Maryland lawmakers overrode Governor Wes Moore's veto of SB 426 on August 4. Effective October 1, the law directs custodians to deny access to many records relating to divorce proceedings, while preserving specified access for parties, attorneys and people authorized by court order. Supporters sought stronger protection against misuse of sensitive family information. The governor and attorney general raised concerns about the relationship between the Public Information Act, judicial-record rules and constitutional public-access principles. Maryland must now implement a law that places privacy and traditional court transparency in more direct tension. Divorce files can contain intensely personal information, but courts also exercise public power. Privacy rules should hide what needs protection without making justice itself opaque.