---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Stalking - Definition"
description: "Criminal Law - Stalking - Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 148"
citation: "Maryland HB 148 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartlett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-09-01"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3d7fc53-d4bf-4dcb-8280-20e4593e25b0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0148?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "25c1dbcf94e98b2463c76482d0bdbe8a95561bf8cd9f87692e3ed4229d8a1b5e"
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 148 (2022) — Criminal Law - Stalking - Definition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Stalking - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_148_hb0148e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Stalking - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0148e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Stalking - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0148f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Law - Stalking - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0148t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartlett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 148 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3d7fc53-d4bf-4dcb-8280-20e4593e25b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).