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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress"
+description: "Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 33"
+citation: "Maryland HB 33 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Brooks", "C. Watson", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Cox", "Feldmark", "Grammer", "Griffith", "Guyton", "Healey", "McComas", "Palakovich Carr", "Pippy", "Shetty", "W. Fisher"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-09-04"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cc06046-bac3-4a5b-862a-b00a7416ffab"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0033?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "03c6f38772e9be28c130315f83668c0266597f117c4fe3218a684193e9b8893e"
+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 33 (2020) — Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_34_hb0033t.pdf)
+2. **First - Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0033f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0033t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 33 HB 739 HB 918 HB 1111 — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- C. Watson — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Cox — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Grammer — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Guyton — primary (person)
+- Healey — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+- Pippy — primary (person)
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+- W. Fisher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-09-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2020-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-09** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-13** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 34 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cc06046-bac3-4a5b-862a-b00a7416ffab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+