---
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: "SB 623"
citation: "Maryland SB 623 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/678d929d-8777-4df5-ad56-8f3db47d3cfe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0623?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b43f1f081a438ac7b11fda12fcac7b1bc618565ce358852b13a57d1d0091ef33"
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 623 (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_146_sb0623t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Crimes Involving Computers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0623f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Crimes Involving Computers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0623t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing 2/25 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2021-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 146 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/678d929d-8777-4df5-ad56-8f3db47d3cfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).