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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals"
+description: "Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 476"
+citation: "Maryland HB 476 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Grammer", "Kaufman", "Phillips", "Sample-Hughes", "Shetty", "Taylor"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-01-22"
+last_action: "2024-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/476d2866-af44-4d94-9b82-47d9e89d8b67"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0476?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "c74b1816a5388388b41c8964cd262f034635bb640f14c3873352de5e7b6195a6"
+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 476 (2024) — Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_830_hb0476t.pdf)
+2. **First - Criminal Procedure – Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search – Applicability for Deceased and Missing Children** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0476f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0476t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Arikan — primary (person)
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Grammer — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-22** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-23** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-11** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
+- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 830 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/476d2866-af44-4d94-9b82-47d9e89d8b67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+