---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Public Libraries - Minors, Children, and Teens - Prohibited Practices"
description: "County Public Libraries - Minors, Children, and Teens - Prohibited Practices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Maryland SB 250 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-10"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a993005-ab6a-4aff-a698-57e9ddfef260"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0250?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "128a3372d1981f6c29a99aa2cdbecbc3be9a13e9d5401965f082080b2f8ff133"
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 250 (2024) — County Public Libraries - Minors, Children, and Teens - Prohibited Practices

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - County Public Libraries - Minors, Children, and Teens - Prohibited Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_208_sb0250e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - County Public Libraries - Minors, Children, and Teens - Prohibited Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0250e.pdf)
3. **First - County Public Libraries - Overdue Library Materials - Minors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0250f.pdf)
4. **Third - County Public Libraries - Overdue Library Materials - Minors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0250t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **112–27** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **31–11** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **35–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 1/17 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-22** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-01-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 208 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a993005-ab6a-4aff-a698-57e9ddfef260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).