---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Victims of Crime - Private Room"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Victims of Crime - Private Room"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 193"
citation: "Maryland HB 193 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guyton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-07-08"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc57ca05-959f-4ac4-82ba-c053f274f94b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0193?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ffd3be2bcbcf6efdac0158f99be4682dd5626916acae6026454738e3d1f2ff69"
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 193 (2021) — Criminal Procedure - Victims of Crime - Private Room

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Crime - Private Room** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_85_hb0193t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Crime - Private Room** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0193f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Crime - Private Room** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0193t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guyton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-08** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-16** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 85 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc57ca05-959f-4ac4-82ba-c053f274f94b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).