Larry Hogan (R) signed 195 bills into law Thursday, including measures aimed at restructuring the University of Maryland Medical System board, toughening penalties on cyberbullying and establishing a commission to research racially motivated lynchings in Maryland. Hogan also signed a bill Busch sponsored to designate June 28 as Freedom of the Press Day, in honor of the five victims of the Capital Gazette shooting. The bill signing was the first since the General Assembly adjourned on April 8. The post-session ceremony would normally take place the morning after adjournment, but the governor postponed the bill signing out of respect for Busch. The cyberbullying bill makes cyberbullying with the intent to induce a minor to commit suicide a misdemeanor punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Source: Washington Post April 18, 2019 16:33 UTC