CHAPTER NUMBER: 470
File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1320
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Garagiola, Brochin, Forehand, Giannetti, Haines,
Harris, Hughes, Jacobs, Jimeno, Klausmeier, and Middleton
- Entitled:
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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 specified penalties and fines; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/11
- Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/23
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/24
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/9
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/26
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 470
House Action
- 3/24
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/26
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/6
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
- Senator Jim Brochin, District 42
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 21
- Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
- Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 7
- Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
- Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator Thomas McLain Middleton, District 28
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADVERTISING
- ATTORNEY GENERAL
- CIRCUIT COURTS
- 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.
- DISTRICT COURTS
- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE -see also- ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER
- FORFEITURE
- JURISDICTION
- 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 (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 498375/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 23, 2004 at:
11:21 a.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 252117/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 10, 2004 at:
11:32 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 24, 2004: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 9, 2004: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- House
- April 6, 2004: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
