---
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: "SB 484"
citation: "Maryland SB 484 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f2a56fe-dbed-4b26-8801-77bedc6c199f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0484?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f1da3f0ff395092e7a4e71fa4245cdeec91a58af856ef9d098a595e4bf02c4ef"
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 484 (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_86_sb0484t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Crime - Private Room** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0484f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Crime - Private Room** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0484t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-22** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 86 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f2a56fe-dbed-4b26-8801-77bedc6c199f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).