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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: "SB 505"
citation: "Maryland SB 505 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79b0cfe1-f979-497f-b8df-ae241eeff195"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0505?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "df2b21f310eb10b7482567f33112aa9a0fe5e4c2df0ff8dad7760c6ad4b1235c"
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 505 (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_184_sb0505t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - First-Degree Child Abuse - Continuing Course of Conduct** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0505f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - First-Degree Child Abuse - Continuing Course of Conduct** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0505t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1340** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hettleman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-01-27** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-27** Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 184 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79b0cfe1-f979-497f-b8df-ae241eeff195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).