---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations and Required Findings"
description: "Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations and Required Findings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 642"
citation: "Maryland HB 642 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Actions and Procedures", "Age of Majority", "Child Abuse and Neglect", "Civil Actions", "Damages", "Statutes of Limitation", "Torts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48c491f9-d8ea-4457-8fff-25085c036be3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB642&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "2c410c40b69d0ff6c3fc029dd3ad9b32d9e21fcf37197fe57a7f111a09a40740"
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 642 (2017) — Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations and Required Findings

## 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/hb0642f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Folden — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {252810/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-24** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 12 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48c491f9-d8ea-4457-8fff-25085c036be3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).