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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Law - Child Pornography"
+description: "Criminal Law - Child Pornography"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 736"
+citation: "Maryland SB 736 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Crimes and Punishments", "Internet", "Minors", "Penalties and Sentences", "Pornography", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-02-04"
+last_action: "2019-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c8d6e07-63d1-4dbd-b1b7-f32ff20072b1"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB736&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
+source_hash: "c7f1f525001cdac8e18c8e98081c351c6ca3a8af763cedd0b26dfdba4eff4c79"
+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 SB 736 (2019) — Criminal Law - Child Pornography
+
+## 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/sb/sb0736f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **127–0** (pass) · lower
+- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lee — primary (person)
+- Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Hester — cosponsor (person)
+- Hough — cosponsor (person)
+- Ready — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
+- Washington — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 12:00 p.m.
+- **2019-02-12** Hearing canceled
+- **2019-02-12** Hearing 2/22 at 9:00 a.m.
+- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {808279/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2019-03-19** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {682711/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
+- **2019-04-05** Senate Requests House Recede
+- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Appointed
+- **2019-04-05** Senators Cassilly, West, and Waldstreicher
+- **2019-04-06** House Refuses to Recede
+- **2019-04-06** Conference Committee Appointed
+- **2019-04-06** Delegates Atterbeary, R. Watson, and Pippy
+- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (127-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
+- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 326 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c8d6e07-63d1-4dbd-b1b7-f32ff20072b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+