---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)"
description: "Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1"
citation: "Maryland HB 1 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Clippinger", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Embry", "Grammer", "Kaufman", "Moon", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Taylor", "Toles", "Williams", "Wilson", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-16"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ed5628a-7b61-47b6-9a0c-baa738051a62"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0001?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5ee1593fd28bd66a2af938ed3d4ae1f3546d4236282c3c8060ec1f0d3520c1b8"
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 1 (2023) — Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_6_hb0001t.pdf)
2. **First - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0001f.pdf)
3. **Third - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition, Damages, and Statute of Limitations (The Child Victims Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0001t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-05** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ed5628a-7b61-47b6-9a0c-baa738051a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).