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IntroducedOct 28, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 26, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 03, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Criminal Law - School Resource Officers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity with Students
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 06, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 81
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 44
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hettleman
- Love
- Smith
- Augustine
- Folden
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gallion
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Gile
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Kagan
- Muse
- Watson
- Carozza
- Harris
- King
- Ready
- West
- Charles
- Hayes
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Henson
- Lam
- Salling
NO: 0
ABSENT: 3
YES: 117
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Adams
- Fair
- Kerr
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Allen
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Phillips
- Stein
- Amprey
- Fisher
- Korman
- Pippy
- Stewart
- Arentz
- Foley
- Lehman
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Arikan
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Qi
- Stonko
- Bagnall
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Queen
- Szeliga
- Bartlett
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Reilly
- Taveras
- Beauchamp
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Behler
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Rogers
- Toles
- Boyce
- Harrison
- McComas
- Rose
- Tomlinson
- Buckel
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Cardin
- Healey
- Miller
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Chang
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Ruff
- Valentine
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Moon
- Ruth
- Vogel
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Moreno
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Morgan, M.
- Schindler
- Wims
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, T.
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Nawrocki
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Nkongolo
- Simmons
- Woods
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wu
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Ziegler
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
NO: 0
ABSENT: 13
Actions
- Apr 06, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 03, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (117-0)
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Feb 27, 2026 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Feb 23, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Oct 28, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- King, Joyce (Frederick County State's Attorney's Office)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Morgan, Jessica (Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women (MLAW))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Fitzwater, Jessica (Frederick County Executive)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Setzer, Mary (Office of the State Prosecutor)
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Jordan, Lisae C (Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Tibbals, Trudy
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Garth, Jessica (State's Attorney's Office for Prince George's County, Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ruth, Laure (Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Rodriguez, Amanda (Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force/ TurnAround, Inc.)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Finigan-Carr, Nadine (UMB: Center for Violence Prevention)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Philip, Diana (Coalition to Protect Maryland's Children)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kelly, Ariana (Maryland Commission for Women)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All

