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IntroducedFeb 05, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 23, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Sex Designation on Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards and Birth Information Histories (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 08, 2026: Third Reading Passed (91-36)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 626
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
Actions
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
- Favorable with Amendments {183229/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Floor Amendment {163321/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected (35-93)
- Floor Amendment {383620/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected (36-90)
- Third Reading Passed (91-36)
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Referred Health
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted
- Floor Amendment {453320/1 (Senator Lam) Adopted (27-14)
- Floor Amendment {323820/1 (Senator McKay) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (24-16)
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Finance
- Favorable
- Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Salling) Adopted
- Favorable
- Motion to Postpone Indefinitely (Senator Hershey) Rejected (20-21)
- Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Lam) Adopted
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Finance and Judicial Proceedings
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)PDF
- Floor Amendment {453320/1 (Senator Lam) Adopted (27-14) (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {323820/1 (Senator McKay) Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Sex Designation on Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards and Birth Information Histories (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)PDF
- Amendments {183229/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {163321/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected (35-93) (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {383620/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected (36-90) (House)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Littell, Melinda
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Charlotte (Trans Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Ellicott, Abbie
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Mortoro, Lynn
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Shaw, Emily
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Gerb, Susan
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Goldstein, Mathew (Secular Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Towne, Ezra
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Jasen, Debi
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Pease, M
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Jasen, John (One Pasadena)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Barnoy, Ishai
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Browning, Jeremy (Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Stewart, Kate (Montgomery County Council)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Hedian, Helene
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Sweeney, Kellen
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Schmid, Cathrine
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Shelley, Dana Vickers (American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Dove, S. Spencer (Maryland Commission on Civil Rights)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Frey, Leslie (Montgomery County)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Delaney, Kaelin
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Hollywood, Nicole
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Dickerson, Taylor (Maryland Psychological Association)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Francis, Susan (Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Berger, Zackary
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- OMalley, Catherine (Women's Law Center)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Cheng, Shiowei
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Ford, John
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Sarro, Lisa (Community Legal Services)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- York, Katie
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- A., C. (BRIDGES Coalition (Baltimore Resources for Indoor Drug-use Grassroots Education & Safety))
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Alperovitz-Bichell, Kari
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- English, Michael (N/A)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- West, Christopher (Self)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Vetter, Drew
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Williamson, Sam (Public Justice Center)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- West, Debra
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Fani-González, Natali (Montgomery County Council)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Mercer, Jennifer (Reproductive Justice Maryland Action)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Pinolini, Elizabeth
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Searcy, Talisha (City of Takoma Park)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- SWASC, UM (Social Work Advocates for Social Change)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Doss, Coen
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Buzdygon, VL
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Kastner, Chloe
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Gebhard, Kristopher (Soul Soil Healing)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Amador-Hernandez, Ninfa (We Are CASA)
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Frazier, Rhys
- FIN Testimony, FAV -- Caveney, Cass
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Francis, Susan (Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Searcy, Talisha (City of Takoma Park)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Goldstein, Mathew (Secular Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Hollywood, Nicole
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Shelley, Dana Vickers (American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Graham, Lizzy
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Dove, S. Spencer (Maryland Commission on Civil Rights)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- McGarvie Crowley, Betty (UULM-MD)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Mortoro, Lynn
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Elliott, Robyn
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Shaw, Emily
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Britton, Anna
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Jasen, Debi
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Jasen, John (One Pasadena)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Jasen, John
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Vetter, Drew
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Sweeney, Kellen
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Towne, Ezra
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- O'Malley, Katie Curran (Women's Law Center of Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Littell, Melinda
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Duclos, Rebecca
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- West, Christopher (Self)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Wedding, Carl
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Blinder , Lee (Trans Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Williamson, Sam (Public Justice Center)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Gebhard, Kristopher (Soul Soil Healing)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, INFO -- Hoffman, Charlotte
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- West, Debra
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Hill, Catherine (Trans Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Caveney, Cass
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Browning, Jeremy (Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Collina, Lu
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- SWASC, UM (Social Work Advocates for Social Change)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Ellicott, Abbie
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Lampila, Carolyn
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Wilkerson, Alice (Advance Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Frey, Leslie (Montgomery County)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Doss, Coen
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Mercer, Jennifer (Reproductive Justice Maryland Action)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Farris, Jaden (Glisten(formerly GLSEN) Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- kenna, ida (Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Buzdygon, VL
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- smith, khristine (SURJ/ Coalition for LGBTQ Students)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Amador-Hernandez, Ninfa (We Are CASA)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Pease, M
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