1. A. An individual or group may not willfully disrupt or interfere with, or attempt to disrupt or interfere with:

   1. (1) A session of the General Assembly;
   2. (2) The Senate or the House of Delegates;
   3. (3) Any of the Senate's or House of Delegates' committees;
   4. (4) An officer, employee, or staff member of the General Assembly; or
   5. (5) A member of the Senate or House of Delegates in the member's performance of any official function.

2. B. An individual may not willfully picket in a building where:

   1. (1) The Senate or House of Delegates has a chamber;
   2. (2) A member of the General Assembly has an office;
   3. (3) A committee of the General Assembly or the House of Delegates has an office.

Authority: United States Constitution, Amendments 1 and 14; Maryland Constitution, Declaration of Rights, Article 13;
Criminal Law Article, §§4-208 and 6-409; State Finance and Procurement Article, §§4-604(6) and (7) and 4-607(a) and (c);
State Government Article, §2-1702; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: October 10, 1994 (21:20 Md. R. 1731)

Regulation .02 amended effective February 25, 2019 (46:4 Md. R. 190); April 5, 2021 (48:7 Md. R. 259)