---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interception of Oral Communication - Law Enforcement Officer"
description: "Interception of Oral Communication - Law Enforcement Officer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 552"
citation: "Maryland HB 552 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Public Safety", "Communications", "Evidence", "Law Enforcement", "Notices", "Recordings", "Video"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Malone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/835da3af-969c-4299-9b31-e08219bdcbbb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB552&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "5ae85b6d216461627e7940df735dabcc43d5a9f384aa8e4c37814998dc2268d1"
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 HB 552 (2019) — Interception of Oral Communication - Law Enforcement Officer

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0552f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **102–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Malone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {682011/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (102-35) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (42-4) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/835da3af-969c-4299-9b31-e08219bdcbbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).