Maryland House Bill 603

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on May 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-05-09 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring a certain entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment by April 1, 2026, under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protections for certain online products; prohibiting certain data collection and sharing practices; authorizing certain monitoring practices to allow a child's parent or guardian to monitor the child's online activity or location without providing an obvious signal to the child; etc.

Consumer Protection - Online Products and Services - Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code)

Del. Jared Solomon [D]

Del. C.T. Wilson [D]

Del. Sara Love [D]

2024-04-06 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 43 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-04-03 - Senate - Third Readings Passed with Amendments (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-03 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-14 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 135 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-09	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461
2024-04-08	House	Returned Passed
2024-04-06	Senate	Third Reading Passed (43-0)
2024-04-06	Senate	Senate Recede
2024-04-06	Senate	House Requests Senate Recede
2024-04-06	Senate	House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
2024-04-05	House	House Requests Senate Recede
2024-04-05	House	House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
2024-04-03	Senate	Third Readings Passed with Amendments (46-0)
2024-04-03	Senate	Floor Amendment {563425/1 (Senator Beidle) Adopted
2024-04-03	Senate	Motion Reconsider Third Reading Vote (Senator Beidle) Adopted
2024-04-03	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2024-03-29	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2024-03-29	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2024-03-28	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2024-03-14	Senate	Referred Finance
2024-03-14	House	Third Reading Passed (135-0)
2024-03-13	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2024-03-13	House	Favorable with Amendments {843323/1 Adopted
2024-03-13	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2024-01-29	House	Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2024-01-24	House	First Reading Economic Matters

HB901 (Carry Over) 2023-03-20 - Referred Finance
SB571 (Crossfiled) 2024-05-09 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Commercial Law	13	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4601	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4602	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4603	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4604	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4605	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4606	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4607	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4608	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4609	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4610	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4611	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Commercial Law	14	4612	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0603?ys=2024RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0603f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0603t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0603_84332301.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0603_56342501.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes_comm/hb0603_ecm.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes_comm/hb0603_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes/House/0522.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes/Senate/1061.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes/Senate/1090.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes/Senate/1401.pdf