---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hate Crimes - False Statement to a Law Enforcement Officer"
description: "Hate Crimes - False Statement to a Law Enforcement Officer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 151"
citation: "Maryland SB 151 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-29"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfce3348-c71c-4738-9edc-f88e6b8f16f9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0151?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "834d24f82b31fa2f7f66b4017dd9b007879661d7d2c78b32091c66392103ace6"
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 151 (2022) — Hate Crimes - False Statement to a Law Enforcement Officer

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hate Crimes - False Statement to a Law Enforcement Officer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_167_sb0151t.pdf)
2. **First - Hate Crimes - False Statement to a Law Enforcement Officer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0151f.pdf)
3. **Third - Hate Crimes - False Statement to a Law Enforcement Officer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0151t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **98–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfce3348-c71c-4738-9edc-f88e6b8f16f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).