---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)"
description: "Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 340"
citation: "Maryland SB 340 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de48b2d6-2da4-4c7f-be84-d9f1f55c232c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0340?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2ef02341fcd14ab1a88b21482adfc5896648362425dea9062ada84ac6906b933"
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 340 (2023) — Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_699_sb0340t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0340f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0340t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 699 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de48b2d6-2da4-4c7f-be84-d9f1f55c232c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).