# Maryland SB 0360: Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action

Maryland SB 0360, Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Katie Fry Hester (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-04-22 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0360
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-17
- Last action: 2025-04-22, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219
- Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Civil Actions and Procedures, Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes, Attorneys' Fees, Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims, Courts -see also- AppCt; Circuit; District; Orphans'; etc., Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties and Sentnc; etc., Digital Images, Harassment -see also- Threats, Libel and Slander, Nudity and Sexual Displays -see also- Obscenity; Pornography, Photography, Pornography -see also- Nudity and Sexual Displays; Obscenity, Privacy, Threats
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (234 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More protection for intimate-image victims: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Maryland’s intimate-image law covers real images and realistic altered or computer-made images of identifiable people. Covered images show intimate parts or sexual activity; drawings, cartoons, sculptures, and paintings are excluded. The distributor must knowingly share the…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: William C. Smith (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 140 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 47 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-12 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 47 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2025-04-22: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219
- 2025-04-07: Passed Enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Senate Concurs House Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (140-0) (House)
- 2025-04-02: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House)
- 2025-04-02: Favorable with Amendments {733229/1 Adopted (House)
- 2025-04-02: Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary (House)
- 2025-03-26: Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m. (House)
- 2025-03-26: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2025-03-19: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-03-14: Referred Judiciary (House)
- 2025-03-12: Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Second Reading Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Favorable Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings (Senate)
- 2025-01-22: Hearing 1/29 at 11:00 a.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-17: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_219_sb0360e.pdf)
- Enrolled, 2025-04-07: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0360e.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-03-11: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0360t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-17: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0360f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_219_sb0360e.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0360e.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0360t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0360f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0360-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).