---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations"
description: "Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "Maryland SB 202 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-09-28"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f003b54c-15e0-4d7e-ad6c-6f287d7c00a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0202?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3a47e04f042a0bf0420b884b7f859bb9574c9535496103ac9abb90021717a9ec"
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 202 (2025) — Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_92_sb0202e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0202e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0202f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0202t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06** Hearing 1/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 92 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f003b54c-15e0-4d7e-ad6c-6f287d7c00a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).