---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Forfeiture Proceeds - Appropriation Percentage and Reporting"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Forfeiture Proceeds - Appropriation Percentage and Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 643"
citation: "Maryland SB 643 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Appropriations", "Crime Control and Prevention", "Governor's Office of", "Education", "Forfeiture", "Governor", "Health", "Department of", "Reports", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/186a4995-aa73-4696-bc10-d78d59bab31c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB643&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "f1119310ac915d85cadc7e2df8dbcb1ee9e020a53b728ca7329a88196d450d49"
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 643 (2019) — Criminal Procedure - Forfeiture Proceeds - Appropriation Percentage and Reporting

## 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/sb/sb0643f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **131–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-12** Hearing canceled
- **2019-02-12** Hearing 2/22 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2019-03-28** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-29** Third Reading Passed (43-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-01** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2019-04-02** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted (131-2)
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/186a4995-aa73-4696-bc10-d78d59bab31c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).