republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/sb-944.md

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Bill	Criminal Law - Sexual Offenses - Classification	Criminal Law - Sexual Offenses - Classification	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	SB 944	Maryland SB 944 (2017)	bill	Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Crimes and Punishments Minors Penalties and Sentences Registration Sexual Offenses	enacted	Smith	1	14	2	2017-02-03	2017-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/9f9b1634-a1c0-44d1-ab63-ae8490ec719e	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB944&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	c30ddf8c2bbdeb303629cb173b7b2060bb21ed33d06aea55989eb5fc54dada8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 944 (2017) — Criminal Law - Sexual Offenses - Classification

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 138–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-03 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-15 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-15 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-15 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-03-16 Third Reading Passed (47-0) passage
• 2017-03-17 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-17 Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-31 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-31 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-31 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-04-04 Third Reading Passed (138-0) passage
• 2017-04-05 Returned Passed
• 2017-04-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 161 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f9b1634-a1c0-44d1-ab63-ae8490ec719e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).