---
type: "Bill"
title: "Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings"
description: "Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 296"
citation: "Maryland HB 296 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crutchfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-17"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8fd3ffc-269a-4764-9387-5e88c3cebec3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0296?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3c1605678ecadb9d1d6079dca1ca080ed6a83e1e3331d261c44c9b445ea3f418"
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 296 (2022) — Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_334_hb0296t.pdf)
2. **First - Interim and Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0296f.pdf)
3. **Third - Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0296t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crutchfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 334 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8fd3ffc-269a-4764-9387-5e88c3cebec3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).