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IntroducedJan 30, 2023
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Passed SenateMar 17, 2023
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Passed HouseApr 04, 2023
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Signed into LawMay 16, 2023
Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)
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executive • May 16, 2023: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 699
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Votes
YES: 44
- Mr. President
- Elfreth
- Hershey
- Klausmeier
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Ellis
- Hester
- Kramer
- Smith
- Bailey
- Feldman
- Hettleman
- Lam
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Folden
- Jackson
- Lewis Young
- Waldstreicher
- Benson
- Gallion
- James
- Mautz
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Gile
- Jennings
- McKay
- Watson
- Carozza
- Griffith
- Kagan
- Ready
- West
- Carter
- Guzzone
- Kelly
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Hayes
- King
- Salling
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 3
YES: 132
- Speaker
- Ciliberti
- Hinebaugh
- Mireku-North
- Smith
- Acevero
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Moon
- Stein
- Adams
- Conaway
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Stewart
- Addison
- Crosby
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Stonko
- Allen
- Crutchfield
- Hutchinson
- Munoz
- Szeliga
- Alston
- Davis
- Ivey
- Nawrocki
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Ebersole
- Jackson
- Otto
- Taylor
- Anderton
- Edelson
- Jacobs
- Palakovich Carr
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Embry
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Toles
- Arikan
- Fair
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Tomlinson
- Attar
- Feldmark
- Kaiser
- Pena-Melnyk
- Turner
- Atterbeary
- Fennell
- Kerr
- Phillips
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Korman
- Pippy
- Valentine
- Baker
- Foley
- Lehman
- Pruski
- Vogel
- Barnes, B.
- Forbes
- Lewis, J.
- Qi
- Watson
- Barnes, D.
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lewis, R.
- Queen
- Wells
- Bartlett
- Ghrist
- Long, J.
- Reilly
- White
- Barve
- Grammer
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Rose
- Williams
- Bouchat
- Grossman
- Love
- Rosenberg
- Wilson
- Bridges
- Guzzone
- Mangione
- Ruth
- Wivell
- Buckel
- Harris
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wolek
- Cardin
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- Woods
- Chang
- Hartman
- McComas
- Shetty
- Wu
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Metzgar
- Simmons
- Young
- Charles
- Henson
- Miller
- Simpson
- Ziegler
- Chisholm
- Hill
NO: 0
ABSENT: 5
NOT VOTING: 3
Actions
- May 16, 2023 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 699
- Apr 05, 2023 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 04, 2023 | House
- Third Reading Passed (132-0)
- Apr 03, 2023 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 22, 2023 | House
- Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 20, 2023 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 17, 2023 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Mar 16, 2023 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments {393828/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 10, 2023 | Senate
- Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 30, 2023 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)PDF
- Amendments {393828/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)PDF
- Text - Chapter - Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Weisel, Meredith (ADL)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Goldstein, Mathew (Secular Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Khalfani, Natasha (Office of the Public Defender Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Ruth, Laure (Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Mansfield, Andrea (MD Chiefs and Sheriffs Association)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Carrington, Darrell (Carrington & Associates, LLC)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ferretti, William
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Sierra, Anna (Maryland Department of Emergency Management)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kinnally, Kevin (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Kagan, Sen. Cheryl (Maryland State Senate)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Sierra, Anna (Maryland Department of Emergency Management)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Goldstein, Mathew (Secular Maryland)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Kagan, Sen. Cheryl (Maryland State Senate)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Kinnally, Kevin (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))