---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures - Citations"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures - Citations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 445"
citation: "Maryland HB 445 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dumais"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c7f0d3d-af00-48db-9faf-bda153fb06ef"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0445?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d1b5a7f6a3c77d1ee72170dc57505425146a427daf74a6e292cb2cddbb123c00"
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 445 (2021) — Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures - Citations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures - Citations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_370_hb0445t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures - Citations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0445f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures - Citations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0445t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **94–37** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Hornberger /343222/1 — **45–90** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dumais — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted
- **2021-03-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09** 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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 370 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c7f0d3d-af00-48db-9faf-bda153fb06ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).