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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - First-Degree Child Abuse - Continuing Course of Conduct"
description: "Criminal Law - First-Degree Child Abuse - Continuing Course of Conduct"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Maryland HB 277 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f2f096b-880e-4236-8aba-b814fec6aff5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0277?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "04e04f51a0513aaf85e287d8d71dbf42aa29f2be8dffefdd21de513366bed489"
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 277 (2021) — Criminal Law - First-Degree Child Abuse - Continuing Course of Conduct
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - First-Degree Child Abuse - Continuing Course of Conduct** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_183_hb0277t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - First-Degree Child Abuse - Continuing Course of Conduct** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0277f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - First-Degree Child Abuse - Continuing Course of Conduct** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0277t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1350** (pass) · lower
- HB 277 HB 445 HB 882 — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-10-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing 1/28 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-25** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 183 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f2f096b-880e-4236-8aba-b814fec6aff5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).