---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses"
description: "Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 210"
citation: "Maryland SB 210 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Lee", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27c71e00-d51e-4ed4-a3e7-29cb6f57f42d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0210?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1a37122622d9b60d501c55195813a6444ef08b7018d80e30702cd31a42ddeb6a"
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 210 (2020) — Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_133_sb0210t.pdf)
2. **First - Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0210f.pdf)
3. **Third - Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0210t.pdf)

## Votes

- On second reading and open to amendment — **16–31** (fail) · upper
- On second reading and open to amendment — **27–19** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Hough /603227/1 — **16–28** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **98–35** (pass) · lower
- Motion To Recommit — **16–30** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready/343424/1 — **17–27** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **30–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Motion Laid Over (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted
- **2020-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2020-02-20** Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Bailey) Rejected
- **2020-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-02-20** Motion Special Order until 2/21 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2020-02-21** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-02-21** Substitute Floor Amendment {
- **2020-02-21** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-02-21** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-25** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
- **2020-02-25** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 133 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27c71e00-d51e-4ed4-a3e7-29cb6f57f42d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).