---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress"
description: "Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 33"
citation: "Maryland HB 33 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Brooks", "C. Watson", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Cox", "Feldmark", "Grammer", "Griffith", "Guyton", "Healey", "McComas", "Palakovich Carr", "Pippy", "Shetty", "W. Fisher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-09-04"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cc06046-bac3-4a5b-862a-b00a7416ffab"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0033?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "03c6f38772e9be28c130315f83668c0266597f117c4fe3218a684193e9b8893e"
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 33 (2020) — Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_34_hb0033t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0033f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0033t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 33 HB 739 HB 918 HB 1111 — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- C. Watson — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 34 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cc06046-bac3-4a5b-862a-b00a7416ffab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).