---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Violation of Conditions of Release"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Violation of Conditions of Release"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Maryland SB 170 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Minors", "Pretrial Detention or Release", "Sexual Offenses", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdca3448-72b0-465a-a595-216a4421b28b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB170&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "4df31cada057c319814ef4724a5f194e6860941bba1a058e4ac831d097ec99c5"
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 170 (2018) — Criminal Procedure - Violation of Conditions of Release

## 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0170f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-19** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-22** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-23** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 428 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdca3448-72b0-465a-a595-216a4421b28b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).