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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses"
+description: "Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 248"
+citation: "Maryland HB 248 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "D.M. Davis", "Dumais", "J. Lewis", "Lopez", "Moon", "Shetty", "W. Fisher", "Williams"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-17"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac51e5f3-6490-4a90-9400-6db51b5bcc5b"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0248?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "8339b8d7acc79117b3fc206910c0402c9783fa76e6f1b340431ac17247751b2e"
+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 248 (2020) — Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_132_hb0248e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0248e.pdf)
+3. **First - Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0248f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0248t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **27–18** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **122–17** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **123–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Atterbeary — primary (person)
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
+- Dumais — primary (person)
+- J. Lewis — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Moon — primary (person)
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+- W. Fisher — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-17** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-17** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-01-21** Hearing canceled
+- **2020-01-21** Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2020-02-17** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Motion Laid Over (Senator Carter) Adopted
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 132 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac51e5f3-6490-4a90-9400-6db51b5bcc5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+