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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Compensation to Claimants"
+description: "Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Compensation to Claimants"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 968"
+citation: "Maryland HB 968 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Civil Actions", "Claims", "Committees and Commissions", "Courts", "Criminal Injuries Compensation", "Debt Collection", "Electronic Government", "Funerals", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Notices"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["W. Fisher"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65f44fa0-b12f-42d5-a740-974b443c3f2b"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB968&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
+source_hash: "e4b9d60ec2e532ca61aeb5dbcbb15655069f897ca6c5fe8d6e36faa851b4ed58"
+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 968 (2019) — Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Compensation to Claimants
+
+## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0968f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- W. Fisher — primary (person)
+- Crosby — cosponsor (person)
+- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
+- D.E. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Malone — cosponsor (person)
+- Moon — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-08** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {862517/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
+- **2019-03-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed
+- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 378 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65f44fa0-b12f-42d5-a740-974b443c3f2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+