---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Sex Offenders"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Sex Offenders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Maryland SB 228 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "District Courts", "Pretrial Detention or Release", "Registration", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ready"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c21f033-371a-4a9e-875f-040aa2344f4f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB228&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "9546696b0858920a0b83c4861a1e76675f4c3b0e8567fc73f238e07b76aefe0f"
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 228 (2019) — Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Sex Offenders

## 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/sb0228f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ready — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Carozza — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Favorable with Amendments {988779/1 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`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {152115/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-08** Senators Ready, Carter, and Lee
- **2019-04-08** House Refuses to Recede
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-08** Delegates J. Lewis, Grammer, and Crutchfield
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 389 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c21f033-371a-4a9e-875f-040aa2344f4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).