{"slug": "maryland-ai-law-policy-updates", "title": "Maryland — AI Law & Policy Updates", "summary": "Maryland has not enacted a comprehensive private-sector AI law, with the Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024 (SB 818) only directing state-government AI policies and inventory without imposing private-sector compliance duties. Existing anti-discrimination and consumer-protection laws may apply to AI-driven decisions.", "body_md": "No comprehensive private-sector AI law — state-government AI governance under SB 818 (AI Governance Act of 2024) — **Status: No Law**\n\nMaryland has not enacted a comprehensive private-sector AI law. The Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024 (SB 818) directs the Department of Information Technology to set policies for and inventory AI used by state-government units, but imposes no direct private-sector compliance duty. Existing anti-discrimination and consumer-protection laws may apply to AI-driven decisions.\n\n**Recent developments:**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/maryland-ai-law-policy-updates", "canonical_source": "https://ai-law-tracker.com/laws/maryland", "published_at": "2026-07-15 00:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-16 19:31:36.059096+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Maryland", "Department of Information Technology"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/maryland-ai-law-policy-updates", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/maryland-ai-law-policy-updates.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/maryland-ai-law-policy-updates.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/maryland-ai-law-policy-updates.jsonld"}}