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IntroducedJan 27, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 20, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 09, 2026
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Became LawMay 12, 2026
Maryland House Bill
Courtroom Security - Minimum Adequate Security Standard
Last Action See all actions
executive • May 12, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 492
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Judiciary Committeeprimary
- Maryland Judicial Conferencecosponsor
Votes
YES: 130
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Conaway
- Howard
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Stein
- Adams
- Cullison
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Addison
- Davis
- Jacobs
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Alston
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Szeliga
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Reilly
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Korman
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Baker
- Foley
- Lehman
- Roberts
- Turner
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rose
- Valentine
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Behler
- Grammer
- Mangione
- Ross
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Wells
- Boafo
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Buckel
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Miller
- Schindler
- Williams
- Chang
- Hartman
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Chisholm
- Hill
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Woods
- Ciliberti
- Hinebaugh
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Wu
- Coley
- Hornberger
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Ziegler
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 6
Actions
- May 12, 2026 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Returned Passed
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (34-0)
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (130-0)
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Favorable with Amendments {403522/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 29, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 27, 2026 | House
- First Reading Judiciary
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Morrisey, Chief Judge John (Maryland Judiciary)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Kirsten (Maryland State's Attorneys' Association)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Jackson, Samira (MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Ruth, Laure (Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence)
- JUD Testimony, INFO -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Sample, Sarah (Maryland Association of Counties)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Blendy, Nicholas (Baltimore City Sheriff's Office)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Sarkar, Shaoli (Maryland State Bar Association)
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