---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force to Study Crime Classification - Renaming, Membership, and Duties"
description: "Task Force to Study Crime Classification - Renaming, Membership, and Duties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "Maryland SB 379 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "James", "Klausmeier", "Smith", "Watson", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00641216-e87a-450a-9f2c-56d458d0a480"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0379?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "59060af32ad7123a6778a50201e21a104111d0510bab87b893070dfec994308f"
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 379 (2024) — Task Force to Study Crime Classification - Renaming, Membership, and Duties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Task Force to Study Crime Classification - Renaming, Membership, and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_935_sb0379e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Task Force to Study Crime Classification - Renaming, Membership, and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0379e.pdf)
3. **First - Task Force to Study Crime Classification - Renaming, Membership, and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0379f.pdf)
4. **Third - Task Force to Study Crime Classification - Renaming, Membership, and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0379t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-28** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-28** Hearing 3/28 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-28** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-28** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 935 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00641216-e87a-450a-9f2c-56d458d0a480`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).