---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stalking – Violation of Conditions of Release"
description: "Stalking – Violation of Conditions of Release"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "Maryland SB 138 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Public Safety", "Crimes and Punishments", "Harassment", "Parole and Probation", "Pretrial Detention or Release"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c974ed2-8108-4de5-a8b3-6e92121cf59c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB138&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "1e37a5edda46082c928fe405c332827aa9835b3038eb3030a1f1d6d4763bb5af"
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 138 (2019) — Stalking – 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0138f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Augustine — cosponsor (person)
- Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
- Ellis — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {668770/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (131-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 49 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c974ed2-8108-4de5-a8b3-6e92121cf59c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).