---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Restrictions on Release of Personal Information"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Restrictions on Release of Personal Information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Maryland SB 213 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87fc9f4c-5749-49db-addc-5285ebf7bbd8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0213?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2514e95a48ffa36fc5eb32ee3d1b5c9a80fe79ccf021898b56b1825cb441cb92"
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 213 (2020) — Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Restrictions on Release of Personal Information

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Restrictions on Release of Personal Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_539_sb0213t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Restrictions on Release of Personal Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0213f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Restrictions on Release of Personal Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0213t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — 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 1/21 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 539 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87fc9f4c-5749-49db-addc-5285ebf7bbd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).