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Bills/2024 Regular Session

HB 544

EnactedCrossfile SB 391
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Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review

Sponsor: Delegate AtterbearyCommittee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 773 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of sexual extortion to be 5 years; altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of stalking to be 10 years; providing that the State may institute a prosecution for revenge porn at any time; and providing that, for purposes of the Maryland Constitution, a person who commits revenge porn shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor whose punishment is confinement in the penitentiary and may reserve a point or question for a certain in banc review.

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Testimony (17)

MGA witness list
FAV 16FavorableUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVAllyn, RebeccaGov's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim; Governor's Family Violence CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVTirrell, CarrieMaryland Coalition Against Sexual AssaultOral + Written (PDF)
FAVJordan, Lisae ClobbyistMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Written (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVShapiro, MelanielobbyistMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFeinstein, DebbieMontgomery County State's Attorney's OfficeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSpangler, AdamOffice of Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)
FAVDavid, SarahOffice of the State ProsecutorOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSetzer, MaryOffice of the State ProsecutorOral
FAVNiemann, DoyleOffice of the State's Attorney for Prince George's CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVAraya, TaniaTurnAround, Inc.Oral
FAVArtero, ReeseUniversity of Maryland College Park - Student Government AssociationPosition only
FAVPatterson, Del Edith JWomen Legislators of MDWritten (PDF)
FAVRafter, AndreaWomen's Law Center of MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Atterbeary, Delegate AtterbearylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
UNFWatts, KimberleeMaryland Office of the Public DefenderOral

Organizations on record

Gov's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim; Governor's Family Violence CouncilFAV 1
Maryland Coalition Against Sexual AssaultFAV 1
Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)FAV 1
Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1
Maryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceFAV 1
Maryland Office of the Public DefenderUNF 1
Montgomery County State's Attorney's OfficeFAV 1
Office of Attorney GeneralFAV 1
Office of the State ProsecutorFAV 2
Office of the State's Attorney for Prince George's CountyFAV 1
TurnAround, Inc.FAV 1
University of Maryland College Park - Student Government AssociationFAV 1
Women Legislators of MDFAV 1
Women's Law Center of MarylandFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJordan, Lisae CMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Registered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
FAVShapiro, MelanieMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceRegistered for: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence