---
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: "HB 645"
citation: "Maryland HB 645 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13b53fc5-790a-4b63-96e9-65cb427a4479"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0645?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5490f326b8f4309fbb26e797a9500b7f276c8017eaeb2aa39907497dd478d8ee"
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 645 (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_166_hb0645t.pdf)
2. **First - Hate Crimes - False Statement to a Law Enforcement Officer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0645f.pdf)
3. **Third - Hate Crimes - False Statement to a Law Enforcement Officer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0645t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **108–30** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13b53fc5-790a-4b63-96e9-65cb427a4479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).