MD SB931

Officials and candidates must disclose virtual currency holdings valued over $1,000 on financial disclosure statements, including the type, amount, acquisition details, and any transfers made during the reporting period

Domestic partners and registered domestic partners are added throughout the Maryland Public Ethics Law wherever spouses are referenced, extending disclosure and ethics requirements to these relationships

"Immediate family" is expanded to include domestic partners and registered domestic partners alongside spouses and dependent children for ethics reporting purposes

The definition of "financial interest" (ownership exceeding $1,000/year or more than 3% of a business entity) now applies equally to domestic partners as it does to spouses

Effective date: October 1, 2026