HB0752 — Criminal Law - Theft and Fraud Crimes - Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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14 sponsors
1 primary, 13 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (8 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
Providing for the valuation of a gift card for the purpose of determining value for crimes involving theft; prohibiting a person, with the intent to defraud another, from altering or tampering with a gift card or its packaging; and providing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 18 months or a fine not to exceed $500 or both.
Bill Text
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Read HB0752 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Schmidt · Cosponsor
- Delegate Conaway · Cosponsor
- Delegate Karen Toles · Primary
- J. Long · Cosponsor
- T. Morgan · Cosponsor
- Delegate Kent Roberson · Cosponsor
- Delegate Denise Roberts · Cosponsor
- Delegate Gary Simmons · Cosponsor
- Delegate Kym Taylor · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jamila J. Woods · Cosponsor
- Delegate William Valentine · Cosponsor
- Delegate N. Scott Phillips · Cosponsor
- Delegate Susan K. McComas · Cosponsor
- Delegate Gabriel M. Moreno · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Karen Toles Democrat
Co-sponsors (13)
- Delegate Schmidt
- Delegate Conaway
- Long, J.
- Morgan, T.
- Delegate Kent Roberson Democrat
- Delegate Denise Roberts Democrat
- Delegate Gary Simmons Democrat
- Delegate Kym Taylor Democrat
- Delegate Jamila J. Woods Democrat
- Delegate William Valentine Republican
- Delegate N. Scott Phillips Democrat
- Delegate Susan K. McComas Republican
- Delegate Gabriel M. Moreno Democrat
Not signed on (174)
174 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 174 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 89 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 133 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 94% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0752 do?
- Providing for the valuation of a gift card for the purpose of determining value for crimes involving theft; prohibiting a person, with the intent to defraud another, from altering or tampering with a gift card or its packaging; and providing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 18 months or a fine not to exceed $500 or both.
- Who sponsors HB0752?
- HB0752 is sponsored by Delegate Schmidt, Delegate Conaway, Delegate Karen Toles (Democrat), Long, J., Morgan, T., Delegate Kent Roberson (Democrat), Delegate Denise Roberts (Democrat), Delegate Gary Simmons (Democrat), Delegate Kym Taylor (Democrat), Delegate Jamila J. Woods (Democrat), Delegate William Valentine (Republican), Delegate N. Scott Phillips (Democrat), Delegate Susan K. McComas (Republican), and Delegate Gabriel M. Moreno (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB0752?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2026. Enacted.
- Where can I track HB0752?
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