---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order"
description: "Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 858"
citation: "Maryland HB 858 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Chisholm", "Hornberger", "Lopez", "Malone", "McComas", "Metzgar", "Shoemaker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b915c0c7-b496-4935-898c-3ca510058187"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0858?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0815c32c6f5f26704cc00a1bed237a443b91b2b608041c051f90f3225c30c3bb"
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 858 (2020) — Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_347_hb0858t.pdf)
2. **First - Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0858f.pdf)
3. **Third -** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0858t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Shoemaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 347 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b915c0c7-b496-4935-898c-3ca510058187`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).