---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 442"
citation: "Maryland HB 442 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Bouchat", "Fair", "Kerr", "Miller", "Simpson", "Tomlinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d92d2831-2c53-4c03-9abe-61e8304f48ae"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0442?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5d01ac8c4e989c50d5dad0df22a712ef3d68f5ed2de8a0e44740268165985715"
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 442 (2025) — Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_147_hb0442t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0442f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0442t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Bouchat — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 147 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d92d2831-2c53-4c03-9abe-61e8304f48ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).