MD SB 141

enacted

Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did MD SB 141 pass?

Yes. MD SB 141 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-12): Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444

What is MD SB 141 about?

MD SB 141 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes”.

Who sponsors MD SB 141?

M. Washington, Kagan, Harris and 3 others are the primary sponsors of MD SB 141.

Introduced: 2025-07-16
Latest action: 2026-05-12 — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444
executive-signature
2026-04-14
Passed Enrolled
2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-04-13
Conference Committee Report {
2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-04-13
Conference Committee Report {
2026-04-13
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fair, Clippinger and Tomlinson)
2026-04-13
House Refuses Recede
2026-04-13
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fair, Clippinger and Tomlinson)
2026-04-13
House Refuses Recede
2026-04-13
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Watson and Gallion)
2026-04-13
Senate Requests House Recede
2026-04-13
Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2026-04-13
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Watson and Gallion)
2026-04-13
Senate Requests House Recede
2026-04-13
Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2026-04-10
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-04-09
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-09
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Fair) Adopted
2026-04-09
Favorable with Amendments {
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-09
Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-24
Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-13
Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
referral-committee
2026-02-12
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-02-10
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-02-10
Floor Amendment {
2026-02-05
Motion Special Order until 2/10 (Senator Hester) Adopted
2026-02-05
Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Hester) Adopted
2026-02-03
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-02-03
Favorable with Amendments {
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-02
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-14
Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
2026-01-14
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
referral-committee
2025-07-16
Pre-filed
introduction

Versions

Chapter - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and DeepfakesCompare
Enrolled - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and DeepfakesCompare
Third - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and DeepfakesCompare
First - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and DeepfakesCompare
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Documents

Votes

On Third Reading
2026-02-09 · pass · 44-0
Member-level votes (47)
- Mr. President: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Hershey: yes
- Lam: yes
- Smith: yes
- Attar: yes
- Feldman: yes
- Hester: yes
- Lewis Young: yes
- Sydnor: yes
- Augustine: yes
- Folden: yes
- Hettleman: yes
- Love: yes
- Waldstreicher: yes
- Bailey: yes
- Gallion: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Mautz: yes
- Washington, A.: yes
- Beidle: yes
- Gile: yes
- James: yes
- McKay: yes
- Washington, M.: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Guzzone: yes
- Jennings: yes
- Ready: yes
- Watson: yes
- Carozza: yes
- Harris: yes
- Kagan: yes
- Rosapepe: yes
- West: yes
- Charles: yes
- Hayes: yes
- King: yes
- Salling: yes
- Zucker: yes
- Corderman: yes
- Henson: yes
- Kramer: yes
- Simonaire: yes
- Muse: not voting
- Benson: absent
- McCray: absent
On Third Reading (Amend)
2026-03-26 · pass · 95-35
Member-level votes (141)
- Speaker: yes
- Ebersole: yes
- Kaufman: yes
- Roberson: yes
- Taveras: yes
- Addison: yes
- Edelson: yes
- Kerr: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Allen: yes
- Embry: yes
- Korman: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Terrasa: yes
- Bagnall: yes
- Fair: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Rosenberg: yes
- Toles: yes
- Barnes: yes
- Feldmark: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Ross: yes
- Turner: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Fennell: yes
- Long, J.: yes
- Ruff: yes
- Valderrama: yes
- Behler: yes
- Foley: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Ruth: yes
- Vogel: yes
- Bhandari: yes
- Forbes: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Sample-Hughes: yes
- Watson: yes
- Boyce: yes
- Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
- McCaskill: yes
- Schindler: yes
- Wells: yes
- Cardin: yes
- Guyton: yes
- Mireku-North: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- White Holland: yes
- Chang: yes
- Guzzone: yes
- Moon: yes
- Shetty: yes
- Wilkins: yes
- Charkoudian: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Moreno: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Williams: yes
- Clippinger: yes
- Healey: yes
- Odom: yes
- Simpson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Coley: yes
- Hill: yes
- Palakovich Carr: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wims: yes
- Conaway: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Pasteur: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Wolek: yes
- Crosby: yes
- Ivey: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Spiegel: yes
- Woods: yes
- Crutchfield: yes
- Johnson, A.: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Stein: yes
- Woorman: yes
- Cullison: yes
- Johnson, S.: yes
- Qi: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Wu: yes
- Davis: yes
- Kaiser: yes
- Queen: yes
- Stinnett: yes
- Ziegler: yes
- Adams: no
- Fisher: no
- Howard: no
- Metzgar: no
- Reilly: no
- Arentz: no
- Ghrist: no
- Hutchinson: no
- Miller: no
- Rose: no
- Arikan: no
- Grammer: no
- Jacobs: no
- Morgan, M.: no
- Stonko: no
- Baker: no
- Griffith: no
- Kipke: no
- Morgan, T.: no
- Szeliga: no
- Beauchamp: no
- Hartman: no
- Long, R.: no
- Nawrocki: no
- Tomlinson: no
- Buckel: no
- Hinebaugh: no
- Mangione: no
- Nkongolo: no
- Valentine: no
- Chisholm: no
- Hornberger: no
- McComas: no
- Pippy: no
- Wivell: no
- Acevero: not voting
- Amprey: not voting
- Boafo: not voting
- Ciliberti: not voting
- Pruski: not voting
- Alston: not voting
- Anderson: not voting
- Bouchat: not voting
- Jones, D.: not voting
- Jones, A.: absent
- Young: absent
Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage.
2026-03-27 · pass · 28-4
Member-level votes (47)
- Mr. President: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Henson: yes
- Lam: yes
- Waldstreicher: yes
- Attar: yes
- Feldman: yes
- Hester: yes
- McKay: yes
- Washington, A.: yes
- Beidle: yes
- Gallion: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Simonaire: yes
- Washington, M.: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Gile: yes
- James: yes
- Smith: yes
- Watson: yes
- Carozza: yes
- Harris: yes
- Kagan: yes
- Sydnor: yes
- West: yes
- Charles: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Kramer: yes
- Folden: no
- Hershey: no
- Mautz: no
- Ready: no
- Augustine: not voting
- Corderman: not voting
- Jennings: not voting
- Love: not voting
- Rosapepe: not voting
- Bailey: not voting
- Guzzone: not voting
- King: not voting
- McCray: not voting
- Salling: not voting
- Benson: not voting
- Hettleman: not voting
- Lewis Young: not voting
- Muse: not voting
- Zucker: not voting
On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp)
2026-04-02 · pass · 85-38
Member-level votes (141)
- Speaker: yes
- Crutchfield: yes
- Kaufman: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Taveras: yes
- Acevero: yes
- Cullison: yes
- Korman: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Addison: yes
- Davis: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Rosenberg: yes
- Terrasa: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ebersole: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Ross: yes
- Toles: yes
- Alston: yes
- Edelson: yes
- Long, J.: yes
- Ruff: yes
- Valderrama: yes
- Amprey: yes
- Embry: yes
- Long, R.: yes
- Ruth: yes
- Valentine: yes
- Bagnall: yes
- Fair: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Schindler: yes
- Vogel: yes
- Barnes: yes
- Feldmark: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Shetty: yes
- Watson: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Fennell: yes
- Mireku-North: yes
- Simmons: yes
- White Holland: yes
- Behler: yes
- Forbes: yes
- Moon: yes
- Simpson: yes
- Wilkins: yes
- Boafo: yes
- Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
- Palakovich Carr: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wims: yes
- Boyce: yes
- Guyton: yes
- Pasteur: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Wolek: yes
- Cardin: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Spiegel: yes
- Woods: yes
- Chang: yes
- Healey: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Stein: yes
- Woorman: yes
- Charkoudian: yes
- Ivey: yes
- Pruski: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Wu: yes
- Clippinger: yes
- Jones, D.: yes
- Qi: yes
- Stinnett: yes
- Young: yes
- Crosby: yes
- Kaiser: yes
- Roberson: yes
- Szeliga: yes
- Ziegler: yes
- Adams: no
- Coley: no
- Hinebaugh: no
- McCaskill: no
- Odom: no
- Anderson: no
- Fisher: no
- Hutchinson: no
- McComas: no
- Pippy: no
- Arentz: no
- Foley: no
- Jacobs: no
- Metzgar: no
- Queen: no
- Arikan: no
- Grammer: no
- Johnson, A.: no
- Moreno: no
- Reilly: no
- Baker: no
- Griffith: no
- Johnson, S.: no
- Morgan, M.: no
- Wells: no
- Bhandari: no
- Guzzone: no
- Kerr: no
- Nawrocki: no
- Williams: no
- Buckel: no
- Hartman: no
- Kipke: no
- Nkongolo: no
- Wivell: no
- Chisholm: no
- Hill: no
- Mangione: no
- Beauchamp: not voting
- Ghrist: not voting
- Miller: not voting
- Sample-Hughes: not voting
- Tomlinson: not voting
- Bouchat: not voting
- Holmes: not voting
- Morgan, T.: not voting
- Schmidt: not voting
- Turner: not voting
- Ciliberti: not voting
- Hornberger: not voting
- Rose: not voting
- Stonko: not voting
- Wilson: not voting
- Conaway: not voting
- Howard: excused
- Jones, A.: absent

Related bills

Prior session: SB 361not in this corpus
Companion bill: HB 145

Official source

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0141?ys=2026RS

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