---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Solicitation of a Minor - Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian - Prohibition and Penalties"
description: "Sexual Solicitation of a Minor - Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian - Prohibition and Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Maryland SB 231 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Benson", "Carozza", "Cassilly", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Kagan", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lee", "McCray", "Ready", "Sydnor", "West", "Young", "Zucker"]
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/8889e0f1-5a90-418e-8c3c-5a9a597dfe48"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0231?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8e738f6ce512256d0d26d846937948be4482751d4831c380c2b39270bc211062"
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 231 (2020) — Sexual Solicitation of a Minor - Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian - Prohibition and Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor - Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian - Prohibition and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_129_sb0231t.pdf)
2. **First - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor - Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian - Prohibition and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0231f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor - Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian - Prohibition and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0231t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Cassilly — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — 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 1/30 at 1:00 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 3/17 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 129 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8889e0f1-5a90-418e-8c3c-5a9a597dfe48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).