---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Minor Victim"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Minor Victim"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 458"
citation: "Maryland HB 458 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Grammer", "Kaufman", "McCaskill", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Taylor", "White Holland", "Williams", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94eee758-432c-4fd8-84b8-7d1ef4781938"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0458?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a8d80bee97a0be3c8e6518266aa45a26953265805afca8e46c8a96da8f485634"
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 458 (2024) — Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Minor Victim

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Minor Victim** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_878_hb0458t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Minor Victim** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0458f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Minor Victim** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0458t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-31** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 878 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94eee758-432c-4fd8-84b8-7d1ef4781938`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).