State law

Maryland AI law

The Maryland AI bills we track — enacted, pending, vetoed or failed. 5 bills currently tracked, updated October 14, 2026.

Maryland HB 820 (2025): Health Insurance — Utilization Review — Use of Artificial Intelligence

HB 820 — Chapter 747 of 2025 (signed May 20, 2025 — Gov. Moore)

In force

Effective date: Oct 1, 2025
Enforcement: Maryland Insurance Administration / Insurance Commissioner
Scope: Health insurers and other carriers, pharmacy benefits managers and private review agents that use AI, algorithms or other software for utilization review. Determinations must rest on the enrollee's own clinical information, not solely a group dataset; the tool may not replace the health care provider's role, cause unfair discrimination or harm enrollees, and may not deny, delay or modify health care services. Tools must be open to Insurance Commissioner audit and reviewed at least quarterly; carriers' quarterly adverse-decision reports must say whether AI was used.
Maximum penalty: No penalty amount set in the Act; compliance is overseen through Insurance Commissioner audits and reviews.

Full details, FAQ and embeddable status →Primary source: mgaleg.maryland.gov — HB 820 (2025)Checked 12 Oct 2026

Maryland SB 141 (2026): Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes

SB 141 — Chapter 444 of 2026 (signed May 12, 2026 — Gov. Moore); cross-filed as HB 145

In force

Effective date: Jun 1, 2026
Enforcement: Criminal prosecution; Maryland State Board of Elections and State Administrator of Elections (civil suits, takedown injunctions)
Scope: Knowingly or recklessly creating, using or spreading a deepfake (a realistic but false AI- or digitally-made image, audio or video of a person) to produce materially false election information meant to influence voting, petitions or an election outcome, where it causes or is meant to cause harm. Exceptions for satire and parody, certain broadcasts, news publishers that disclose the content is not authentic, and services protected by 47 U.S.C. § 230. The State Administrator of Elections must publicly correct credible reports of election misinformation and may seek court orders to remove it.
Maximum penalty: Misdemeanor — up to $5,000 fine, up to 5 years imprisonment, or both; the State Board of Elections may also sue to recover correction costs and damages.

Full details, FAQ and embeddable status →Primary source: mgaleg.maryland.gov — SB 141 (2026)Checked 12 Oct 2026

Maryland SB 818 (2024): Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024 (state government use of AI)

SB 818 / HB 1271 — Chapter 496 of 2024 (signed May 9, 2024 — Gov. Moore)

In force

Effective date: Jul 1, 2024
Enforcement: Maryland Department of Information Technology (DoIT); Governor’s AI Subcabinet
Scope: Units of Maryland state government, with separate policy duties for public universities and constitutional officers. Annual data inventories; inventories of high-risk (rights- or safety-impacting) AI systems; impact assessments due Dec 31, 2026 (systems procured from Feb 1, 2026) or Feb 1, 2027 (earlier systems). Since Jul 1, 2025 a unit may not procure or deploy a new AI system unless it complies with Department of Information Technology policies, which matters to vendors selling AI to the State.
Maximum penalty: None — governance and procurement rules for state agencies, not penalties.

Full details, FAQ and embeddable status →Primary source: mgaleg.maryland.gov — SB 818 (2024)Checked 12 Oct 2026

Maryland HB 1202 (2020): Use of Facial Recognition Services in Job Interviews (Lab. & Empl. § 3-717)

HB 1202 — Chapter 446 of 2020 (became law May 8, 2020 without the Governor’s signature)

In force

Effective date: Oct 1, 2020
Enforcement: No enforcement provision in the statute; the fiscal note expects any investigations by the Maryland Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Scope: Employers may not use a facial recognition service to create a facial template of an applicant during a job interview unless the applicant signs a plain-language waiver stating the applicant's name, the interview date, that the applicant consents, and whether the applicant read the waiver.
Maximum penalty: None specified — the statute sets no penalty and no private right of action.

Full details, FAQ and embeddable status →Primary source: mgaleg.maryland.gov — HB 1202 (2020)Checked 12 Oct 2026

Maryland HB 1331 (2025): Consumer Protection — Artificial Intelligence

HB 1331 (introduced Feb 7, 2025 — Del. Qi) — died in committee, 2025 session

Died in committee

Effective date: —
Enforcement: —
Scope: Would have covered developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems in consequential decisions (housing, employment, financial services, health, education, criminal justice). Heard by the House Economic Matters Committee on Mar 4, 2025; no committee vote was taken before the session adjourned on Apr 7, 2025, so the bill died.
Maximum penalty: —

Full details, FAQ and embeddable status →Primary source: mgaleg.maryland.gov — HB 1331 (2025 session)Checked 12 Oct 2026

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