---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victim Services Programs – Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)"
description: "Victim Services Programs – Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "Maryland HB 186 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Barnes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42092abc-1f21-4b82-975d-b09a821cbcdc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0186?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ecf1b975992f7bbe709c4e4eb77b443a80ef924347ee6ddcb603c1229a9b4f2f"
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 186 (2023) — Victim Services Programs – Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Victim Services Programs – Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_625_hb0186t.pdf)
2. **First - Victim Services Programs – Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0186f.pdf)
3. **Third - Victim Services Programs – Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0186t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Barnes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First Reading Appropriations and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 625 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42092abc-1f21-4b82-975d-b09a821cbcdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).