---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Postsentencing - Victim Notification"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Postsentencing - Victim Notification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1526"
citation: "Maryland HB 1526 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Notices", "Parole and Probation", "Penalties and Sentences", "Subpoenas", "Victims", "Warrants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angel and Vallario"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4feb800c-37f1-4b6b-aa15-43e87461268e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1526&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "f4f87a19b67bb4bcdb212c235bd598e8af782faac7d386f1b82e1d622847e36f"
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 1526 (2017) — Criminal Procedure - Postsentencing - Victim Notification

## 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/hb1526f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Angel and Vallario — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2017-03-08** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-18** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 622 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4feb800c-37f1-4b6b-aa15-43e87461268e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).