---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Compensation to Claimants"
description: "Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Compensation to Claimants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 968"
citation: "Maryland HB 968 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Civil Actions", "Claims", "Committees and Commissions", "Courts", "Criminal Injuries Compensation", "Debt Collection", "Electronic Government", "Funerals", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Notices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["W. Fisher"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65f44fa0-b12f-42d5-a740-974b443c3f2b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB968&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "e4b9d60ec2e532ca61aeb5dbcbb15655069f897ca6c5fe8d6e36faa851b4ed58"
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 968 (2019) — Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Compensation to Claimants

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0968f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Crosby — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- D.E. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- M. Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {862517/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 378 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65f44fa0-b12f-42d5-a740-974b443c3f2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).