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Committee approves data-privacy updates aimed at narrowing law-enforcement access to state data

Economic Matters Committee · March 19, 2026

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Summary

House Bill 711, amended in committee, tightens the Maryland Data Privacy Act and related driver-privacy provisions to close gaps cited by agencies and restrict sharing with federal immigration enforcement absent a warrant; sponsors said agencies had work underway accounting for a $4.3 million procurement.

Committee member (speaker 3) outlined House Bill 711 as building on the Maryland Data Privacy Act and the 2021 driver-privacy law to close identified gaps, including data-broker sales of phone location and cross-agency sharing that could expose residents to federal immigration…

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