File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 604
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Quinter, Amedori, Carter, Dumais, Gutierrez, Kelly,
Lee, McComas, McMillan, Shank, Simmons, and Sophocleus
- Entitled:
-
Maryland Spam Deterrence Act
Prohibiting a person from using specified protected computers to relay
or retransmit commercial electronic mail messages with the intent to
deceive or mislead recipients or an electronic mail service provider
under specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from materially
falsifying header information in commercial electronic mail messages
under specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from registering
for electronic mail accounts or domain names under specified
circumstances; providing for specified penalties and fines; etc.
House Action
- 2/13
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/25
- Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/29
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 3/30
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- 4/10
- Returned Passed
- 5/26
- Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
Senate Action
- 4/1
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 4/9
- Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
- 4/12
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/9
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/10
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13
- Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5A
- Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
- Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
- Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
- Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
- Delegate Herb McMillan, District 30
- Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
- Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
- Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADVERTISING
- ATTORNEY GENERAL
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- COMPUTERS -see also- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC GOVMNT.
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE -see also- ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER
- FORFEITURE
- NAMES -see also- PROPER NAMES
- PENALTIES
- REGISTRATION -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
- STATUTES OF LIMITATION
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Criminal Law
- (
3-805.1
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 682518/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 30, 2004 at:
11:17 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 31, 2004: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- Senate
- April 10, 2004: Third Reading Passed (46-0)