Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB593: Criminal Law - Interference With Critical Infrastructure or a Public Safety Answering Point
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
Prohibiting a person from intentionally, willfully, and without authorization committing a certain act with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of critical infrastructure; providing that a person convicted of violating the Act is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine not to exceed $50,000, or both; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Criminal Law - Interference With Critical Infrastructure or a Public Safety Answering Point FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from intentionally, willfully, and without authorization committing a certain act with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of critical infrastructure; prohibiting a person from intentionally, willfully, and without authorization committing a certain act that denies access to an authorized user of or interrupts or impairs the functioning of critical infrastructure or a public safety answering point…
From the enrolled text, May 19, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Criminal Law - Interference With Critical Infrastructure or a Public Safety Answering Point FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from intentionally, willfully, and without authorization committing a certain act with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of critical infrastructure; prohibiting a person from intentionally, willfully, and without authorization committing a certain act that denies access to an authorized user of or interrupts or impairs the functioning of critical infrastructure or a public safety answering point; and generally relating to interference with critical infrastructure or a public safety answering point. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Criminal Law Section 7-302(a), (c), and (d) Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Criminal Law 7-302. (a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) "Access" means to instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve or intercept data from, or otherwise use the resources of a computer program, computer system, or computer network. (3) (i) "Aggregate amount" means a direct loss of property or services incurred by a victim. (ii) "Aggregate amount" includes: 1. the value of any money, property, or service lost, stolen, or rendered unrecoverable by …