Maryland Senate Bill 545 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)
Status: Engrossed on February 20 2025 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-21 - Referred Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing or viewing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child under the age of 13 years; providing that a violation of the Act is a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years; and providing that a sentence under the Act may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence imposed for certain other crimes.

Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties

Sen. Mary James [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Chris West [R]
Sen. Anthony Muse [D]	Sen. William Folden [R]	Sen. Shaneka Henson [D]	Sen. Sara Love [D]
Sen. Mike McKay [R]	Sen. Nick Charles [D]

2025-02-20 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-21	House	Referred Judiciary
2025-02-20	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2025-02-18	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2025-02-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {363521/1 Adopted
2025-02-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2025-01-28	Senate	Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
2025-01-24	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

SB545 (Carry Over) 2025-02-21 - Referred Judiciary
HB364 (Crossfiled) 2025-01-17 - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
SB65 (Carry Over) 2024-03-28 - Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Law	11	207	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Criminal Law	11	208	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Criminal Law	11	208.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0545?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0545f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0545t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/amds/bil_0005/sb0545_36352101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes_comm/sb0545_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes/Senate/0232.pdf