MD SB 626
died on adjournmentSex Designation on Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards and Birth Information Histories (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)
Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did MD SB 626 pass?
No. MD SB 626 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 (2026-04-13): Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Lam, A. Washington and Ready)
What is MD SB 626 about?
MD SB 626 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Sex Designation on Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards and Birth Information Histories (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)”.
Who sponsors MD SB 626?
Lam is the primary sponsor of MD SB 626.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-04-13 — Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Lam, A. Washington and Ready)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Lamprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-13
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Lam, A. Washington and Ready)
2026-04-13
Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2026-04-13
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Martinez and Hutchinson)
2026-04-13
House Refuses Recede
2026-04-11
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Martinez and Hutchinson)
2026-04-11
House Refuses Recede
2026-04-11
Senate Requests House Recede
2026-04-11
Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2026-04-09
Senate Requests House Recede
2026-04-09
Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2026-04-08
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-04-08
Floor Amendment {
2026-04-08
Floor Amendment {
2026-04-08
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-08
Favorable with Amendments {
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-08
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-24
Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-03-24
Hearing canceled
2026-03-24
Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-03-24
Referred Health
referral-committee
2026-03-23
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-03-23
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-23
Floor Amendment {
2026-03-23
Floor Amendment {
2026-03-23
Favorable Adopted
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-20
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Lam) Adopted
2026-03-20
Motion to Postpone Indefinitely (Senator Hershey) Rejected
2026-03-20
Favorable
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-20
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Salling) Adopted
2026-03-20
Favorable
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-20
Favorable Report by Finance
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-11
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
2026-02-05
First Reading Finance and Judicial Proceedings
referral-committee
Versions
- Third - Sex Designation on Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards and Birth Information Histories (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)Compare
- First - Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)Compare
- (document, no version)Compare
Documents
Votes
Motion to postpone
2026-03-05 · fail · 20-21
Member-level votes (47)
- Bailey: yes
- Gallion: yes
- Jackson: yes
- McCray: yes
- Salling: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Henson: yes
- James: yes
- McKay: yes
- Sydnor: yes
- Carozza: yes
- Hershey: yes
- Jennings: yes
- Muse: yes
- Watson: yes
- Corderman: yes
- Hester: yes
- Mautz: yes
- Ready: yes
- West: yes
- Mr. President: no
- Gile: no
- Hettleman: no
- Lewis Young: no
- Waldstreicher: no
- Augustine: no
- Guzzone: no
- Kagan: no
- Love: no
- Washington, A.: no
- Beidle: no
- Harris: no
- King: no
- Rosapepe: no
- Washington, M.: no
- Charles: no
- Hayes: no
- Lam: no
- Smith: no
- Zucker: no
- Feldman: no
- Ellis: not voting
- Kramer: not voting
- Attar: absent
- Benson: absent
- Folden: absent
- Simonaire: absent
Floor Amendment Lam /453320/1
2026-03-06 · pass · 27-14
Member-level votes (47)
- Mr. President: yes
- Feldman: yes
- Hettleman: yes
- Lewis Young: yes
- Smith: yes
- Attar: yes
- Gile: yes
- Kagan: yes
- Love: yes
- Sydnor: yes
- Augustine: yes
- Guzzone: yes
- King: yes
- McCray: yes
- Waldstreicher: yes
- Beidle: yes
- Harris: yes
- Kramer: yes
- Muse: yes
- Washington, M.: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Lam: yes
- Rosapepe: yes
- Zucker: yes
- Charles: yes
- Hester: yes
- Bailey: no
- Gallion: no
- Jennings: no
- Ready: no
- Watson: no
- Carozza: no
- Henson: no
- Mautz: no
- Salling: no
- West: no
- Corderman: no
- Hershey: no
- McKay: no
- Simonaire: no
- Ellis: not voting
- Jackson: not voting
- Benson: absent
- Folden: absent
- James: absent
- Washington, A.: absent
On Third Reading
2026-03-07 · pass · 24-16
Member-level votes (47)
- Mr. President: yes
- Gile: yes
- Kagan: yes
- Love: yes
- Waldstreicher: yes
- Augustine: yes
- Guzzone: yes
- King: yes
- McCray: yes
- Washington, A.: yes
- Beidle: yes
- Harris: yes
- Kramer: yes
- Rosapepe: yes
- Washington, M.: yes
- Charles: yes
- Hester: yes
- Lam: yes
- Smith: yes
- Zucker: yes
- Feldman: yes
- Hettleman: yes
- Lewis Young: yes
- Sydnor: yes
- Bailey: no
- Folden: no
- Hershey: no
- Mautz: no
- Salling: no
- Brooks: no
- Gallion: no
- Jackson: no
- McKay: no
- Watson: no
- Carozza: no
- Henson: no
- Jennings: no
- Ready: no
- West: no
- Corderman: no
- Attar: not voting
- Ellis: not voting
- Hayes: not voting
- Muse: not voting
- Benson: absent
- James: absent
- Simonaire: absent
FLA Del. Miller /383620/1
2026-03-22 · fail · 36-90
Member-level votes (141)
- Adams: yes
- Ciliberti: yes
- Howard: yes
- Metzgar: yes
- Reilly: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Hutchinson: yes
- Miller: yes
- Rose: yes
- Arentz: yes
- Ghrist: yes
- Jacobs: yes
- Morgan, M.: yes
- Stonko: yes
- Arikan: yes
- Griffith: yes
- Kipke: yes
- Morgan, T.: yes
- Szeliga: yes
- Baker: yes
- Hartman: yes
- Long, R.: yes
- Nawrocki: yes
- Tomlinson: yes
- Beauchamp: yes
- Hinebaugh: yes
- Mangione: yes
- Nkongolo: yes
- Valentine: yes
- Buckel: yes
- Hornberger: yes
- McComas: yes
- Pippy: yes
- Wivell: yes
- Chisholm: yes
- Speaker: no
- Davis: no
- Johnson, S.: no
- Patterson: no
- Stinnett: no
- Acevero: no
- Ebersole: no
- Jones, D.: no
- Phillips: no
- Taveras: no
- Addison: no
- Edelson: no
- Kaiser: no
- Pruski: no
- Taylor: no
- Allen: no
- Embry: no
- Kaufman: no
- Qi: no
- Terrasa: no
- Amprey: no
- Fair: no
- Kerr: no
- Queen: no
- Turner: no
- Bagnall: no
- Feldmark: no
- Korman: no
- Rosenberg: no
- Valderrama: no
- Barnes: no
- Fennell: no
- Lehman: no
- Ross: no
- Vogel: no
- Bartlett: no
- Foley: no
- Lewis: no
- Ruff: no
- Watson: no
- Behler: no
- Forbes: no
- Long, J.: no
- Ruth: no
- Wells: no
- Bhandari: no
- Fraser-Hidalgo: no
- Lopez: no
- Schindler: no
- White Holland: no
- Boyce: no
- Guyton: no
- Martinez: no
- Shetty: no
- Wilkins: no
- Chang: no
- Guzzone: no
- McCaskill: no
- Simmons: no
- Wilson: no
- Charkoudian: no
- Harrison: no
- Mireku-North: no
- Simpson: no
- Wims: no
- Clippinger: no
- Healey: no
- Moon: no
- Smith: no
- Wolek: no
- Coley: no
- Hill: no
- Moreno: no
- Solomon: no
- Woorman: no
- Conaway: no
- Holmes: no
- Odom: no
- Spiegel: no
- Wu: no
- Crutchfield: no
- Ivey: no
- Palakovich Carr: no
- Stein: no
- Young: no
- Cullison: no
- Johnson, A.: no
- Pasteur: no
- Stewart: no
- Ziegler: no
- Bouchat: not voting
- Roberson: not voting
- Rogers: not voting
- Schmidt: not voting
- Woods: not voting
- Crosby: not voting
- Roberts: not voting
- Sample-Hughes: not voting
- Toles: not voting
- Alston: absent
- Cardin: absent
- Grammer: absent
- Jones, A.: absent
- Williams: absent
- Boafo: absent
FLA Del. Arikan /163321/1
2026-03-22 · fail · 36-92
Member-level votes (141)
- Adams: yes
- Ciliberti: yes
- Howard: yes
- Metzgar: yes
- Reilly: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Hutchinson: yes
- Miller: yes
- Rose: yes
- Arentz: yes
- Ghrist: yes
- Jacobs: yes
- Morgan, M.: yes
- Stonko: yes
- Arikan: yes
- Griffith: yes
- Kipke: yes
- Morgan, T.: yes
- Szeliga: yes
- Baker: yes
- Hartman: yes
- Long, R.: yes
- Nawrocki: yes
- Tomlinson: yes
- Beauchamp: yes
- Hinebaugh: yes
- Mangione: yes
- Nkongolo: yes
- Valentine: yes
- Buckel: yes
- Hornberger: yes
- McComas: yes
- Pippy: yes
- Wivell: yes
- Chisholm: yes
- Speaker: no
- Davis: no
- Jones, D.: no
- Phillips: no
- Stinnett: no
- Acevero: no
- Ebersole: no
- Kaiser: no
- Pruski: no
- Taveras: no
- Addison: no
- Edelson: no
- Kaufman: no
- Qi: no
- Taylor: no
- Allen: no
- Embry: no
- Kerr: no
- Queen: no
- Terrasa: no
- Amprey: no
- Fair: no
- Korman: no
- Rogers: no
- Turner: no
- Bagnall: no
- Feldmark: no
- Lehman: no
- Rosenberg: no
- Valderrama: no
- Barnes: no
- Fennell: no
- Lewis: no
- Ross: no
- Vogel: no
- Bartlett: no
- Foley: no
- Long, J.: no
- Ruff: no
- Watson: no
- Behler: no
- Forbes: no
- Lopez: no
- Ruth: no
- Wells: no
- Bhandari: no
- Fraser-Hidalgo: no
- Martinez: no
- Schindler: no
- White Holland: no
- Boyce: no
- Guyton: no
- McCaskill: no
- Shetty: no
- Wilkins: no
- Chang: no
- Guzzone: no
- Mireku-North: no
- Simmons: no
- Wilson: no
- Charkoudian: no
- Harrison: no
- Moon: no
- Simpson: no
- Wims: no
- Clippinger: no
- Healey: no
- Moreno: no
- Smith: no
- Wolek: no
- Coley: no
- Hill: no
- Odom: no
- Solomon: no
- Woorman: no
- Conaway: no
- Holmes: no
- Palakovich Carr: no
- Spiegel: no
- Wu: no
- Crosby: no
- Ivey: no
- Pasteur: no
- Stein: no
- Young: no
- Crutchfield: no
- Johnson, A.: no
- Patterson: no
- Stewart: no
- Ziegler: no
- Cullison: no
- Johnson, S.: no
- Bouchat: not voting
- Roberts: not voting
- Schmidt: not voting
- Toles: not voting
- Woods: not voting
- Roberson: not voting
- Sample-Hughes: not voting
- Alston: absent
- Cardin: absent
- Grammer: absent
- Jones, A.: absent
- Williams: absent
- Boafo: absent
On Third Reading (Amend)
2026-03-22 · pass · 91-36
Member-level votes (141)
- Speaker: yes
- Ebersole: yes
- Jones, D.: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Stinnett: yes
- Acevero: yes
- Edelson: yes
- Kaiser: yes
- Pruski: yes
- Taveras: yes
- Addison: yes
- Embry: yes
- Kaufman: yes
- Qi: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Allen: yes
- Fair: yes
- Kerr: yes
- Queen: yes
- Terrasa: yes
- Amprey: yes
- Feldmark: yes
- Korman: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Turner: yes
- Bagnall: yes
- Fennell: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Rosenberg: yes
- Valderrama: yes
- Barnes: yes
- Foley: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Ross: yes
- Vogel: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Forbes: yes
- Long, J.: yes
- Ruff: yes
- Watson: yes
- Behler: yes
- Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Ruth: yes
- Wells: yes
- Bhandari: yes
- Guyton: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Schindler: yes
- White Holland: yes
- Boyce: yes
- Guzzone: yes
- McCaskill: yes
- Shetty: yes
- Wilkins: yes
- Chang: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Mireku-North: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Charkoudian: yes
- Healey: yes
- Moon: yes
- Simpson: yes
- Wims: yes
- Clippinger: yes
- Hill: yes
- Moreno: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wolek: yes
- Coley: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Odom: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Woorman: yes
- Conaway: yes
- Ivey: yes
- Palakovich Carr: yes
- Spiegel: yes
- Wu: yes
- Crutchfield: yes
- Johnson, A.: yes
- Pasteur: yes
- Stein: yes
- Young: yes
- Cullison: yes
- Johnson, S.: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Ziegler: yes
- Davis: yes
- Adams: no
- Ciliberti: no
- Howard: no
- Metzgar: no
- Reilly: no
- Anderson: no
- Fisher: no
- Hutchinson: no
- Miller: no
- Rose: no
- Arentz: no
- Ghrist: no
- Jacobs: no
- Morgan, M.: no
- Stonko: no
- Arikan: no
- Griffith: no
- Kipke: no
- Morgan, T.: no
- Szeliga: no
- Baker: no
- Hartman: no
- Long, R.: no
- Nawrocki: no
- Tomlinson: no
- Beauchamp: no
- Hinebaugh: no
- Mangione: no
- Nkongolo: no
- Valentine: no
- Buckel: no
- Hornberger: no
- McComas: no
- Pippy: no
- Wivell: no
- Chisholm: no
- Bouchat: not voting
- Roberson: not voting
- Sample-Hughes: not voting
- Toles: not voting
- Woods: not voting
- Crosby: not voting
- Roberts: not voting
- Schmidt: not voting
- Alston: absent
- Cardin: absent
- Grammer: absent
- Jones, A.: absent
- Williams: absent
- Boafo: absent
Related bills
- Prior session: SB 314not in this corpus
- Companion bill: HB 1589
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