---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Crimes Involving Computers"
description: "Criminal Law - Crimes Involving Computers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 425"
citation: "Maryland HB 425 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barron"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12153c09-ae03-42ba-a443-bddd79ccffc4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0425?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d3aba176690c95813521129fb5affa80de46ad326bba839d7e88128589769184"
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 425 (2021) — Criminal Law - Crimes Involving Computers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Crimes Involving Computers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_145_hb0425e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Crimes Involving Computers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0425e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Crimes Involving Computers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0425f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Law - Crimes Involving Computers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0425t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 145 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12153c09-ae03-42ba-a443-bddd79ccffc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).