---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Stalking - Penalties"
description: "Criminal Law - Stalking - Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 512"
citation: "Maryland SB 512 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd4079ce-adfe-4385-a9f6-729478d88dfe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0512?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3b3c74d30d2e67f9c722c77c57869276543b60df7a324d676e743ec3625e82ba"
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 512 (2026) — Criminal Law - Stalking - Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Stalking - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_429_sb0512t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Stalking - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0512f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Stalking - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0512t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 429 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd4079ce-adfe-4385-a9f6-729478d88dfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).