Maryland Senate Bill 139 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-3)
Status: Passed on April 18 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-18 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 31
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Altering a certain prohibition relating to threatening to commit a certain crime of violence in order to prohibit a person from knowingly threatening to commit or threatening to cause to be committed a certain crime of violence that would place five or more people at substantial risk of death or serious physical injury if the threat were carried out; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine not to exceed $10,000 or both; etc.

Criminal Law - Threat of Mass Violence

Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Malcolm Augustine [D]	Sen. Sarah Elfreth [D]	Sen. Arthur Ellis [D]
Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Melony Griffith [D]	Sen. Antonio Hayes [D]	Sen. Michael Hough [R]
Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]
Sen. Obie Patterson [D]	Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]
Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Robert Zirkin [D]	Sen. Mary Carozza [R]	Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]

2019-03-26 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (139-0) (Y: 139 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-22 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-18	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 31
2019-04-05	Senate	Returned Passed
2019-04-04	House	Third Reading Passed (139-0)
2019-04-02	House	Second Reading Passed
2019-04-02	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2019-04-02	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2019-03-11	House	Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-25	House	First Reading Judiciary
2019-02-22	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2019-02-20	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-02-20	Senate	Floor Amendment {783828/1 (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
2019-02-20	Senate	Floor Amendment {203920/1 (Senator Carozza) Adopted
2019-02-20	Senate	Favorable Report Adopted
2019-02-15	Senate	Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2019-01-25	Senate	Hearing 2/07 at 12:00 p.m.
2019-01-21	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0139?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0139f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0139t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/Chapters_noln/CH_31_sb0139t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0009/sb0139_20392001.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0009/sb0139_78382801.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0009/sb0139.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0139_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0267.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0139_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/1263.pdf