Maryland Senate Bill 528

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on March 19 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-03-24 - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Economic Matters Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [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

Sen. Kevin Harris [D]

2026-03-19 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-24	House	Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-03-20	House	Referred Economic Matters
2026-03-19	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2026-03-17	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {583820/1 Adopted
2026-03-16	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2026-02-04	Senate	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-04	Senate	First Reading Finance

HB985 (Crossfiled) 2026-02-09 - Hearing 2/24 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/SB0528?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0528f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0528t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0008/sb0528_58382001.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0528_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0468.pdf