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MD HB 711

enacted

Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did MD HB 711 pass?

Yes. MD HB 711 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-31): Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 874

What is MD HB 711 about?

MD HB 711 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)”.

Who sponsors MD HB 711?

Wolek, Solomon, Charkoudian are the primary sponsors of MD HB 711.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-31 — Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 874
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Wolekprimary
  • Solomonprimary
  • Charkoudianprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-31

    Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 874

    became-law

  2. 2026-04-13

    Returned Passed

  3. 2026-04-13

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  4. 2026-04-10

    Second Reading Passed

  5. 2026-04-10

    Favorable Adopted

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-04-10

    Favorable Report by Finance

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-03-23

    Referred Finance

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-03-21

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  9. 2026-03-20

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  10. 2026-03-20

    Floor Amendment {

  11. 2026-03-19

    Motion Special Order until 03/20 (Delegate Hornberger) Adopted

  12. 2026-03-19

    Favorable with Amendments {

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-03-19

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2026-02-03

    Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.

  15. 2026-02-02

    First Reading Economic Matters

    referral-committee

Versions

  • Chapter - Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)Compare
  • Third - Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)Compare
  • First - Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • FLA Del. Hornberger /173029/1

    2026-03-07 · fail · 35-94

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Adams: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Ghrist: yes
    • Hutchinson: yes
    • Morgan, M.: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Arikan: yes
    • Grammer: yes
    • Jacobs: yes
    • Morgan, T.: yes
    • Stonko: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Griffith: yes
    • Kipke: yes
    • Nawrocki: yes
    • Szeliga: yes
    • Beauchamp: yes
    • Hartman: yes
    • Long, R.: yes
    • Nkongolo: yes
    • Tomlinson: yes
    • Buckel: yes
    • Hinebaugh: yes
    • Mangione: yes
    • Pippy: yes
    • Valentine: yes
    • Ciliberti: yes
    • Hornberger: yes
    • McComas: yes
    • Reilly: yes
    • Wivell: yes
    • Speaker: no
    • Cullison: no
    • Jones, D.: no
    • Qi: no
    • Taveras: no
    • Acevero: no
    • Davis: no
    • Kaiser: no
    • Queen: no
    • Taylor: no
    • Addison: no
    • Ebersole: no
    • Kaufman: no
    • Roberson: no
    • Terrasa: no
    • Allen: no
    • Edelson: no
    • Kerr: no
    • Roberts: no
    • Toles: no
    • Alston: no
    • Embry: no
    • Korman: no
    • Rogers: no
    • Turner: no
    • Amprey: no
    • Fair: no
    • Lehman: no
    • Rosenberg: no
    • Valderrama: no
    • Bagnall: no
    • Feldmark: no
    • Lewis: no
    • Ross: no
    • Vogel: no
    • Barnes: no
    • Fennell: no
    • Long, J.: no
    • Ruff: no
    • Watson: no
    • Bartlett: no
    • Foley: no
    • Lopez: no
    • Ruth: no
    • Wells: no
    • Behler: no
    • Forbes: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Schindler: no
    • Wilkins: no
    • Bhandari: no
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: no
    • McCaskill: no
    • Shetty: no
    • Williams: no
    • Boyce: no
    • Guyton: no
    • Mireku-North: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Wims: no
    • Cardin: no
    • Guzzone: no
    • Moon: no
    • Simpson: no
    • Wolek: no
    • Chang: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Moreno: no
    • Smith: no
    • Woods: no
    • Charkoudian: no
    • Healey: no
    • Odom: no
    • Solomon: no
    • Woorman: no
    • Clippinger: no
    • Hill: no
    • Palakovich Carr: no
    • Spiegel: no
    • Wu: no
    • Coley: no
    • Holmes: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Stein: no
    • Young: no
    • Conaway: no
    • Ivey: no
    • Phillips: no
    • Stewart: no
    • Ziegler: no
    • Crutchfield: no
    • Johnson, A.: no
    • Pruski: no
    • Stinnett: no
    • Arentz: not voting
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Johnson, S.: not voting
    • White Holland: not voting
    • Wilson: not voting
    • Boafo: not voting
    • Crosby: not voting
    • Sample-Hughes: not voting
    • Chisholm: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent
    • Metzgar: absent
    • Pasteur: absent
  • On Third Reading

    2026-03-09 · pass · 94-35

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Kerr: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Edelson: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Alston: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Feldmark: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Barnes: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Ruth: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Wilkins: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Cardin: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Healey: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Wolek: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Pasteur: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Kaiser: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Taveras: yes
    • Adams: no
    • Ciliberti: no
    • Hutchinson: no
    • Miller: no
    • Rose: no
    • Anderson: no
    • Fisher: no
    • Jacobs: no
    • Morgan, M.: no
    • Sample-Hughes: no
    • Arentz: no
    • Ghrist: no
    • Kipke: no
    • Morgan, T.: no
    • Stonko: no
    • Arikan: no
    • Grammer: no
    • Long, R.: no
    • Nawrocki: no
    • Szeliga: no
    • Beauchamp: no
    • Griffith: no
    • Mangione: no
    • Nkongolo: no
    • Tomlinson: no
    • Buckel: no
    • Hartman: no
    • McComas: no
    • Pippy: no
    • Valentine: no
    • Chisholm: no
    • Howard: no
    • Metzgar: no
    • Reilly: no
    • Wivell: no
    • Addison: not voting
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Hornberger: not voting
    • Johnson, S.: not voting
    • Wilson: not voting
    • Boafo: not voting
    • Baker: absent
    • Fair: absent
    • Hinebaugh: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent
    • Long, J.: absent
    • Crosby: absent
  • On Third Reading

    2026-03-27 · pass · 28-8

    Member-level votes (47)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Feldman: yes
    • James: yes
    • McCray: yes
    • Sydnor: yes
    • Attar: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • Kagan: yes
    • McKay: yes
    • Waldstreicher: yes
    • Augustine: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • King: yes
    • Rosapepe: yes
    • Washington, M.: yes
    • Benson: yes
    • Henson: yes
    • Lam: yes
    • Simonaire: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Brooks: yes
    • Hester: yes
    • Lewis Young: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Zucker: yes
    • Charles: yes
    • Hettleman: yes
    • Love: yes
    • Bailey: no
    • Corderman: no
    • Gallion: no
    • Salling: no
    • West: no
    • Carozza: no
    • Folden: no
    • Hershey: no
    • Beidle: not voting
    • Hayes: not voting
    • Jennings: not voting
    • Mautz: not voting
    • Ready: not voting
    • Ellis: not voting
    • Jackson: not voting
    • Kramer: not voting
    • Muse: not voting
    • Washington, A.: not voting
    • Gile: not voting

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