---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Child Pornography"
description: "Criminal Law - Child Pornography"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 736"
citation: "Maryland SB 736 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Crimes and Punishments", "Internet", "Minors", "Penalties and Sentences", "Pornography", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c8d6e07-63d1-4dbd-b1b7-f32ff20072b1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB736&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "c7f1f525001cdac8e18c8e98081c351c6ca3a8af763cedd0b26dfdba4eff4c79"
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 736 (2019) — Criminal Law - Child Pornography

## 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/sb0736f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **127–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — 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.

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-12** Hearing canceled
- **2019-02-12** Hearing 2/22 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {808279/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-19** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {682711/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-05** Senators Cassilly, West, and Waldstreicher
- **2019-04-06** House Refuses to Recede
- **2019-04-06** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-06** Delegates Atterbeary, R. Watson, and Pippy
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (127-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 326 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c8d6e07-63d1-4dbd-b1b7-f32ff20072b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).