jasen, Debi
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Jasen, John
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Boddie-Willis, Cynthia (League of Women Voters of Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- White, Marceline (Economic Action Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Eckel, Rianna (SURJ Baltimore)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Golombek, Silvia
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Heinz, Loreen
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Friedman, David
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Tupper, Janet
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Enagonio, Liz
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Keipper, Lindsay (Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Golombek, Daniel
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Zagajeski, Jane
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Theresa M. (Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Barru, Henry
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hencke, Jess
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Schrock, Ydelka
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ulmes, Tracie
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Younger, Natalie
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Khader, Shana
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Brocht, Chauna
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Casagrande, Paula
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Schrock, Ydelka (Together We Will Harford County Indivisible)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Williams, Sabrina (Indivisible Frederick)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Garner, Claire
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Manuel, Anne (CCAN Action Fund volunteer)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Buxton, Lucy
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- NAACP Branch 7139, Garrett County (Garrett County NAACP #7139)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Pinard, Michael (Youth, Education and Justice Clinic, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lefstein, Gita
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Greenberg, Marcia
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Browne, Debra
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wong, Janelle
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wilkerson, Alice (Advance Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Dineen, Mary Margaret
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Chapman, Charles
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Barnoy, Ishai
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wilson, Lorraine
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Tupper, David
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Armendariz, Rebecca
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Tanner, Judith
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Solomon, Julie (self)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hodge-Williams, Samantha
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Charlotte (Trans Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hodge-Williams, Val
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Merrick, Byron
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Yost, David (Arnolia UMC, Parkville, MD)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Spear, Bob
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ford, John
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Finzel, Michelle
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Russell, Brandon
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Blalock, Jennifer
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lemle, Paul (Maryland State Education Association)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Shulman, Debbie
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Oerter, Robert
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Towne, Ezra
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- SWASC, UM (Social Work Advocates for Social Change)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Rendall, Shari (FAIR)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Santos, Tatiana (Indivisible Frederick Forward)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ellicott, Abbie (Coalition for LGBTQ+ Students)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Vaughn, Katherine
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Juberg, Arielle
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Miller, Andrew
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- RUBIN, ANNA (Anna Rubin)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Mansour, Erinn Camp (Patapsco Friends Meeting)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Pacheco Hernandez, Keily (SOMOS)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Dias Amarawardena, Lahiruni
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Good, Megan
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Green, Linda (Life After Release)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hadad, Nancy
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Marbury, Marian
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Davis, Lynda
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Krieger, Betsy (Be the Change Bmore)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- McMillian, Nevan
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Cano, Christopher (SEIU Local 500)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Brach, Cecile
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Girdner, Linnie
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Vetusi, Lorette
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Lang, Alan
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hodge-Williams, Kelly
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Vincent, Carla
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Jackson, Samira (MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Edwards, Donna (Maryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIO)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lesley, Patricia
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Jarvis, Jennifer
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Morrison, Catherine
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Blaha, Katherine (SURJ)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wade, Gena
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lopez, Eric (Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Bates Crimmins, Joanne (Indivisible Frederick Forward Coalition)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wandy, Tiffany
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Horn, Christine (Tina) (PATH, ACT and AIM)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Benitez, Mayor Celina (City of Mount Rainier)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Baldwin-Bott, Dorian
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- White, Ruth
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Proctor, Karessa (NASW Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Yoder, Daryl
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Stayman, Laura
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Broome-Eason, Marina
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- flamholz, mindie
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Searcy, Talisha (City of Takoma Park)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Taylor, Shannon
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Grice, Alison
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Mortoro, Lynn
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hodge-Williams, Erin
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Latino Caucus, Maryland Legislative
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Meyerovich, Mark
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hencke, Kevin
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Jawando, Will (Montgomery County Councilmember)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Julin, Anders
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Fisher, Sonja
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Little, Kathryn
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Nicholson, Shannon
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Mills, Morgan (Compass Government Relations)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Sacks, Dawn
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Margorin, Alexandra (SEIU 32BJ)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Clair, Kathleen
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Korona, Kristina (Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County (TAAAC))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Apple, Chris
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Gardiner, Shamoyia (Baltimore City Council President's Office)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Graham, Lizzy
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Potyraj, Thomas
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Elrich, Marc (Montgomery County Government)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Atwood, Laura
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wolf, Stephanie (Maryland Office of the Public Defender)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- kenna, ida (Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Romero, Cecilia (SOMOS)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- miller, deborah (JCRC of Greater Washington)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ebenreck, Jered
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Raftovich, Jeremiah
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Powell, Holly (Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Feighner, Liz (Liz Feighner, self)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Feighner, Liz (Liz Feighner, self)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Thomas, Heather
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Todd, Tamara
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- LAGRANGE, AMY
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Roth, Laura
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ateto, Philip
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
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