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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order"
+description: "Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 858"
+citation: "Maryland HB 858 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Chisholm", "Hornberger", "Lopez", "Malone", "McComas", "Metzgar", "Shoemaker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-03"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b915c0c7-b496-4935-898c-3ca510058187"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0858?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "0815c32c6f5f26704cc00a1bed237a443b91b2b608041c051f90f3225c30c3bb"
+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 858 (2020) — Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_347_hb0858t.pdf)
+2. **First - Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0858f.pdf)
+3. **Third -** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0858t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Chisholm — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Malone — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Metzgar — primary (person)
+- Shoemaker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-03** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-13** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 347 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b915c0c7-b496-4935-898c-3ca510058187`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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