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SB 482

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Criminal Law - Interference With Critical Infrastructure or a Public Safety Answering Point

Sponsor: Mike McKay (District 1)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 520 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person from intentionally, willfully, and without authorization committing a certain act with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of critical infrastructure; prohibiting a person from intentionally, willfully, and without authorization committing a certain act that denies access to an authorized user of or interrupts or impairs the functioning of critical infrastructure or a public safety answering point; providing that a person convicted of violating the Act is guilty of a felony; etc.

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Testimony (15)

MGA witness list
FAV 15Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMajchrzak, TylerlobbyistChesapeake Utilities CorporationWritten (PDF)
FAVWaitlevertch, ScottlobbyistColumbia Gas of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVPrice, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
FAVTroxell, TimothylobbyistFirstEnergy / Potomac EdisonWritten (PDF)
FAVJackson, SamiralobbyistMD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.Written (PDF)
FAVBowen, DaleMSFAWritten (PDF)
FAVSample, SarahMaryland Association of CountiesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVIbegbulem, IrisMaryland Municipal LeagueWritten (PDF)
FAVAnderson, SarahR Street InstituteOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBirckhead, JaneenState of Maryland Military DepartmentWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVMcKay, MikeIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVP, SIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator McKay, Senator McKaylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMajchrzak, TylerChesapeake Utilities CorporationRegistered for: Chesapeake Utilities Corporation; Horizon Farm Credit
FAVWaitlevertch, ScottColumbia Gas of MarylandRegistered for: Columbia Gas of Maryland
FAVTroxell, TimothyFirstEnergy / Potomac EdisonRegistered for: FirstEnergy, Corp.
FAVJackson, SamiraMD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.Registered for: Critical Response Group; Dell Technologies Inc.; Empower; Forward Financing; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Maryland Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs