---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Admission of Out-of-Court Statements - Assault in the Second Degree"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Admission of Out-of-Court Statements - Assault in the Second Degree"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 465"
citation: "Maryland SB 465 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James", "Ready"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/557bf0d0-be14-4868-8cde-b1d7a6959171"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0465?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1f88ef761b64f1e1fdbfc12645fd268e685cb4c48c4624aa96d98d897c84879e"
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 465 (2026) — Criminal Procedure - Admission of Out-of-Court Statements - Assault in the Second Degree

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Admission of Out-of-Court Statements - Assault in the Second Degree** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_529_sb0465t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Admission of Out-of-Court Statements - Assault in the Second Degree** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0465f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Admission of Out-of-Court Statements - Assault in the Second Degree** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0465t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **38–5** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **115–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 529 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/557bf0d0-be14-4868-8cde-b1d7a6959171`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).