---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Continuing Course of Conduct With a Child - Unit of Prosecution"
description: "Criminal Law - Continuing Course of Conduct With a Child - Unit of Prosecution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 129"
citation: "Maryland SB 129 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Minors", "Sexual Offenses", "Time", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee and Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d556151-163f-433c-92f2-d34e3b5d2936"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB129&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "a34fa050b56c3ada5e877dbe050522e621b63bcdfdf73f93acd84e4d1be73a7f"
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 129 (2019) — Criminal Law - Continuing Course of Conduct With a Child - Unit of Prosecution

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0129f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee and Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Favorable with Amendments {968373/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-02-20** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-21** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 48 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d556151-163f-433c-92f2-d34e3b5d2936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).