Maryland Senate Bill 57 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-05 - Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from making communications that are reasonably expected to impair the functioning of a public safety answering point or intended to disrupt an emergency response; prohibiting a person from making a false statement, report, or complaint to a public safety answering point or law enforcement officer that results in a certain response and providing a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to $25,000, or both.

Criminal Law - Public Safety - Communications With Public Safety Answering Points

Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-05	Senate	Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2022-01-12	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2021-07-12	Senate	Pre-filed

HB437 (Crossfiled) 2022-04-11 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Law	3	801	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Criminal Law	3	804	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Criminal Law	9	501	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0057?ys=2022RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0057f.pdf