---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure – Registered Sex Offenders – Entry Onto School Property"
description: "Criminal Procedure – Registered Sex Offenders – Entry Onto School Property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 515"
citation: "Maryland SB 515 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d97c3cec-e21e-4fc1-9300-d6aab7586803"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0515?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "072b247e8c052f9db0eb7e6de1c59afd6411809430228f9bb1e459a5d4aff226"
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 515 (2021) — Criminal Procedure – Registered Sex Offenders – Entry Onto School Property

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure – Registered Sex Offenders – Entry Onto School Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_259_sb0515t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure – Registered Sex Offenders – Entry Onto School Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0515f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure – Registered Sex Offenders – Entry Onto School Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0515t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Cox /483520/1 — **47–85** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Motion Laid Over (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Motion Special Order until 3/31 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Motion to remove committee amendment (Senator Bailey) Adopted
- **2021-04-01** Substitute Committee Amendment {
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 259 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d97c3cec-e21e-4fc1-9300-d6aab7586803`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).