---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Office of the Public Defender - Definition of Serious Offense"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Office of the Public Defender - Definition of Serious Offense"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 918"
citation: "Maryland HB 918 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce90a217-7820-41ac-82e4-ede67cafd974"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0918?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b935e4f433b3db43c54844724ada7c1552fe165bb0a021c1f5c9364b2d53eed4"
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 HB 918 (2020) — Criminal Procedure - Office of the Public Defender - Definition of Serious Offense

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Office of the Public Defender - Definition of Serious Offense** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_369_hb0918t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Office of the Public Defender - Definition of Serious Offense** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0918f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Office of the Public Defender - Definition of Serious Offense** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0918t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 369 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce90a217-7820-41ac-82e4-ede67cafd974`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).