Bill Commons

MD HB 1294

died on adjournment

Criminal Law - Child Sexual Abuse Material - Artificial Intelligence Software

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did MD HB 1294 pass?

No. MD HB 1294 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-20): Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.

What is MD HB 1294 about?

MD HB 1294 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Criminal Law - Child Sexual Abuse Material - Artificial Intelligence Software”.

Who sponsors MD HB 1294?

Wilson is the primary sponsor of MD HB 1294.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-03-20 — Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Wilsonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-12

    First Reading Judiciary

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-02-16

    Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.

  3. 2026-03-13

    Favorable Report by Judiciary

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  4. 2026-03-13

    Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

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  5. 2026-03-18

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  6. 2026-03-19

    Referred Judicial Proceedings

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-03-20

    Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.

Versions

  • Third - Criminal Law - Child Sexual Abuse Material - Artificial Intelligence SoftwareCompare
  • First - Criminal Law - Child Sexual Abuse Material - Artificial Intelligence SoftwareCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading

    2026-03-05 · pass · 133-0

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Jacobs: yes
    • Pasteur: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Johnson, S.: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Stonko: yes
    • Addison: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Pippy: yes
    • Szeliga: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Taveras: yes
    • Alston: yes
    • Edelson: yes
    • Kerr: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Kipke: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Fair: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Reilly: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Arentz: yes
    • Feldmark: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Tomlinson: yes
    • Arikan: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Long, J.: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Long, R.: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Valentine: yes
    • Barnes: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • Mangione: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Beauchamp: yes
    • Grammer: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Griffith: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Ruth: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • McComas: yes
    • Sample-Hughes: yes
    • Wilkins: yes
    • Boafo: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • Metzgar: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Buckel: yes
    • Hartman: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Wivell: yes
    • Cardin: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Wolek: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Hinebaugh: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Morgan, M.: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Chisholm: yes
    • Hornberger: yes
    • Morgan, T.: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Ciliberti: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Nkongolo: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Hutchinson: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Crosby: not voting
    • Ghrist: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent
    • Kaiser: absent
    • Nawrocki: absent
    • Wilson: absent
    • Healey: absent

Related bills

  • Prior session: HB 5not in this corpus

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