HB 216 — Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-01-14
Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, or isolation; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; etc.
Latest action: — In the House - Returned Passed
Sponsors (16)
- Aaron M. Kaufman (D, MD-18) — sponsor · 2026-01-14
- Kris Fair (D, MD-3) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Jessica Feldmark (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Chris Tomlinson (R, MD-5) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Jon S. Cardin (D, MD-11) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- N. Scott Phillips (D, MD-10) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Sean A. Stinnett (D, MD-41) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Gary Simmons (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Susan K. McComas (R, MD-34) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Gabriel M. Moreno (D, MD-13) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Lauren Arikan (R, MD-7) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Kym Taylor (D, MD-23) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Karen Simpson (D, MD-3) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- David Moon (D, MD-20) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Frank M. Conaway (D, MD-40) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Jamila J. Woods (D, MD-26) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
Action timeline (9)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Judiciary
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable
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Connected on the graph
2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate judicial proceedings | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House judiciary | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron M. Kaufman (D, state_lower MD-18) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chris Tomlinson (R, state_lower MD-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | David Moon (D, state_lower MD-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Frank M. Conaway (D, state_lower MD-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Gabriel M. Moreno (D, state_lower MD-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Gary Simmons (D, state_lower MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jamila J. Woods (D, state_lower MD-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jessica Feldmark (D, state_lower MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jon S. Cardin (D, state_lower MD-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Karen Simpson (D, state_lower MD-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Kris Fair (D, state_lower MD-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Kym Taylor (D, state_lower MD-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Lauren Arikan (R, state_lower MD-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | N. Scott Phillips (D, state_lower MD-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Sean A. Stinnett (D, state_lower MD-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Susan K. McComas (R, state_lower MD-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Timeline
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate judicial proceedings · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House judiciary · md-leg