---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition"
description: "Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 616"
citation: "Maryland HB 616 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Hutchinson", "Sample-Hughes", "Schmidt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49292622-caaf-40aa-b0b0-b5eeda168e3c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0616?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fc9484faffae536db704f685dffb08bad40395a54900b4e8a949055ea5229a0e"
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 616 (2025) — Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_159_hb0616e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0616e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0616f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0616t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-27** Motion Special Order until 3/28 (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49292622-caaf-40aa-b0b0-b5eeda168e3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).