Maryland House Bill 952

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-7)
Status: Engrossed on March 21 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring certain operators of companion chatbots to establish, maintain, and publish certain protocols and provide certain information to users of the companion chatbot; requiring operators to establish enhanced measures for minor users of companion chatbots; limiting the amount and type of data an operator may collect; requiring an operator to establish and maintain a complaint system; requiring the Office of Suicide Prevention to annually publish certain data compiled from operators; etc.

Consumer Protection - Companion Chatbots - Regulation

Del. Jason Buckel [R]	Del. Lily Qi [D]	Del. Christopher Adams [R]	Del. Marlon Amprey [D]
Del. Steven Arentz [R]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Adrian Boafo [D]	Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]
Del. Diana Fennell [D]	Del. Seth Howard [R]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Jesse Pippy [R]
Del. Andrew Pruski [D]	Del. Pamela Queen [D]	Del. Denise Roberts [D]	Del. Mike Rogers [D]
Del. April Rose [R]	Del. Veronica Turner [D]	Del. Kriselda Valderrama [D]	Del. William Wivell [R]

2026-03-21 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 123 N: 4 NV: 6 Abs: 8) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	Senate	Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-03-23	Senate	Referred Finance
2026-03-21	House	Third Reading Passed (123-4)
2026-03-20	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-20	House	Favorable with Amendments {823320/1 Adopted
2026-03-20	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2026-02-09	House	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-05	House	First Reading Economic Matters

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Commercial Law	13	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	1330	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0952?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0952f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0952t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0002/hb0952_82332001.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0952_ecm.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/0722.pdf