---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Sex Offender Registrant - Notice of International Travel"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Sex Offender Registrant - Notice of International Travel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 521"
citation: "Maryland HB 521 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "International Affairs", "Notices", "Registration", "Residency", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb863cf0-98f8-4b98-87d5-c608ba526b52"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB521&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "08c0a7ca0153775fc19ee645337da3db82b3fecbdcb35bb932be53f9b5c182be"
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 521 (2017) — Criminal Procedure - Sex Offender Registrant - Notice of International Travel

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0521f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- B. Wilson — primary (person)
- Cluster — cosponsor (person)
- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
- Rey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-27** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-10** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 649 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb863cf0-98f8-4b98-87d5-c608ba526b52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).