---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Reporting Program"
description: "Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Reporting Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 615"
citation: "Maryland SB 615 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0e75aaa-45bf-4e98-b1c1-856a0b280701"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0615?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "034a751f0e378221bd535d793d0e56fd712a50ed385f2847b8f5c8dc2071236c"
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 615 (2023) — Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Reporting Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Reporting Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_704_sb0615t.pdf)
2. **First - Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Reporting Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0615f.pdf)
3. **Third - Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Reporting Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0615t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 3/09 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 704 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0e75aaa-45bf-4e98-b1c1-856a0b280701`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).