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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action"
description: "Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 360"
citation: "Maryland SB 360 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31ff5606-8c6b-4422-b0fb-95933d5272b4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0360?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e050106238489abbdab302898a64a596ab0f7f7a915e56a244973cabd65e417b"
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 360 (2025) — Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_219_sb0360e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0360e.pdf)
3. **First - Revenge Porn - Civil Action and Criminal Offense** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0360f.pdf)
4. **Third - Revenge Porn - Civil Action and Criminal Offense** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0360t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **1400** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **470** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hester — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-17** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Hearing 1/29 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-14** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m.
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31ff5606-8c6b-4422-b0fb-95933d5272b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).