---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims and Witnesses"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims and Witnesses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 284"
citation: "Maryland HB 284 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crutchfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-17"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c780ee2-54ab-4e6c-9716-3b44ecc47fc1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0284?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4b07b21ec2dbe78a1ce8a5d2e3ef3d23f95d7f51cfbdffad8e733e8e0242d40e"
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 284 (2022) — Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims and Witnesses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims and Witnesses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_161_hb0284t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0284f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Child Victims and Witnesses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0284t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **122–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crutchfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 161 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c780ee2-54ab-4e6c-9716-3b44ecc47fc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).