---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force to Study Crime Classification"
description: "Task Force to Study Crime Classification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 209"
citation: "Maryland SB 209 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Jackson", "McKay", "Salling", "Smith", "Sydnor", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5580d420-7ea7-4c10-8d85-77e19d3e58cf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0209?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "11901c0dd6756c40eddf1d10f2edfb8cd44f190cf0720f05365634700e771b46"
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 209 (2023) — Task Force to Study Crime Classification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Task Force to Study Crime Classification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_712_sb0209t.pdf)
2. **First - Task Force to Study Crime Classification and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0209f.pdf)
3. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2023RS-SB0209-REIN.pdf)
4. **Third - Task Force to Study Crime Classification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0209t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 712 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5580d420-7ea7-4c10-8d85-77e19d3e58cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).