---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Eyewitness Identification Policies - Repeal of Submission Requirement"
description: "Public Safety - Eyewitness Identification Policies - Repeal of Submission Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Maryland SB 24 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Identification", "Law Enforcement", "Public Information", "Witnesses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-10-05"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/312e855f-33fe-40a3-a056-8ccc2efeb0ad"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB24&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "a75fd36a4b2b8c7173464930e851992bf0b2595d3ff50e18cf78d539fbc0b33a"
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 SB 24 (2017) — Public Safety - Eyewitness Identification Policies - Repeal of Submission Requirement

## 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/sb/sb0024f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Police) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-01-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-02** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-03** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-23** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-24** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 8 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/312e855f-33fe-40a3-a056-8ccc2efeb0ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).