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SB 662

EnactedCrossfile HB 1355
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Financial Institutions - Payment Stablecoin Services - Establishment and Regulation (Maryland Stablecoin Act)

Sponsor: Benjamin F. Kramer (District 19)Committee: FinanceSubject: Financial InstitutionsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 513 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the examination fee for a new commercial bank charter; requiring a certain nondepository trust company to include certain disclosures in its articles of incorporation; exempting from certain provisions of law a certain nondepository trust company authorized to provide certain services by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; authorizing a certain nondepository trust company to request that the Commissioner reduce the capital stock requirements under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (9)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCooper, JacquelineMaryland Blockchain AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVBalogun, ShereefatOffice of Financial RegulationOral
FAVHennen, AmyOffice of Financial Regulation, Maryland Department of LaborWritten (PDF)
FAVSalazar, AntonioOffice of the Commissioner of Financial RegulationOral
FAVSprouse, MichaelState of Maryland - The Office of Financial RegulationOral
FAVMurray, RorylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Kramer, Senator KramerlegislatorIndividualOral
FWAKlebrowski, ConnorIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOShrago, YevgenyConference of State Bank SupervisorsOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMurray, RoryRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Council of Engineering Companies/MD; Association of Independent Maryland and D.C. Schools; Chesapeake Watershed Restoration Professionals; Kaiser Permanente; Lightstar Renewables