---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funds - Obsolete Provisions - Repeal"
description: "Funds - Obsolete Provisions - Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Maryland SB 37 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Public Safety", "Crime Control and Prevention", "Governor's Office of", "Equipment", "Genetics", "Grants", "Law Enforcement", "Reports", "Revenue and Taxes", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-09-19"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37358266-bc20-4b94-9b65-e2c1a77c7d5b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB37&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "6f88db84fd80b0785ca6e3d319075f0bab3d86d7f80318c76780845cb4d50305"
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 37 (2017) — Funds - Obsolete Provisions - Repeal

## 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/sb/sb0037f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Office of Crime Control and Prevention) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-01-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-02** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-03** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-23** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-24** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 9 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37358266-bc20-4b94-9b65-e2c1a77c7d5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).