Maryland House Bill 960 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-06 - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from making or causing to be made a certain statement, report, or complaint to a certain governmental emergency report recipient with reckless disregard of causing bodily harm to an individual as a direct result of a response to the statement, report, or complaint; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; providing for the venue for a prosecution for a violation of the Act; providing that a person who violates the Act is civilly liable to a certain individual; etc.

Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime

Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Lauren Arikan [R]	Del. Sandy Bartlett [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]
Del. Debra Davis [D]	Del. Wanika Fisher [D]	Del. Robin Grammer [R]	Del. Michael Griffith [R]
Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Jared Solomon [D]
Del. Nicole Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-06	House	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-05	House	First Reading Judiciary

SB635 (Crossfiled) 2020-02-06 - Hearing 3/03 at 12:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Courts and Judicial Proceedings	3	8A-19	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Criminal Law	9	501.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0960?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0960f.pdf