---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior - Waivers of Rights - Prohibition"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior - Waivers of Rights - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 807"
citation: "Maryland SB 807 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e11c485e-dd34-407a-89a7-721b6fd8e913"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0807?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d475e48d13842dc1e8e1ad830372f62022fcefcc028a8524a1af1a3929f269a3"
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 807 (2020) — Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior - Waivers of Rights - Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior - Waivers of Rights - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_584_sb0807t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior - Waivers of Rights - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0807f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior - Waivers of Rights - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0807t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 3/05 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Hearing 3/18 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 584 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e11c485e-dd34-407a-89a7-721b6fd8e913`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).