---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Assault Victims Resources Act of 2017"
description: "Sexual Assault Victims Resources Act of 2017"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 734"
citation: "Maryland SB 734 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Appropriations", "Chemical Tests", "Committees and Commissions", "Grants", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations", "Sexual Offenses", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kasemeyer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/466c8194-7464-4d67-a574-44456a84cd61"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB734&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "4f610d12827738d5d72cd37300ea393b149aff4830a2a973fac3663e60adde75"
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 734 (2017) — Sexual Assault Victims Resources Act of 2017

## 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/sb0734f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kasemeyer — primary (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2017-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable with Amendments {949239/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-31** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-31** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Rereferred to Appropriations and Judiciary
- **2017-04-04** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2017-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 659 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/466c8194-7464-4d67-a574-44456a84cd61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).