Maryland Senate Bill 8

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)
Status: Passed on May 12 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-12 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 445
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause physical injury, serious emotional distress, or economic damages; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; providing penalties of 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of up $10,000 or both where one victim is involved, and for two or more victims the term of imprisonment is up to 10 years and the fine is up to $15,000 or both; etc.

Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations

Sen. Katie Hester [D]	Sen. Sara Love [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]
Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Nick Charles [D]	Sen. William Folden [R]	Sen. Shaneka Henson [D]
Sen. Mary James [D]	Sen. Mike McKay [R]	Sen. Anthony Muse [D]	Sen. Charles Sydnor [D]
Sen. Chris West [R]

2026-04-10 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 132 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2026-03-19 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-12	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 445
2026-04-10	Senate	Returned Passed
2026-04-10	House	Third Reading Passed (132-0)
2026-04-08	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-04-08	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2026-03-26	House	Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-03-20	House	Referred Judiciary
2026-03-19	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2026-03-18	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {493123/1 Adopted
2026-03-16	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2026-01-13	Senate	Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-14	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2025-08-26	Senate	Pre-filed

HB184 (Crossfiled) 2026-01-16 - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
SB905 (Carry Over) 2025-02-04 - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Law	8	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	5	801	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0008?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0008f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0008t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_445_sb0008t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0008/sb0008_49312301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0008_jpr.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0008_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0478.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1322.pdf