---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "Maryland HB 255 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Administrative Agencies", "Assault", "Chemical Tests", "Disclosure", "Evidence", "Health", "Health Occupations", "Hospitals", "Human Rights", "Law Enforcement", "Notices", "Records", "Sexual Offenses", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac98b79e-ce5a-4a91-96e2-4bf3d1e5b674"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB255&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "86bc7a78e8be5b511abe5e59d4d343bdf21f3fbb2eda68641eee3b946c4e9acd"
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 255 (2017) — Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and 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/hb0255f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)
- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
- Aumann — cosponsor (person)
- B. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Barkley — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Frick — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
- Lafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- McIntosh — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Morhaim — cosponsor (person)
- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Sophocleus — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-01-25** Hearing canceled
- **2017-01-26** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {882716/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac98b79e-ce5a-4a91-96e2-4bf3d1e5b674`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).