---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 476"
citation: "Maryland HB 476 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Grammer", "Kaufman", "Phillips", "Sample-Hughes", "Shetty", "Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/476d2866-af44-4d94-9b82-47d9e89d8b67"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0476?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c74b1816a5388388b41c8964cd262f034635bb640f14c3873352de5e7b6195a6"
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 476 (2024) — Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_830_hb0476t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure – Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search – Applicability for Deceased and Missing Children** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0476f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0476t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 830 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/476d2866-af44-4d94-9b82-47d9e89d8b67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).