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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Task Force to Study the Practice Known as \"Swatting\""
+description: "Task Force to Study the Practice Known as \"Swatting\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 881"
+citation: "Maryland SB 881 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Hettleman", "Lam", "Lee", "Smith", "Waldstreicher"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-02-07"
+last_action: "2022-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adbf630d-c385-4331-9143-82bc2d6b0cf6"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0881?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "574a88166b9a68ca29290d29ae9d7e427cde12562260cb3f4db3f1340ea2f66c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 881 (2022) — Task Force to Study the Practice Known as "Swatting"
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Task Force to Study the Practice Known as "Swatting"** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_150_sb0881t.pdf)
+2. **First - Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0881f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Task Force to Study the Practice Known as "Swatting"** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0881t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carter — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Lee — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-07** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-22** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-29** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-04-09** Hearing 4/09 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2022-04-09** Hearing canceled
+- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
+- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 150 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adbf630d-c385-4331-9143-82bc2d6b0cf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+