---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure – Statewide Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Tracking System – Recommendations"
description: "Criminal Procedure – Statewide Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Tracking System – Recommendations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1124"
citation: "Maryland HB 1124 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Public Safety", "Chemical Tests", "Committees and Commissions", "Contracts", "Electronic Government", "Evidence", "Federal Government", "Grants", "Privacy", "Records", "Reports", "Sexual Offenses", "State Police", "Department of", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be31a9a0-c5ce-4e87-9a1b-3865b262eb78"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1124&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "7a09a80d14e87b27bf4faacff459ed2a5f81c91d6c265a14afd00e4405595cfc"
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 1124 (2018) — Criminal Procedure – Statewide Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Tracking System – Recommendations

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1124f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {552916/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (42-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 429 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be31a9a0-c5ce-4e87-9a1b-3865b262eb78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).