---
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: "SB 406"
citation: "Maryland SB 406 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Cassilly", "Hettleman", "Hough", "Lee", "Ready", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68de0df3-d7b9-414b-a6a3-c32daed41059"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0406?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6900d30ea66da0fc2482fdd970a0298867e454d8f57608f708a044fcbae18b44"
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 406 (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_205_sb0406t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Kits - Privacy, Reimbursement, and Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0406f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Kits - Privacy, Reimbursement, and Notification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0406t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Cassilly — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Hough — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-29** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/13 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 205 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68de0df3-d7b9-414b-a6a3-c32daed41059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).