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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions"
+description: "Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 608"
+citation: "Maryland SB 608 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Smith"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-27"
+last_action: "2025-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77144523-217f-423a-9e75-39c72d673e4f"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0608?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "cedacdee247828b79c8f063ad259268bb98e72a94b43a2c3ff2bab0adca8441e"
+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 608 (2025) — Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_114_sb0608e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0608e.pdf)
+3. **First - Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0608f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0608t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **128–10** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **34–12** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **32–12** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **128–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-30** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-02-06** Hearing canceled
+- **2025-02-06** Hearing 2/07 at 10:00 a.m.
+- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
+- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled
+- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m.
+- **2025-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-05** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
+- **2025-04-05** Senate Requests House Recede
+- **2025-04-05** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Love and McKay)
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Requests House Recede
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Love and McKay)
+- **2025-04-07** House Refuses Recede
+- **2025-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Moon, Embry and Valentine)
+- **2025-04-07** House Refuses Recede
+- **2025-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Moon, Embry and Valentine)
+- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
+- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 114 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77144523-217f-423a-9e75-39c72d673e4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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