Maryland Senate Bill 140

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on May 26 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-26 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 663
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, or isolation; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; imposing certain penalties based on the aggregate value of the government benefits involved in the violation; etc.

Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation

Sen. Chris West [R]

2026-04-09 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-04-08 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 132 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-03-12 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-26	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 663
2026-04-09	Senate	Passed Enrolled
2026-04-09	Senate	Third Reading Passed (42-0)
2026-04-09	Senate	Senate Concurs House Amendments
2026-04-08	House	Third Reading Passed (132-0)
2026-04-06	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-06	House	Favorable with Amendments {733322/1 Adopted
2026-04-06	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
2026-03-13	House	Referred Judiciary
2026-03-12	Senate	Third Reading Passed (44-0)
2026-03-10	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {593926/1 Adopted
2026-03-09	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2026-01-13	Senate	Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-14	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2025-09-23	Senate	Pre-filed

HB216 (Crossfiled) 2026-05-26 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 662
SB170 (Carry Over) 2025-01-09 - Hearing 1/21 at 2:30 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Law	8	524	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0140?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0140f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0140t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0140e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_663_sb0140e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0140_59392601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0140_73332201.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0140_jpr.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0140_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0344.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1181.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/1065.pdf