Maryland Senate Bill 713 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-03 - Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from willfully and maliciously destroying, injuring, or defacing a campaign sign that is on another person's property; establishing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor with a fine of up to $1,000, or imprisonment for not more than 60 days or both; prohibiting a person from willfully or knowingly obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over a certain campaign sign under certain circumstances; and establishing a fine of up to $1,000, or imprisonment of up to 60 days, or both for a violation of the Act.

Election Law – Theft or Destruction of Campaign Signs – Penalties

Sen. Michael Hough [R]	Sen. Jack Bailey [R]	Sen. Mary Carozza [R]	Sen. Paul Corderman [R]
Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]	Sen. George Edwards [R]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]
Sen. Justin Ready [R]	Sen. Johnny Salling [R]	Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-03	Senate	Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
2021-03-03	Senate	Hearing canceled
2021-02-12	Senate	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-02-03	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

SB713 (Carry Over) 2021-03-03 - Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Election Law	16	1001	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	16	904	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0713?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0713f.pdf