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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Procedure – Charging Procedures – Citations"
+description: "Criminal Procedure – Charging Procedures – Citations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 671"
+citation: "Maryland SB 671 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-03"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/596164f5-0cb5-4339-be93-104eee0227c6"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0671?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "ce1c71c509baf6b06b957ffa35ab8f03c5e7c875506a0db30cac70544d5a8f2b"
+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 671 (2021) — Criminal Procedure – Charging Procedures – Citations
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure – Charging Procedures – Citations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_371_sb0671t.pdf)
+2. **First - Criminal Procedure – Charging Procedures – Citations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0671f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Criminal Procedure – Charging Procedures – Citations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0671t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **94–40** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-04** Hearing 2/25 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-16** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-02** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 371 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/596164f5-0cb5-4339-be93-104eee0227c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+