---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims and Witnesses"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims and Witnesses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Maryland SB 20 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-15"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef695ad5-5771-40df-b257-6430f992ce6c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0020?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a804088e1d695f1f8e0e35e8f8cbd32de8393380405b706d95273bfba042652a"
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 20 (2022) — Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims and Witnesses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims and Witnesses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_162_sb0020e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims and Witnesses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0020e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Procedure – Out of Court Statements – Child Victims** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0020f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims and Witnesses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0020t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 162 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef695ad5-5771-40df-b257-6430f992ce6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).