---
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: "SB 391"
citation: "Maryland SB 391 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis Young", "Rosapepe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8343af5d-215d-41bd-a4a0-b9107cdcf9ed"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0391?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b81fe46d48d886b9136d6101b4b7c6321701b57a7b84bcb828cc0a2d18bfa226"
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 391 (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_772_sb0391t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0391f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0391t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 772 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8343af5d-215d-41bd-a4a0-b9107cdcf9ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).