HB 181 is sponsored by Delegate Lauren Arikan (Republican), Delegate Regina T. Boyce (Democrat), Bromwell, Senator Benjamin Brooks (Democrat), Delegate Eric Ebersole (Democrat), Senator Shelly Hettleman (Democrat), Delegate Julian Ivey (Democrat), Jalisi, Jones, Delegate Lesley J. Lopez (Democrat), Senator Mike McKay (Republican), Delegate Jesse T. Pippy (Republican), Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democrat), Kittleman, Delegate Edith J. Patterson (Democrat), Delegate Jon S. Cardin (Democrat), Delegate J. Sandy Bartlett (Democrat), Cox, Grammer, Delegate Michele Guyton (Democrat), Delegate Wayne A. Hartman (Republican), Delegate Kenneth Kerr (Democrat), Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke (Republican), Krebs, Malone, Delegate Susan K. McComas (Republican), Delegate Dana Stein (Democrat), Delegate Jen Terrasa (Democrat), Delegate Kriselda Valderrama (Democrat), Delegate Emily Shetty (Democrat), Senator Dalya Attar (Democrat), Atterbeary, Delegate Courtney Watson (Democrat), and Delegate Mark N. Fisher (Republican).

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 19 D · 7 R cosponsors

HB 181 — Criminal Law - Electronic Harassment and Bullying (Grace's Law 2.0)

Last action April 18, 2019 — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 27

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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2019. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
35 sponsors

1 primary, 34 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (19 D · 7 R) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

April 18, 2019
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 27
March 26, 2019
Returned Passed
March 25, 2019
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
March 22, 2019
Second Reading Passed
March 22, 2019
Favorable Report Adopted
March 22, 2019
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
March 14, 2019
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
March 14, 2019
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
March 12, 2019
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
March 12, 2019
Favorable with Amendments {732611/1 Report Adopted
March 11, 2019
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
January 23, 2019
Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
January 23, 2019
First Reading Judiciary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 34 co-sponsors · 153 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Delegate Jon S. Cardin Democrat

Co-sponsors (34)

Not signed on (153)

153 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

On Third Reading

March 25, 2019

Passed 47 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	19	0	0	0
Republican	10	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	18	0	0	0
Total	47	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (47)

Member	Party	Vote
Eckardt	—	Yea
Edwards	—	Yea
Elfreth	—	Yea
Hershey	—	Yea
Hough	—	Yea
Kelley	—	Yea
Klausmeier	—	Yea
Lee	—	Yea
Washington	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Young	—	Yea
Cassilly	—	Yea
Nathan-Pulliam	—	Yea
Peters	—	Yea
Pinsky	—	Yea
Serafini	—	Yea
Zirkin	—	Yea
Mr. President	—	Yea
Delegate Edith J. Patterson	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Stephanie Smith	Democrat	Yea
Senator Antonio Hayes	Democrat	Yea
Senator Arthur Ellis	Democrat	Yea
Senator Benjamin F. Kramer	Democrat	Yea
Senator Bill Ferguson	Democrat	Yea
Senator Brian J. Feldman	Democrat	Yea
Senator Cheryl C. Kagan	Democrat	Yea
Senator Clarence K. Lam	Democrat	Yea
Senator Cory V. McCray	Democrat	Yea
Senator Craig J. Zucker	Democrat	Yea
Senator Guy Guzzone	Democrat	Yea
Senator Jeff Waldstreicher	Democrat	Yea
Senator Jim Rosapepe	Democrat	Yea
Senator Joanne C. Benson	Democrat	Yea
Senator Katie Fry Hester	Democrat	Yea
Senator Malcolm Augustine	Democrat	Yea
Senator Nancy J. King	Democrat	Yea
Senator Pamela Beidle	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mike Griffith	Republican	Yea
Delegate Teresa E. Reilly	Republican	Yea
Senator Bryan W. Simonaire	Republican	Yea
Senator Chris West	Republican	Yea
Senator J.B. Jennings	Republican	Yea
Senator Jack Bailey	Republican	Yea
Senator Jason C. Gallion	Republican	Yea
Senator Johnny Ray Salling	Republican	Yea
Senator Justin Ready	Republican	Yea
Senator Mary Beth Carozza	Republican	Yea

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On Third Reading

March 14, 2019

Passed 137 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	58	0	0	1
Republican	26	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	53	0	0	3
Total	137	0	0	4
% of votes cast	97%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (141)

Member	Party	Vote
Anderton	—	Yea
Atterbeary	—	Yea
Barron	—	Not Voting
Barve	—	Yea
Beitzel	—	Yea
Branch	—	Yea
Bridges	—	Yea
Cain	—	Yea
Bromwell	—	Yea
Carey	—	Yea
Carr	—	Yea
Clark	—	Yea
Conaway	—	Yea
Cox	—	Yea
Dumais	—	Yea
Gaines	—	Yea
Gilchrist	—	Yea
Glenn	—	Yea
Grammer	—	Yea
Haynes	—	Yea
Holmes	—	Yea
Impallaria	—	Yea
Jalisi	—	Yea
Krebs	—	Yea
Krimm	—	Yea
Lafferty	—	Yea
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
Lierman	—	Yea
Lisanti	—	Yea
Luedtke	—	Yea
Malone	—	Yea
Mangione	—	Yea
McIntosh	—	Yea
Saab	—	Yea
Shoemaker	—	Yea
Boteler	—	Yea
Kelly	—	Yea
Kittleman	—	Yea
Washington	—	Yea
Watson, C.	—	Yea
Proctor	—	Yea
Cassilly	—	Yea
Mosby	—	Yea
Otto	—	Yea
Parrott	—	Yea
Pendergrass	—	Yea
Sydnor	—	Yea
Valentino-Smith	—	Yea
Walker	—	Yea
Young, P.	—	Not Voting
Reznik	—	Not Voting
Johnson, S.	—	Yea
Jones, A.	—	Yea
Long, R.	—	Yea
Morgan, M.	—	Yea
Palakovich Carr	—	Yea
Delegate Andrea Fletcher Harrison	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Anne Healey	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Ben Barnes	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Ben Barnes	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Bonnie Cullison	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Brian M. Crosby	Democrat	Yea
Delegate C. T. Wilson	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Dana Stein	Democrat	Yea
Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo	Democrat	Yea
Delegate David Moon	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Debra Davis	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Debra Davis	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Diana M. Fennell	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Edith J. Patterson	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Emily Shetty	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Eric Ebersole	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Gabriel Acevero	Democrat	Not Voting
Delegate Harry Bhandari	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Heather Bagnall	Democrat	Yea
Delegate J. Sandy Bartlett	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jared Solomon	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jen Terrasa	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jessica Feldmark	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Jon S. Cardin	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Julian Ivey	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Kenneth Kerr	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Kriselda Valderrama	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Lesley J. Lopez	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Lily Qi	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Lorig Charkoudian	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Luke Clippinger	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Marc Korman	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mark S. Chang	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mary A. Lehman	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Melissa Wells	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Michele Guyton	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Mike Rogers	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Pam Queen	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Regina T. Boyce	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Robbyn Lewis	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Robbyn Lewis	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Stephanie Smith	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Terri L. Hill	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Vaughn Stewart	Democrat	Yea
Delegate Veronica Turner	Democrat	Yea
Senator Benjamin Brooks	Democrat	Yea
Senator Carl Jackson	Democrat	Yea
Senator Dalya Attar	Democrat	Yea
Senator Karen Lewis Young	Democrat	Yea
Senator Nick Charles	Democrat	Yea
Senator Ron Watson	Democrat	Yea
Senator Sara Love	Democrat	Yea
Senator Shelly Hettleman	Democrat	Yea
Delegate April Miller	Republican	Yea
Delegate April Rose	Republican	Yea
Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti	Republican	Yea
Delegate Brian Chisholm	Republican	Yea
Delegate Christopher T. Adams	Republican	Yea
Delegate H. Kevin Anderson	Republican	Yea
Delegate Jason C. Buckel	Republican	Yea
Delegate Jay A. Jacobs	Republican	Yea
Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist	Republican	Yea
Delegate Jesse T. Pippy	Republican	Yea
Delegate Kathy Szeliga	Republican	Yea
Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger	Republican	Yea
Delegate Lauren Arikan	Republican	Yea
Delegate Mark N. Fisher	Republican	Yea
Delegate Mark N. Fisher	Republican	Yea
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke	Republican	Yea
Delegate Ric Metzgar	Republican	Yea
Delegate Seth A. Howard	Republican	Yea
Delegate Steven J. Arentz	Republican	Yea
Delegate Susan K. McComas	Republican	Yea
Delegate Teresa E. Reilly	Republican	Yea
Delegate Wayne A. Hartman	Republican	Yea
Delegate William J. Wivell	Republican	Yea
Senator Johnny Mautz	Republican	Yea
Senator Mike McKay	Republican	Yea
Senator Paul D. Corderman	Republican	Yea

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights technology

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 181?: HB 181 is sponsored by Delegate Lauren Arikan (Republican), Delegate Regina T. Boyce (Democrat), Bromwell, Senator Benjamin Brooks (Democrat), Delegate Eric Ebersole (Democrat), Senator Shelly Hettleman (Democrat), Delegate Julian Ivey (Democrat), Jalisi, Jones, Delegate Lesley J. Lopez (Democrat), Senator Mike McKay (Republican), Delegate Jesse T. Pippy (Republican), Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democrat), Kittleman, Delegate Edith J. Patterson (Democrat), Delegate Jon S. Cardin (Democrat), Delegate J. Sandy Bartlett (Democrat), Cox, Grammer, Delegate Michele Guyton (Democrat), Delegate Wayne A. Hartman (Republican), Delegate Kenneth Kerr (Democrat), Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke (Republican), Krebs, Malone, Delegate Susan K. McComas (Republican), Delegate Dana Stein (Democrat), Delegate Jen Terrasa (Democrat), Delegate Kriselda Valderrama (Democrat), Delegate Emily Shetty (Democrat), Senator Dalya Attar (Democrat), Atterbeary, Delegate Courtney Watson (Democrat), and Delegate Mark N. Fisher (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 181?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2019. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: HB 181
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 23, 2019
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Delegate Jon S. Cardin

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