---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victim Services Programs - Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)"
description: "Victim Services Programs - Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "Maryland SB 148 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Bailey", "Benson", "Carter", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Folden", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "James", "Jennings", "King", "McCray", "McKay", "Muse", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d8ca3c4-1e0d-434a-9feb-db64a23bbebb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0148?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a464a0f0042f63d27677a3b0efe03057089be04273ea800f148464604495986e"
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 148 (2023) — Victim Services Programs - Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Victim Services Programs - Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_626_sb0148e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Victim Services Programs - Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0148e.pdf)
3. **First - Victim Services Programs - Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0148f.pdf)
4. **Third - Victim Services Programs - Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0148t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 2:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2023-02-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Referred Appropriations Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d8ca3c4-1e0d-434a-9feb-db64a23bbebb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).