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IntroducedFeb 02, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 21, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 23, 2026: Referred Finance
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 711
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 35
- Adams
- Fisher
- Howard
- Miller
- Rose
- Anderson
- Ghrist
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, M.
- Schmidt
- Arikan
- Grammer
- Jacobs
- Morgan, T.
- Stonko
- Baker
- Griffith
- Kipke
- Nawrocki
- Szeliga
- Beauchamp
- Hartman
- Long, R.
- Nkongolo
- Tomlinson
- Buckel
- Hinebaugh
- Mangione
- Pippy
- Valentine
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- McComas
- Reilly
- Wivell
NO: 94
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taylor
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Toles
- Alston
- Embry
- Korman
- Rogers
- Turner
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Ross
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Behler
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Shetty
- Williams
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wims
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Chang
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Smith
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Odom
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Coley
- Holmes
- Patterson
- Stein
- Young
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
YES: 94
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Edelson
- Korman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Alston
- Embry
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lopez
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Foley
- Martinez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wells
- Behler
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Williams
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wims
- Chang
- Healey
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Coley
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stein
- Wu
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Cullison
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taveras
NO: 35
NOT VOTING: 6
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (94-35)
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Floor Amendment {173029/1 (Delegate Hornberger) Rejected (35-94)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments {113120/1 Adopted
- Motion Special Order until 03/20 (Delegate Hornberger) Adopted
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- First Reading Economic Matters
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)PDF
- Amendments {113120/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {173029/1 (Delegate Hornberger) Rejected (35-94) (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hurley, Ayla
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Lefstein, Gita
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Girdner, Linnie
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Karasik, Judy
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- STERN, CAROL
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Boddie-Willis, Cynthia (League of Women Voters of Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Yoder, Daryl
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Caldiero, Jim (UULM-MD)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kleinman, Jan (SURJ Baltimore)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Ford, John
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Keipper, Lindsay (Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Montgomery, Jean
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Sokolow, Cynthia
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Manuel, Anne (CCAN Action Fund volunteer)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Sharp, Birgit (CANDLE)
- ECM Testimony, INFO -- Vormelker, Will (Maryland Judiciary)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Estes, Alexandra (Indivisible MoCoWoMen)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- RUBIN, ANNA (Anna Rubin)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Brocht, Chauna
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Tupper, Janet
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Follingstad, Susaanti (Silver Spring Justice Coalition)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Mascioli, William (CCAN Volunteer)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Sugarman, Kate (Doctors For Camp Closure)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Eckel, Rianna (SURJ Baltimore)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Gilbert, Jacquelyn
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Liskin, Laurie
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Fragale, Angeline
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Juberg, Arielle
- ECM Testimony, INFO -- Ibegbulem, Iris (Maryland Municipal League)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Spear, Bob
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Harper, Shelby (Montgomery County, Maryland Women's Democratic Club)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Schmidt, Kristin (Maryland Just Power Alliance)
- ECM Testimony, INFO -- Abrams, Hanna
- ECM Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Kingman, Andrew (State Privacy & Security Coalition)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Solomon, Julie (self)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Margorin, Alexandra (SEIU 32BJ)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- PERRYMAN, GLENN (Retired)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kickenson, Jerry
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Yuan, Christina
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Beck, Mary
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Yunda, Allison (National Domestic Workers Alliance)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ECM Testimony, INFO -- Westervelt, Patricia (Maryland Department of Transportation)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Sanderson, Michael (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- ECM Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- durkin, margaret
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Arikat, Loraine (1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Diamond, Joanna (Health Care for the Homeless)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Coe, Marcia
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Ribe, Susan
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Ryan, Sara
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Martin, Thene (Maryland Just Power Alliance)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Solomon, Jared (Delegate Solomon)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Shulman , Kathy
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Cavanaugh, Jean (Self)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Sullivan, Lisa
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- White, Marceline (Economic Action Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Greenberg, Marcia
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hess, Jennifer
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- McDonough, Caitlin (HJM)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hodge-Williams, Samantha
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Taylor, Zachary (CDIA)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- McDougal, Mary (n/a)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Zwier, Robin
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Tortoriello, Nicole (Public Justice Center)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Charkoudian, Lorig
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Schrock, Ydelka (Together We Will Harford County Indivisible)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Moore, Tonaeya (CASH Campaign of Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hodge-Williams, Kelly
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Wenger, Katie (Maryland Just Power Alliance)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Shifrin, Jo
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Morrison, Catherine
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Enagonio, Liz
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Winder, Jessica
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Shulman, Debbie
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Latino Caucus, Maryland Legislative
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Blaha, Katherine (SURJ)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Schumitz, Kali (Maryland Center on Economic Policy)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Remer, Stewart
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Nigro, Lia
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Juliet
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Jackson, Cathryn (CASA)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Moy, Laura
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Miller, Andrew
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Powell, Holly (Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ))
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Doss, Coen
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hodge-Williams, Val
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Searcy, Talisha (City of Takoma Park)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Theresa M. (Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Tomac, Shannon
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Wolf, Stephanie (Maryland Office of the Public Defender)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Santos, Tatiana (Indivisible Frederick Forward)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- douglass, sharlimar (Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education (MAREE))



