Legislation - HB0387

Title: Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights and Registration of Art
Sponsored by: Delegates Embry, Behler, Boyce, Crutchfield, Forbes, Kaufman, Pasteur, Ruff, Ruth, Stinnett, Toles, Wolek, and Woorman
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Prohibiting an entity from including in a contract for certain State public art a provision requiring artists to waive copyright rights; defining "State public art" as public art commissioned for a project that receives State funding, regardless of whether the State funding directly paid for the public art; requiring certain State public art to be registered with the Maryland State Arts Council; requiring the Council to establish, maintain, and update a public database of certain art on its website; and applying the Act prospectively.

Committees

Original:: Appropriations Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Budget and Taxation

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Cross-filed with: SB0041

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0961 Session: 2025 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/21/2026 Legislative Date 1/21/2026 Action First Reading Appropriations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights and Registration of Art Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/28/2026 Legislative Date 1/28/2026 Action Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Appropriations Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/23/2026 Legislative Date 2/23/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/24/2026 Legislative Date 2/18/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments {593320/1 Adopted Proceedings 27 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/24/2026 Legislative Date 2/18/2026 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 27 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights and Registration of Art Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/26/2026 Legislative Date 2/20/2026 Action Third Reading Passed (131-5) Proceedings 29 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/27/2026 Legislative Date 2/19/2026 Action Referred Budget and Taxation Proceedings 30 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/21/2026	1/21/2026	First Reading Appropriations
			Text - First - Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights and Registration of Art
House	1/28/2026	1/28/2026	Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Appropriations	Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/23/2026	2/23/2026	Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
House	2/24/2026	2/18/2026	Favorable with Amendments {593320/1 Adopted	27 Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/24/2026	2/18/2026	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	27 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights and Registration of Art
House	2/26/2026	2/20/2026	Third Reading Passed (131-5)	29 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	2/27/2026	2/19/2026	Referred Budget and Taxation	30 Click to view Recorded Media

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