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IntroducedSep 23, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 12, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 13, 2026: Referred Judiciary
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 140
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 44
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hettleman
- Love
- Smith
- Augustine
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Harris
- Kagan
- Muse
- Watson
- Carozza
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- West
- Charles
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {593926/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 09, 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
- Sep 23, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- West, Christopher (Senator Chris West)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Peters, Megan (Alzheimer's Association)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Miicke, Sarah (Baltimore Jewish Council)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Roques, Carmel (Maryland Department of Aging)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Brown-Burnett, Gloria (Department of Human Services)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Williams, Krystal (MD Office of the Public Defender)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Bright Gordon, Cornelia (Maryland Legal Aid)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Proctor, Karessa (NASW Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Randolph, Ash-Lynn (fello)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All

