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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Task Force to Study Crime Classification and Penalties"
+description: "Task Force to Study Crime Classification and Penalties"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 542"
+citation: "Maryland HB 542 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Committees and Commissions", "Crimes and Punishments", "Laws and Ordinances", "Legislative Services", "Department of", "Penalties and Sentences", "Public Officials", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations", "Sunset"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-04"
+last_action: "2019-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31e9172f-5dfb-40f4-8329-56646d0577d7"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB542&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
+source_hash: "31ee471073dc55feeda593f4f957dd6a121160f63a5e9e680c42a11d2247f394"
+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 HB 542 (2019) — Task Force to Study Crime Classification and Penalties
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0542f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cox — primary (person)
+- Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
+- Beitzel — cosponsor (person)
+- Corderman — cosponsor (person)
+- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
+- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
+- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
+- McComas — cosponsor (person)
+- McKay — cosponsor (person)
+- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Moon — cosponsor (person)
+- Pippy — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-05** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-08** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
+- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed
+- **2019-04-08** Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Zirkin) Adopted
+- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 372 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31e9172f-5dfb-40f4-8329-56646d0577d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+