---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Conditional Release - Electronic Monitoring (Amber's Law)"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Conditional Release - Electronic Monitoring (Amber's Law)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1163"
citation: "Maryland HB 1163 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Electronic Surveillance", "Fees", "Judges", "Pretrial Detention or Release", "Publications", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0e92816-c38a-4967-8d13-96c65d575731"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1163&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "a1ae5c16764523e41c520a97afcbfd9909ff9886e8cd17d16c805402e0695170"
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 1163 (2017) — Criminal Procedure - Conditional Release - Electronic Monitoring (Amber's Law)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1163f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- A. Miller — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {902911/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments {298178/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 643 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0e92816-c38a-4967-8d13-96c65d575731`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).