---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure – Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault or Stalking"
description: "Criminal Procedure – Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault or Stalking"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "Maryland SB 294 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Love"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/300f9db0-bfea-4006-9bef-94b014615d0a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0294?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "b3dc47adcfde648fd163adcb8fab3147471160108adbdfb364145f8d271fb420"
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 294 (2026) — Criminal Procedure – Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault or Stalking

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure – Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault or Stalking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_542_sb0294t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure – Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault or Stalking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0294f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure – Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault or Stalking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0294t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/300f9db0-bfea-4006-9bef-94b014615d0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).