---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund - Established"
description: "Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1268"
citation: "Maryland HB 1268 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Chemical Tests", "Comptroller", "Crime Control and Prevention", "Governor's Office of", "Equipment", "Grants", "Law Enforcement", "Reports", "Revenue and Taxes", "Sexual Offenses", "State Police", "Department of", "Treasurers", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec67dada-3e75-43b4-a945-3115ee9ae005"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1268&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "ee8c17482e54e013ccfa94951b224dee33d8dbd3b23189c739c860cdeea9087a"
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 1268 (2019) — Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund - Established

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1268f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- C. Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Cardin — cosponsor (person)
- Charkoudian — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Lehman — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- McIntosh — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Palakovich Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Reznik — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
- Terrasa — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
- W. Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {464267/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 508 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec67dada-3e75-43b4-a945-3115ee9ae005`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).