---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Sex Offenses - Out-of-State Convictions"
description: "Criminal Law - Sex Offenses - Out-of-State Convictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 738"
citation: "Maryland HB 738 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Interstate Affairs", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f72e3cf1-706a-48ab-8080-310b0d7e3937"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB738&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "ff919380e12fb186155002e374a188f581a98677e85adf18279331ab2678e9ce"
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 738 (2017) — Criminal Law - Sex Offenses - Out-of-State Convictions

## 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/hb0738f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- B. Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** 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 (137-0) `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 650 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f72e3cf1-706a-48ab-8080-310b0d7e3937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).