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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception"
+description: "Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 210"
+citation: "Maryland HB 210 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Grammer"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-13"
+last_action: "2022-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b3cc1f5-a8ed-4d98-b63a-88ed3d6eb8a2"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0210?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "367fa1db5e263ea26a87d6d3c4380130e476957813b931cc3ec88e5ba963fd38"
+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 210 (2022) — Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_486_hb0210t.pdf)
+2. **First - Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0210f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0210t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **131–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Grammer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-14** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-10** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-15** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 486 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b3cc1f5-a8ed-4d98-b63a-88ed3d6eb8a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+