---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Examination of Defendant by Maryland Department of Health - Access to Judicial Records"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Examination of Defendant by Maryland Department of Health - Access to Judicial Records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 262"
citation: "Maryland HB 262 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f02a324f-eb98-496c-8cdd-c2253cbd6c16"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0262?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f4b12172299e090fba52e4adffb4ca2f23da2e7408a4ec9ac4aeec16c07d491a"
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 262 (2020) — Criminal Procedure - Examination of Defendant by Maryland Department of Health - Access to Judicial Records

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Examination of Defendant by Maryland Department of Health - Access to Judicial Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_141_hb0262t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Examination of Defendant by Maryland Department of Health - Access to Judicial Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0262f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Examination of Defendant by Maryland Department of Health - Access to Judicial Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0262t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the Chief Executive? — **31–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the Bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the Chief Executive? — **95–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2020-03-15** 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 141 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f02a324f-eb98-496c-8cdd-c2253cbd6c16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).