---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits - Analysis"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits - Analysis"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 767"
citation: "Maryland SB 767 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Attorney General", "Chemical Tests", "Committees and Commissions", "Crimes and Punishments", "Data", "Electronic Government", "Evidence", "Examinations", "Investigations and Inquiries", "Laboratories", "Law Enforcement", "Local Government Mandates", "Pleas", "Privacy", "Records", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations", "Sexual Offenses", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d780a20-4d46-4f80-a973-ee805c52acba"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB767&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "b7ff70944f8448e05a8f9af2c787d7725a024fa40677eb2507e0195acedcf1f3"
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 767 (2019) — Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits - Analysis

## 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/sb0767f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — 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 2/27 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {638172/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable with Amendments {632010/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 33 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d780a20-4d46-4f80-a973-ee805c52acba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).