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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification"
+description: "Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 255"
+citation: "Maryland HB 255 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Administrative Agencies", "Assault", "Chemical Tests", "Disclosure", "Evidence", "Health", "Health Occupations", "Hospitals", "Human Rights", "Law Enforcement", "Notices", "Records", "Sexual Offenses", "Victims"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-23"
+last_action: "2017-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac98b79e-ce5a-4a91-96e2-4bf3d1e5b674"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB255&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
+source_hash: "86bc7a78e8be5b511abe5e59d4d343bdf21f3fbb2eda68641eee3b946c4e9acd"
+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 255 (2017) — Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0255f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Angel — cosponsor (person)
+- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
+- Aumann — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Barkley — cosponsor (person)
+- Barron — cosponsor (person)
+- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Chang — cosponsor (person)
+- Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
+- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
+- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
+- Frick — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
+- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
+- Korman — cosponsor (person)
+- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
+- Lafferty — cosponsor (person)
+- Lam — cosponsor (person)
+- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
+- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
+- McCray — cosponsor (person)
+- McIntosh — cosponsor (person)
+- Miele — cosponsor (person)
+- Moon — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales — cosponsor (person)
+- Morhaim — cosponsor (person)
+- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
+- Platt — cosponsor (person)
+- Queen — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
+- Sophocleus — cosponsor (person)
+- Stein — cosponsor (person)
+- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
+- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
+- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-23** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-01-25** Hearing canceled
+- **2017-01-26** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {882716/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2017-03-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
+- **2017-03-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-07** Returned Passed
+- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac98b79e-ce5a-4a91-96e2-4bf3d1e5b674`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+