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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties"
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description: "Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 221"
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citation: "Maryland SB 221 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-10-31"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1faf3368-ea2f-4ea5-b2fe-3b9875d38427"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0221?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "7f5dff088219f073aac4a443d8abbefdaa641a429872cf6aed36ad448cf5a31b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 221 (2026) — Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_530_sb0221t.pdf)
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2. **First - Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0221f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0221t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- James — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-02-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed
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- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
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- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 530 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1faf3368-ea2f-4ea5-b2fe-3b9875d38427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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