---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law – Assault in the First Degree – Strangulation"
description: "Criminal Law – Assault in the First Degree – Strangulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 233"
citation: "Maryland HB 233 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Ciliberti", "Corderman", "Cox", "Grammer", "Griffith", "Hartman", "J. Lewis", "K. Young", "Kerr", "Krimm", "Lopez", "Malone", "McComas", "Pippy", "Shetty", "W. Fisher", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/476c956f-3572-45f7-a21c-c7fa8f6e51bc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0233?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7f632509194f660a2d621b1a09583bc398c6685ffbebfdfbe6ac806d752c0af9"
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 233 (2020) — Criminal Law – Assault in the First Degree – Strangulation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law – Assault in the First Degree – Strangulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_119_hb0233t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Assault in the First Degree - Suffocation or Strangulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0233f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law – Assault in the First Degree – Strangulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0233t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Krimm — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 119 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/476c956f-3572-45f7-a21c-c7fa8f6e51bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).