---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law – Violation of a Protective Order – Merger Prohibition and Separate Sentence Authorization"
description: "Criminal Law – Violation of a Protective Order – Merger Prohibition and Separate Sentence Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 817"
citation: "Maryland HB 817 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shetty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd66afc1-7fdb-4706-aaf9-0b78dbc32d76"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0817?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7da06377d0e589c3d604dcc6b57caebf099aa87930e21528235d6434e340b5ac"
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 817 (2022) — Criminal Law – Violation of a Protective Order – Merger Prohibition and Separate Sentence Authorization

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law – Violation of a Protective Order – Merger Prohibition and Separate Sentence Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_168_hb0817t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law – Violation of a Protective Order – Merger Prohibition and Separate Sentence Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0817f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law – Violation of a Protective Order – Merger Prohibition and Separate Sentence Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0817t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shetty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 168 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd66afc1-7fdb-4706-aaf9-0b78dbc32d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).