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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Electronic Harassment and Bullying (Grace's Law 2.0)"
description: "Criminal Law - Electronic Harassment and Bullying (Grace's Law 2.0)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 103"
citation: "Maryland SB 103 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Crimes and Punishments", "Electronic Communication", "Fraud", "Harassment", "Libel and Slander", "Minors", "Parents and Guardians", "Penalties and Sentences", "Pornography"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zirkin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df181bf2-54d9-41ea-9402-cba327e31da7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB103&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "f664602abfbc5c3ba1745c39da6f43926c884f45d4314023c506d5eef23306cc"
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 SB 103 (2019) — Criminal Law - Electronic Harassment and Bullying (Grace's Law 2.0)
## 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/sb/sb0103f.pdf)
## Votes
- On third reading — **440** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1370** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Zirkin — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** Favorable with Amendments {508171/2 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-02-07** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2019-03-20** Hearing 3/21 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {952710/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Special Order until 04/04 (Delegate Wilson) Adopted
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 26 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df181bf2-54d9-41ea-9402-cba327e31da7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).