---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders – Review of Court Records"
description: "Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders – Review of Court Records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 905"
citation: "Maryland SB 905 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Elfreth", "Gile", "Hettleman", "Kelly", "Lam", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/925ccf3d-a427-41d3-8ff7-ca5027869b77"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0905?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "26620d7b9460744439675654e5c080f218ccd397a38a09fc17c96795c1c13938"
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 905 (2024) — Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders – Review of Court Records

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders – Review of Court Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_929_sb0905e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders – Review of Court Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0905e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders – Review of Court Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0905f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders – Review of Court Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0905t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **108–31** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **32–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Motion Special Order until 3/15 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2024-03-15** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Folden) Adopted
- **2024-03-15** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Motion Special Order until 3/18 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2024-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `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`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 929 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/925ccf3d-a427-41d3-8ff7-ca5027869b77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).