---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse"
description: "Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1378"
citation: "Maryland HB 1378 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53c35666-73de-43f5-8060-5045bb4c1894"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1378?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b7ebd6324e474ce46ebd4884ffbe63ea5ffc9bffc312487b50a072898e697006"
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 1378 (2025) — Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_104_hb1378e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1378e.pdf)
3. **First - Child Sexual Abuse Claims Against the State - Time Limitation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1378f.pdf)
4. **Third - Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1378t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **98–34** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **36–7** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **91–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-17** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-17** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-24** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-27** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-27** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-07** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m.
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Motion Special Order until 04/03 (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
- **2025-04-03** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2025-04-04** Hearing 4/04 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 104 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53c35666-73de-43f5-8060-5045bb4c1894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).