---
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: "SB 333"
citation: "Maryland SB 333 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Folden", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b5d928f-b5e2-4d14-b653-31ea96cbc27a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0333?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "153ceb26b44624e62a7b6263e9a785c420ae2514d58170b680b24c72b8b91fd2"
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 SB 333 (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_148_sb0333t.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/sb/sb0333f.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/sb/sb0333t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Folden — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-28** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 148 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b5d928f-b5e2-4d14-b653-31ea96cbc27a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).