---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review"
description: "Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "Maryland HB 544 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Atterbeary", "Crutchfield", "Forbes", "Grammer", "Kaufman", "Pasteur", "Simpson", "Stein", "Toles", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec593e9b-c625-42ab-a156-78e7f41648a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0544?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4536353048e924043732f4c29fdf2430ce43285fdbd1b56db4e78f2d4d3199db"
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 544 (2024) — Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_773_hb0544t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0544f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0544t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 773 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec593e9b-c625-42ab-a156-78e7f41648a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).