Maryland House Bill 985

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-02-09 - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Economic Matters Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a certain video streaming service from transmitting to a consumer in the State the audio of a commercial advertisement in a manner that is louder than the audio of the accompanying video programming or video content of the video streaming service; providing that compliance with certain federal regulations shall be considered compliance with the Act; and establishing that a violation of the Act is subject to certain enforcement provisions under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act.

Consumer Protection - Video Streaming Services - Loudness of Commercial Advertisements

Del. Marlon Amprey [D]

Del. Malcolm Ruff [D]

Del. Anne Kaiser [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-09	House	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-06	House	First Reading Economic Matters

SB528 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-24 - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.

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/HB0985?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0985f.pdf