---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception"
description: "Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 210"
citation: "Maryland HB 210 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grammer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b3cc1f5-a8ed-4d98-b63a-88ed3d6eb8a2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0210?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "367fa1db5e263ea26a87d6d3c4380130e476957813b931cc3ec88e5ba963fd38"
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 210 (2022) — Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_486_hb0210t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0210f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Trials - Spousal Privilege - Exception** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0210t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 486 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b3cc1f5-a8ed-4d98-b63a-88ed3d6eb8a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).