Maryland Senate Bill 151 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-23 - Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from committing a certain prohibited act with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of a health care facility; prohibiting a person from knowingly possessing certain ransomware with the intent to use that ransomware for a certain purpose; altering and establishing certain penalties; authorizing a victim of a certain offense to bring a civil action for damages against a certain person; providing for the recovery of attorney's fees and court costs in an action brought under the Act; etc.

Criminal Law - Crimes Involving Computers - Ransomware

Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]	Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]	Sen. Jill Carter [D]
Sen. Sarah Elfreth [D]	Sen. Melony Griffith [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]
Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Sen. Obie Patterson [D]
Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]
Sen. Chris West [R]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-23	Senate	Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-01-21	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0151?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0151f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0001/sb0151.pdf