---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Law – Witnesses – Body Attachment"
description: "Juvenile Law – Witnesses – Body Attachment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1023"
citation: "Maryland HB 1023 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile Law", "Juvenile Causes", "Process Serving", "Summonses", "Warrants", "Witnesses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28779bfd-0b58-43f7-b90f-96f268b07cee"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1023&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "eae2e97b5d4edab695d08598ea26764da22cab2928f7dbc62aeb4e43617476c0"
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 1023 (2018) — Juvenile Law – Witnesses – Body Attachment

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1023f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **43–3** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (135-1) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {508070/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (43-3) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-05** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2018-04-05** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-05** Delegates Atterbeary, Proctor, and Cluster
- **2018-04-06** Senate Refuses to Recede
- **2018-04-06** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-06** Senators Brochin, Ramirez, and Ready
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (43-1) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 783 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28779bfd-0b58-43f7-b90f-96f268b07cee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).