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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions"
description: "Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 608"
citation: "Maryland SB 608 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77144523-217f-423a-9e75-39c72d673e4f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0608?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cedacdee247828b79c8f063ad259268bb98e72a94b43a2c3ff2bab0adca8441e"
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 608 (2025) — Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_114_sb0608e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0608e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0608f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0608t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **12810** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **3412** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **3212** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **12811** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-06** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-06** Hearing 2/07 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m.
- **2025-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2025-04-05** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Love and McKay)
- **2025-04-07** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2025-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Love and McKay)
- **2025-04-07** House Refuses Recede
- **2025-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Moon, Embry and Valentine)
- **2025-04-07** House Refuses Recede
- **2025-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Moon, Embry and Valentine)
- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 114 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77144523-217f-423a-9e75-39c72d673e4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).