---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Sextortion and Revenge Porn"
description: "Criminal Law - Sextortion and Revenge Porn"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 769"
citation: "Maryland SB 769 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Attorneys", "Crimes and Punishments", "Evidence", "Extortion", "Law Enforcement", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Penalties and Sentences", "Pornography", "Privacy", "Records", "Sexual Offenses", "Threats", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zirkin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f261ed0-add8-482e-8473-4b9e08689c28"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB769&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "c9584e3b9f27f893bd8c21aff8ee5b487019c5ab50ec1ab95ce36f3f05736092"
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 769 (2018) — Criminal Law - Sextortion and Revenge Porn

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0769t.pdf)

## Votes

- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with amendments adp - ON 2ND RDG — **132–5** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zirkin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {228179/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments {442518/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Dumais) Adopted (132-5)
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 365 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f261ed0-add8-482e-8473-4b9e08689c28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).