---
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: "HB 745"
citation: "Maryland HB 745 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartlett", "Fair", "Hill", "Lopez", "Munoz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e21b56c-6053-437a-90b3-c8ae8a9975a6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0745?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "60eb5f83284aa7404eaea274159560138c260a94f4c24df2c35898b87c3b20a2"
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 745 (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_698_hb0745t.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/hb/hb0745f.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/hb/hb0745t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Munoz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 698 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e21b56c-6053-437a-90b3-c8ae8a9975a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).