---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Child Pornography"
description: "Criminal Law - Child Pornography"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1027"
citation: "Maryland HB 1027 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Crimes and Punishments", "Internet", "Minors", "Penalties and Sentences", "Pornography", "Sexual Offenses", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12b0c1d1-c222-4de7-8297-2e343d897975"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1027&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "f84f35cf4d1fc0681bb3994e58bdea5de7115434bb4fb259e0587948705b9a8a"
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 1027 (2019) — Criminal Law - Child Pornography

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1027f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lopez — primary (person)
- Acevero — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Arikan — cosponsor (person)
- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Cardin — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Feldmark — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn — cosponsor (person)
- Grammer — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- Pippy — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Reznik — cosponsor (person)
- Shetty — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
- W. Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Wells — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {642213/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {518379/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (42-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-04** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2019-04-04** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-04** Delegates Atterbeary, R. Watson, and Pippy
- **2019-04-05** Senate Refuses to Recede
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-05** Senators Cassilly, West, and Waldstreicher
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 325 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12b0c1d1-c222-4de7-8297-2e343d897975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).