Maryland House Bill 145

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Engrossed on April 10 2026 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-04-10 - Referred Rules
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to communicate accurate information to the public; and prohibiting a person, under certain circumstances, from knowingly or with reckless disregard using or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information.

Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes

Del. Jessica Feldmark [D]	Del. Kris Fair [D]	Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Del. Sheila Ruth [D]
Del. Jen Terrasa [D]

2026-04-10 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 95 N: 36 NV: 5 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-04-09 - House - Floor Amendment 213325/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected (Y: 39 N: 90 NV: 7 Abs: 5) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-10	Senate	Referred Rules
2026-04-10	House	Third Reading Passed (95-36)
2026-04-09	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-09	House	Floor Amendment {213325/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected (39-90)
2026-04-09	House	Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate M. Morgan) Adopted
2026-04-09	House	Favorable with Amendments {503523/1 Adopted
2026-04-09	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
2026-01-16	House	Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
2026-01-14	House	First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
2025-07-16	House	Pre-filed

SB141 (Crossfiled) 2026-05-12 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Election Law	16	905	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	2	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0145?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0145f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0145t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0145_50352301.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0145_21332501.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0145_gvc.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1235.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1290.pdf