SB 154 — Commercial Law - Uniform Commercial Code - Controllable Electronic Records
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-01-14
Adding Article 12 of the Uniform Commercial Code to the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code to establish provisions governing the transfer of property rights in certain controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, and controllable payment intangibles.
Latest action: — In the House - Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsors (1)
- Ron Watson (D, MD-23) — sponsor · 2026-01-14
Action timeline (7)
- · senate — First Reading
- · senate — Hearing — Finance
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable
- · house — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Hearing — Economic Matters
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referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | House economic matters | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | Senate finance | — | 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 | Ron Watson (D, state_upper MD-23) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
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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
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House economic matters · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate finance · md-leg