---
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: "SB 421"
citation: "Maryland SB 421 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKay"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb1514f9-6f46-4976-93e6-2e580c05849a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0421?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1bbf596385d5f2bea963faac175b89d163b28bb16a6af97220b6c8e84f33db4f"
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 421 (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_158_sb0421t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0421f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0421t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Hearing 1/31 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2025-01-28** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-28** Hearing 1/31 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb1514f9-6f46-4976-93e6-2e580c05849a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).