---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation - Assaults on Public Transit Operators - Report"
description: "Transportation - Assaults on Public Transit Operators - Report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 693"
citation: "Maryland SB 693 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2aea5ced-b34a-4adb-932a-98d23ff8ce3c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0693?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "133ca8d679e7096071b012fc86d26e9dd80763c39e2b341fb04f77d49f750ca6"
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 693 (2023) — Transportation - Assaults on Public Transit Operators - Report

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Transportation - Assaults on Public Transit Operators - Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_503_sb0693t.pdf)
2. **First - Transportation - Assaults on Public Transit Operators - Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0693f.pdf)
3. **Third - Transportation - Assaults on Public Transit Operators - Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0693t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 503 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2aea5ced-b34a-4adb-932a-98d23ff8ce3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).