---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Stalking - Definition"
description: "Criminal Law - Stalking - Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 328"
citation: "Maryland SB 328 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Hettleman", "Lee", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2fb6d11-3f2e-4446-ab5a-d64ae8b5e770"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0328?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "33e96fd77f24d51d35529aac60f144d8f7d70a7029b8bf2abec8ec44dafb9dce"
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 328 (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_149_sb0328t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Stalking - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0328f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Stalking - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0328t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Hearing 2/08 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`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 149 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2fb6d11-3f2e-4446-ab5a-d64ae8b5e770`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).