---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace Orders and Protective Orders – Extension"
description: "Peace Orders and Protective Orders – Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 227"
citation: "Maryland SB 227 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee", "Peters", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db0a6350-6520-428a-921d-be3112be52ac"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0227?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c1f4ec39d92b1034a1214b91dd2a88af90e1da605fe0733222c3c9b99e7e6fc5"
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 227 (2020) — Peace Orders and Protective Orders – Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Peace Orders and Protective Orders – Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_135_sb0227t.pdf)
2. **First - Family Law - Final Protective Order - Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0227f.pdf)
3. **Third - Peace Orders and Protective Orders – Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0227t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 135 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db0a6350-6520-428a-921d-be3112be52ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).