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SB 626

Passed both chambersCrossfile HB 1589
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Sex Designation on Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards and Birth Information Histories (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)

Sponsor: Clarence K. Lam (District 12)Committee: FinanceSubject: Public HealthStatus: Conference Committee Appointed (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Secretary of Health to keep and maintain a birth information history for each individual for whom a certificate of birth is issued under a certain provision of law; requiring the Secretary to maintain a database of birth information histories that may be accessed by governmental entities for a certain purpose under certain circumstances; altering the circumstances under which the Secretary is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; etc.

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Testimony (129)

MGA witness list
FAV 77FavorableFWA 35Favorable with amendmentsUNF 16UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVShelley, Dana VickersAmerican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVA., C.BRIDGES Coalition (Baltimore Resources for Indoor Drug-use Grassroots Education & Safety)Written (PDF)
FAVTruong, HieuBaltimore Asian Resistance in SolidarityPosition only
FAVSearcy, TalishaCity of Takoma ParkWritten (PDF)
FAVSearcy, TalishaCity of Takoma ParkWritten (PDF)
FAVSarro, LisaCommunity Legal ServicesWritten (PDF)
FAVDove, S. SpencerMaryland Commission on Civil RightsWritten (PDF)
FAVDove, S. SpencerMaryland Commission on Civil RightsWritten (PDF)
FAVBrowning, JeremyMaryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ AffairsWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVRuth, LaureMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolencePosition only
FAVDickerson, TaylorMaryland Psychological AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVFrancis, SusanMaryland Volunteer Lawyers ServiceWritten (PDF)
FAVFrancis, SusanMaryland Volunteer Lawyers ServiceWritten (PDF)
FAVFrey, LeslieMontgomery CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVFani-González, NataliMontgomery County CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVStewart, KateMontgomery County CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVEnglish, MichaelN/AWritten (PDF)
FAVJasen, JohnOne PasadenaWritten (PDF)
FAVWilliamson, SamPublic Justice CenterWritten (PDF)
FAVMercer, JenniferlobbyistReproductive Justice Maryland ActionWritten (PDF)
FAVMercer, JenniferlobbyistReproductive Justice Maryland ActionWritten (PDF)
FAVWest, ChristopherSelfWritten (PDF)
FAVWest, ChristopherSelfWritten (PDF)
FAVSWASC, UMSocial Work Advocates for Social ChangeWritten (PDF)
FAVGebhard, KristopherSoul Soil HealingWritten (PDF)
FAVPhelps Jr, KenThe Episcopal Diocese of MarylandPosition only
FAVHill, CatherineTrans MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVHoffman, CharlotteTrans MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVAmador-Hernandez, NinfalobbyistWe Are CASAWritten (PDF)
FAVOMalley, CatherineWomen's Law CenterWritten (PDF)
FAVAlperovitz-Bichell, KariIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVBarnoy, IshaiIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVBauer, RileyIndividualPosition only
FAVBerger, ZackaryIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVBuzdygon, VLIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCaveney, CassIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCheng, ShioweiIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelaney, KaelinIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDoss, CoenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDuclos, RebeccaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVEllicott, AbbieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVElliott, RobynlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVFord, JohnIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVFrazier, RhysIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVGerb, SusanIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVGraham, LizzyIndividualPosition only
FAVHayes, CraigIndividualPosition only
FAVHedian, HeleneIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHeinz, LoreenIndividualPosition only
FAVHoffman, JonIndividualOral
FAVHollywood, NicoleIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHollywood, NicoleIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVJasen, DebiIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKastner, ChloeIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKoul, MichelleIndividualPosition only
FAVLampila, CarolynIndividualPosition only
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVLent, MichaelIndividualPosition only
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Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMercer, JenniferReproductive Justice Maryland ActionRegistered for: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence
FAVMercer, JenniferReproductive Justice Maryland ActionRegistered for: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence
FAVAmador-Hernandez, NinfaWe Are CASARegistered for: CASA Inc.; CASA de Maryland, Inc.
FAVElliott, RobynRegistered for: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists; Amica Center for Immigrant Rights; CareForth; Chase Brexton Health System; Coordinating Center, The; Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition
FWAWilkerson, AliceAdvance MarylandRegistered for: Advance Maryland
FWAAmador-Hernandez, NinfaWe Are CASARegistered for: CASA Inc.; CASA de Maryland, Inc.