---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Charge by Citation - Violation of Condition of Release"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Charge by Citation - Violation of Condition of Release"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Maryland HB 121 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Citations", "Crimes and Punishments", "Minors", "Pretrial Detention or Release", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dumais"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2988e920-1968-4bfb-8585-15b576375c30"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB121&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "4f37df2da68842fd64b0d9130e5e7872d38c4a390ae21d4eacaa8c996c066536"
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 HB 121 (2019) — Criminal Procedure - Charge by Citation - Violation of Condition of Release

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0121f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- No motion given — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dumais — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-11** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-02-14** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 45 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2988e920-1968-4bfb-8585-15b576375c30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).