---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Kits - Privacy, Reimbursement, and Notification"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Kits - Privacy, Reimbursement, and Notification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 425"
citation: "Maryland HB 425 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Chang", "Crutchfield", "Lopez", "R. Watson", "Shetty", "W. Fisher", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b7edc9f-ae76-4b17-9d07-056c3d6988c1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0425?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3ebc2b3949c2475398f1dbdb3d2335527cf73fc72e8a6c6fb9741ed0e93f64d4"
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 425 (2020) — Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Kits - Privacy, Reimbursement, and Notification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Kits - Privacy, Reimbursement, and Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_204_hb0425t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Kits - Privacy, Reimbursement, and Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0425f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Kits - Privacy, Reimbursement, and Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0425t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- R. Watson — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 204 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b7edc9f-ae76-4b17-9d07-056c3d6988c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).