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Bills/2024 Regular Session

SB 858

Passed both chambers
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Revenge Porn - Civil Action and Reporting Requirement

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Civil Actions and ProceduresStatus: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-0) (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a person to bring and maintain a civil action for defamation under certain circumstances; and altering the prohibition against revenge porn to prohibit a person from knowingly distributing a computer-generated visual representation that is indistinguishable from another actual and identifiable person under certain circumstances.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list
FAV 13FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCairns, PeggyMaryland Coalition Against Pornography, IncWritten (PDF)
FAVShapiro, MelanielobbyistMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceOral + Written (PDF)
FAVShapiro, MelanielobbyistMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateOral + Written (PDF)
FAVTurso, NicoleNassau County District AttorneyWritten (PDF)
FAVMcNair, LeeUnitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryPosition only
FAVOMalley, CatherineWomen's Law CenterWritten (PDF)
FAVOMalley, CatherineWomen's Law CenterOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBenhoff, JeanIndividualPosition only
FAVRaine, JamesIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
FWAJordan, Lisae ClobbyistMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Oral + Written (PDF)
FWAJordan, Lisae ClobbyistMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Oral + Written (PDF)
INFOMiller, LindaMaryland JudiciaryWritten (PDF)
INFOHarris, Mrs.IndividualPosition only
INFOHarris, Mrs.IndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Maryland Coalition Against Pornography, IncFAV 1
Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)FWA 2
Maryland JudiciaryINFO 1
Maryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceFAV 2
Maryland SenateFAV 2
Nassau County District AttorneyFAV 1
Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1
Women's Law CenterFAV 2

Registered lobbyists who testified

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