---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 174"
citation: "Maryland HB 174 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Crutchfield", "Foley", "Hill", "Kerr", "Simpson", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e49c140f-f50f-4b80-bd78-9ed97db7b019"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0174?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "782fce8b3bc12588cefe7441b510da505375aecb08ff8d479f284c8fb227d5a5"
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 174 (2023) — Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_771_hb0174t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0174f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0174t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Hearing 2/02 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 771 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e49c140f-f50f-4b80-bd78-9ed97db7b019`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).