---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Third-Degree Sexual Offense - Burglary"
description: "Criminal Law - Third-Degree Sexual Offense - Burglary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "Maryland SB 230 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-17"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e843457-366c-4ad6-8318-ac95e6f52d95"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0230?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "68223e370c866aff5c4bb0e2d9a171e654b880883eb086ea6b57069dc04759f7"
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 230 (2026) — Criminal Law - Third-Degree Sexual Offense - Burglary

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Third-Degree Sexual Offense - Burglary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_499_sb0230t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Third-Degree Sexual Offense - Burglary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0230f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Third-Degree Sexual Offense - Burglary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0230t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 499 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e843457-366c-4ad6-8318-ac95e6f52d95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).